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The magical formula to keep your weight loss resolution!

After a month of celebrations and overindulgence, you may not feel at your best and may have made weight loss your 2023 resolution. You will never make your resolution with… Read More

by Candy Duval, Nutrition coach. She designs customised nutrition plans to help her clients lose weight healthily and achieve a fulfilling lifestyle. S / 28 March 2023

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Handling Hefty Home-Buying Paperwork Made Easy

Buying a home is an exciting and rewarding experience. But it can also be overwhelming to keep up with all the paperwork that comes with it. To help make the… Read More

by Alyssa Strickland / 28 March 2023

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Why universities prefer the IB Diploma over A Levels

It may come as a surprise to British families accustomed to the A-Level curriculum, but increasingly UK universities are preferring students who have completed the IB Diploma programme. So, what… Read More

by ICS London / 1 December 2022

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How Does Communication Help My Career

by Victoria Rennoldson / 28 September 2022

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Talent and immigration: understanding the different visa routes

by Nilmini Roelens / 26 September 2022

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Decoding British interviews
how to interpret what is said and not said

by Victoria Rennoldson / 24 September 2022

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A buying guide to London’s best car-boot sales

by Alisha Chopra / 21 August 2022

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A weekend in Nottingham

by Nele van Hout / 28 July 2022

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Seven myths about mentoring and why you should be one

by Karin Mueller / 24 July 2022

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The British Social Season

by Casey Faulkner / 24 May 2022

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Tips for adulthood: how to prepare a talk in five minutes

by Delia Lloyd, adviser at Clearwater Advisers / 21 March 2021

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Beach Huts

by Francine Bosco, the editor of FOCUS magazine / 21 March 2021

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The Jewish East End

by David Burnetts, London black taxi driver and accredited tour guide / 20 March 2021

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My favorite things

by Laura Mosedale / 15 March 2021

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Sorry, we’re British

by Victoria Rennoldson / 14 January 2021

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