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by PhotoLady
Sun Aug 21, 2022 10:17 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Island enjoys a safe, chilled life say expats
Replies: 10
Views: 1194

Re: Island enjoys a safe, chilled life say expats

Not everyone is an Expat either....

Are you an expat or an immigrant?

It's an interesting article, long and a bit dated but explains a lot of the furore surrounding the Brexit vote as well.

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20 ... d-an-expat
by PhotoLady
Thu Aug 18, 2022 12:51 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Ex-pat UK Banks to shut Brit accounts due to EU red tape
Replies: 47
Views: 13912

Re: Ex-pat UK Banks to shut Brit accounts due to EU red tape

Look, if you don't wish to believe it or you cannot be bothered to look for the information, it's no skin off my nose. But only at the beginning of this month an article has gone out that expats in France are the latest round of people to have been notified their accounts will be closed. Some new ar...
by PhotoLady
Wed Aug 17, 2022 11:14 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Ex-pat UK Banks to shut Brit accounts due to EU red tape
Replies: 47
Views: 13912

Re: Ex-pat UK Banks to shut Brit accounts due to EU red tape

We did too Trev. As I said earlier, friends who returned to UK at the end of 2018 really had to jump through hoops to open a new UK account. It took over 12 months. Things have changed since Brexit, it's all to do with licences regarding financial services inside the EU. There's an article which exp...
by PhotoLady
Wed Aug 17, 2022 1:17 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Ex-pat UK Banks to shut Brit accounts due to EU red tape
Replies: 47
Views: 13912

Re: Ex-pat UK Banks to shut Brit accounts due to EU red tape

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I will let you read from the beginning of the whole thread and I reckon you will eventually work it out for yourself...
by PhotoLady
Tue Aug 16, 2022 1:14 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Girl aged 3 dies after being found unconscious in hotel pool
Replies: 13
Views: 1921

Re: Girl aged 3 dies after being found unconscious in hotel pool

I see this thread has taken exactly the same turn as that on the CM Facebook page....
by PhotoLady
Tue Aug 16, 2022 1:11 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Ex-pat UK Banks to shut Brit accounts due to EU red tape
Replies: 47
Views: 13912

Re: Ex-pat UK Banks to shut Brit accounts due to EU red tape

We were lucky in one respect in that the sale of our house in UK wasn't due to complete until some weeks after we arrived in Cyprus in 2004, so it stayed open. Our solicitor did all what was necessary and we transferred most of the funds to our Cypriot bank later in the year. The UK account stayed o...
by PhotoLady
Mon Aug 15, 2022 12:35 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Ex-pat UK Banks to shut Brit accounts due to EU red tape
Replies: 47
Views: 13912

Re: Ex-pat UK Banks to shut Brit accounts due to EU red tape

Given that most banks are now using a two step verification process either to login to an online bank account, make payments or any kind of transaction where a 6 digit code is sent to your registered mobile number and that must be used within a very short timeframe, anyone overseas who no longer has...
by PhotoLady
Sun Aug 14, 2022 12:16 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Why you should consider moving to Cyprus
Replies: 45
Views: 6682

Re: Why you should consider moving to Cyprus

We're billed in arrears as the monthly payment is taken after the bill is calculated based on the readings we provide, so the £120 will no doubt be wiped out. We've refused steadfastly to pay up front ages ago when they started trying to push everyone each month to massively increase their payments,...
by PhotoLady
Sat Aug 13, 2022 5:46 pm
Forum: Technology
Topic: Cookies … they drive me mad.
Replies: 2
Views: 1394

Re: Cookies … they drive me mad.

I quite like them.




With nuts and chocolate chips 😋
by PhotoLady
Sat Aug 13, 2022 5:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Ex-pat UK Banks to shut Brit accounts due to EU red tape
Replies: 47
Views: 13912

Re: Ex-pat UK Banks to shut Brit accounts due to EU red tape

I believe this was beginning whilst we were still in Cyprus back in 2016.
by PhotoLady
Sat Aug 13, 2022 5:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Why you should consider moving to Cyprus
Replies: 45
Views: 6682

Re: Why you should consider moving to Cyprus

Poppy, where did I say we have the heating on. The post was about what we use when we need to use it. Only a couple of weeks ago it was necessary to put the gas fire on in the evening. The gas central heating hasn't been on for several months. Our consumption is down but the monthly bill rarely drop...
by PhotoLady
Sat Aug 13, 2022 1:32 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Why you should consider moving to Cyprus
Replies: 45
Views: 6682

Re: Why you should consider moving to Cyprus

Photolady You both work from home, therefore you have an income which is not a pension payment. You have no idea of my life at home or what money comes in, let alone where or how it is earned. It's a life we made a conscious decision on until our government pension kicks in, but that's 2 and 6 year...
by PhotoLady
Fri Aug 12, 2022 11:16 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Monday is Bank Holiday
Replies: 6
Views: 1102

Re: Monday is Bank Holiday

Do the petrol stations still do their 2 week closure rotation?

It was always a game of trial and error to find the one which was open on my route home from the office if I used to come back from Limassol and avoiding the highway.
by PhotoLady
Fri Aug 12, 2022 12:44 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Why you should consider moving to Cyprus
Replies: 45
Views: 6682

Re: Why you should consider moving to Cyprus

We have a 2 bed semi bungalow. We're with Bulb who are in Special Adminstration, bailed out / being supported by the UK Government due to the amount of households involved. One gas fire and GCH with a third of our radiators not in use for over 18 months as there are double in some rooms we don't nee...
by PhotoLady
Thu Aug 11, 2022 11:22 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Why you should consider moving to Cyprus
Replies: 45
Views: 6682

Re: Why you should consider moving to Cyprus

Good idea https://www.bbc.com/news/business-12196322 Copied from the same article, as some people just won't click.... What's happening in other countries? Other countries are also experiencing a cost of living squeeze. The same reasons are often involved - increased energy costs, shortages of good...
by PhotoLady
Thu Aug 11, 2022 1:01 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Why you should consider moving to Cyprus - The Brexit Connection
Replies: 11
Views: 2821

Re: Why you should consider moving to Cyprus - The Brexit Connection

josef k wrote: Wed Aug 10, 2022 3:19 pm We can't vote to be Third Country Nationals, and then complain when we are treated as Third Country nationals.
"We" didn't - there's the rub...
by PhotoLady
Wed Aug 10, 2022 12:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Why you should consider moving to Cyprus
Replies: 45
Views: 6682

Re: Why you should consider moving to Cyprus

It was originally our intention not to return to the UK when we came out to live and work in 2004. I transferred with my UK employer of 10yrs but hated the position and walked out after 4 weeks. So I was out of work. I found another position 3 weeks later which lasted for around 18 months until the ...
by PhotoLady
Tue Aug 09, 2022 11:27 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: UK PM
Replies: 34
Views: 11667

Re: UK PM

We will get Truss because the Tory party won't accept a new PM with the wrong colour skin.

Sunak is by far the better of the two, to lead.
by PhotoLady
Tue Aug 02, 2022 1:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Name and Shame.
Replies: 16
Views: 2581

Re: Name and Shame.

I find that virtually every restaurant in Cyprus has an excellent rating on Google regardless of the quality of their food or service, including some truly dire places. You haven't seen mine! If I have to give a negative review, I will always balance with any positives. Sometimes though, there aren...