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Published: Thursday, 25th February 2021 The Lord Mayor of Oxford, Councillor Mark Lygo, is hosting a European Reception online on Sunday 28 February at 1pm. This is the first time the annual reception, to welcome Oxford residents who come from other European countries, has been online instead of in Oxford Town Hall. The District Mayor of Bonn, Jochen Reeh-Schall and the Deputy Mayor of Wrocław, Jakub Mazur, from two of Oxford’s twin cities, will join the Lord Mayor of Oxford at the recepti...

British Ambassador to France: Early signs of brighter days The Connexion uses necessary cookies to help us provide you with a better user experience. By continuing to use this website, you accept our use of cookies. Accept British Ambassador to France: Early signs of brighter days Every month the British Ambassador to France, Ed Llewellyn, shares an insight into his role. Here, read his column for March 2021 24 February 2021 Brighter times are ahead writes British Ambassador to France Ed Llew...

A GERMAN-born Pembrokeshire school support worker has lent her voice to a national campaign to extend the deadline for EU nationals to apply for settled status in the UK. Public services union, Unison Cymru Wales, launched a campaign to encourage the UK government to extend its deadline for applications to the Settled Status scheme last week. Manuela Hughes, who works as a school support worker in Pembrokeshire said that EU nationals employed in Welsh public services had played an essenti...

Auditors will need to consider how Brexit-related risks could impact on the firms they are auditing. Our guide provides a framework for that analysis. The transition period which followed the exit of the UK from the European Union ended on 31 December 2020. The UK and the EU negotiated a trade and cooperation agreement, effective from 1 January 2021. This agreement governs how the UK and EU interact. However, the agreement signed on 24 December 2020 contains a number of gaps in the area of serv...

The citizens’ rights watchdog set up to protect the rights of EU nationals living in the UK is conducting its first survey to understand the level of public concern about living in Britain after Brexit. Kathryn Chamberlain, the chief executive of the Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements (IMA), said on Monday (1 February) that the IMA’s survey was one of “a range of intelligence-gathering exercises we are carrying out to protect citizens’ rights.” “I...

15,000 EU nationals apply to stay in Bolton through the EU Settlement Scheme MORE than 15,000 EU nationals have applied to continue living in Bolton after Brexit. Home Office figures reveal that by the end of September 2020, 15,060 people successfully applied to continue living in the area after December 31. European Union nationals wishing to continue living in the UK must apply under the EU Settlement Scheme by June 30 2021. Those who have lived in the UK for five years and meet the c...

Tallents Solicitors Ross Pierrepoint considers impact of extending the Seasonal Workers Pilot after Brexit Published: 06:30, 23 January 2021 With Brexit also came the end of freedom of movement from Europe for EU and non-EU workers, leaving UK farmers wondering how they were going to recruit enough seasonal workers to help harvest the tonnes of fruit and vegetables growing in their fields, says Ross Pierrepont, an employment law specialist at Tallents Solicitors. British farmers have traditio...

New figures show that across the borough there were 6,950 applications made by September 2020. Of those applications which had been concluded, 54.8% were given settled status, 42.9% pre-settled and 2.1% received other outcomes meaning they were refused, withdrawn or void, or invalid. Other outcomes do not result in a grant of UK residence status. By nationality, the most applicants were Polish accounting for 1,600, followed by 970 Italians and 850 from Non-European Economic Area (EEA) co...

 2 Credit information companies (CICs) are independent, third-party organisations that collect financial data regarding loans and credit cards and share it with their members in a comprehensive manner. Individuals also can easily obtain own credit report, including credit score and history by paying certain amount to any of the four CICs in India. There are four CICs, TransUnion CIBIL Ltd (CIBIL), Experian India, Equifax Credit Information Services Pvt Ltd (Equifax), and CRIF High Mark Credit ...

Edgy future for EU citizens despite trade deal 06 Jan 2021 Andrea Carlo, The Independent Following months of gruelling negotiations with the EU, the UK has finally managed to leave the transition period with a trade deal. The set of emotions this has evoked throughout the country has been as wide as the chasm opened by the referendum four years ago – from elation and relief, to acute distress. If there’s one thing that the vast majority of people in Britain have gained, however...