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Hi, my partner is a commercial litigator from a respected UK law firm and is trying to find a position here - I was offered a job here from the UK. He's been here for a few months but is having trouble getting any traction with the recruitment agents he's contacted, who seem to be suggest there are ...

Hi thanks for your suggestions. I have checked the settings and compared with my Macbook which tends to have better speeds but is still way off that of a PC in connection speed. I'm on the latest version of Mac OS, I've checked and no update available (Snow Leopard). I've replaced the DNS settings o...

Hi I recently arrived in Singapore from the UK with my beloved iMac and since arriving here I have been experiencing very slow internet connection speeds for browsing, email etc. I used speedtest.net and it reports the speed of my connection to be 0.2 mbps but when I run the same speedtest from a Ma...

Hi thanks for the further info. The company I will be working for can't work with me as a limited co so I'm going to have to be on the payroll otherwise this wouldn't be an issue.

Thanks Leo that's great information. I've been doing some further research myself and that is consistent with what you said, but I wasn't aware I could offset cost of rental overseas etc from the income so that's great to know. It does seem that if it only works out as a 6 month contract then I'm sc...

Hi quick point to say how useful this forum is, I've been able to answer loads of questions from the posts I've searched. However this is a bit complex and I've not seen it answered. I am currently contracting in the UK, through my own limited company. I have a contract to work in Singapore for 6 mo...

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Does it actually work, my only experience of a chiropractor was alot of money and time but no solution to my problem

As it happens whilst the question was asked before it wasn't actually answered only debated. Clearly some people have been successful and have tips on how to approach the issues that have not yet come out in the posts but perhaps might from pms.

Hi we are about to go through the same thing so benefitting from any of your learnings would be great, can you pm me please if you don't mind sharing learnings?