Legal and relocation expert Gordon Kerr highlights a damaging case of over-regulation that harms relocation, and the UK’s competitiveness as a place to relocate - all for no practical benefit in terms of preventing money laundering.

After many years of delay due to Covid, the relocation world finally came together at the stunning city of Seville, with EuRA members from around the globe catching up with each other on what has been happening in their market.

Not only was this a great event individually but also allows for some wider narratives to be understood, which directly & indirectly supports the aims and ambitions of the ARP.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, met representatives of the Association of Relocation Professionals (ARP) on 6th April 2022 to discuss how practical arrangements for relocation can make London more attractive to business.

In the 2021 Budget The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak stated that “an economy built on innovation must be open and attractive the ‘best and brightest minds’.” He added, “a third of our science Nobel Laureates have been immigrants. Half of our fastest-growing companies have a foreign-born founder.”  Clearly, attracting the best and the brightest to the UK is seen as vital to the Government, and they are making changes to the UK Visa system for international talent to be launched in the Spring of 2022.