The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland known as Great Britain, the United Kingdom, Britain or the UK, is an island country surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the English Channel, the Irish Sea and the North Sea. The United Kingdom consists of four parts – England (with the capital in London), Scotland (with the capital in Edinburgh), Wales (Cardiff) and Northern Ireland (Belfast). The total area of the country is about 245,000 sq km, the population of it is about 51.1 million people.

The economy of the United Kingdom means the economy of all the parts of it – England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Due to the latest market exchange rate, Britain is considered to be the fifth largest economy in the world and the second one in Europe.

For drivers who is going to travel in UK by car

If you buy a Hottelecom local number in UK, you get some significant benefits.

User account gives an opportunity to redirect a call to any number, for instance, to the office, home or to mobile phone. A virtual number in UK is convenient if you run business there but have to be somewhere else. You can have no opportunity to be in Britain day and night, but you do have the possibility to locate there virtually.

Moreover, you can add any available number after the registration both British one and other countries and pay that with the credit card or Webmoney.

Just click several times and you are the owner of the direct UK number.

For drivers who is going to travel in UK by car

Each registration index consists of seven characters. From left to right the characters consist of: EU country identifier, Area Code, Age Idenftifier, Random Letters

• An area code (the local memory tag) consisting of two letters, the first relating to the region, the second the local registration office. Note that the letters I, Q and Z are not used in this code;
• A two-digit age identifier, which changes twice a year, in March and September. The code is either the last two digits of the year itself (e.g. «05» for 2005) if issued between March and August, or else has 50 added (e.g. 55 for September 2005) if issued between September and February the following year;
• An arbitrary three-letter sequence with no specific meaning beyond that of uniquely distinguishing each of the vehicles displaying the same initial four-character area and age sequence. The letters I and Q are excluded from the three-letter sequence, as are combinations that may appear offensive (including those in foreign languages).

A buyer of a second-hand vehicle can in theory determine the year of first registration of the vehicle without having to look it up.

Front number plates are 520 mm x 111 mm (20.5" x 4⅜") in size. Rear plates may be 520 mm x 111 mm (standard), 285 mm x 203 mm (square) or 533 mm x 152 mm (large).

(Source: Wikipedia)

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Work and Study in Great Britain

If you are planning to move to Great Britain for work or study you you would be interested to know the following:

NEW POINTS-BASED SYSTEM

A new points-based system (PBS) for UK immigration is being introduced during 2008 and 2009. Points are awarded to reflect the applicant's ability, experience, savings, age and other relevant factors. Employers or educational institutions will be given extra responsibility to ensure that their workers or students follow the rules of their visas, and will need to report to the Home Office the names of anyone who stops attending without permission or who is employed for more hours than are allowed.

The new visa system has five tiers:

Tier 1 — highly skilled (e.g. scientists or entrepreneurs, or post-study workers)
Tier 2 — skilled workers with a job offer (e.g. nurses, teachers, engineers) [this replaces the previous work permit schemes] [starts on 27 Nov 2008]
Tier 3 — low skilled workers filling specific temporary labour shortages (e.g. construction workers for a particular project) [this tier is not available at present]
Tier 4 — students [points-based system to be introduced from the end of March 2009]
Tier 5 — youth mobility and temporary workers (e.g. working holiday makers or musicians coming to play a concert) [starts on 27 Nov 2008]

Permanent Residence in UK

Process of applying for legal permanent residence can be fastened and going more easily through addressing to professional immigration lawyer at the country of destination.
But there is the question – how to convince the lawyer to give you a call to foreign country to resolve different questions coming from longstanding bureaucratic procrastination?  International phone calls are expensive anywhere around the world.  Lets us make it easier: buy local number in the country you are interested in.
50 bucks — is just a funny sum vs. all that sum of advantages you received. Job search in advance, sending resume, etc. while having in contacts your local phone number besides your name and e-mail address…   Melbourne, Tokyo, Moscow, and 600 cities more worldwide. This blue-eyed trick will favour you much and it will give you equal opportunities relative to those existing for old comers in the country of your preference. Don’t you think so?

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