Masterclass Workshop: Optimising Your Website For International Trade

Sarah Carroll is running UK Trade & Investment’s specialist training workshop to learn practical steps you can take to boost your international business performance online, on the 27th September 2011.

Does your business have an effective online strategy for boosting overseas sales? Is your site optimised for international search engines? When Googled internationally how is your company presented online?

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Get To Know Your Holiday Destination With Lonely Planet Country Guides!

Are you planning on going on holiday this summer or perhaps later in the year? Apart from learning the language, really get to know your holiday destination by reading up about the culture, people and best places to visit with the Lonely Planet range of country and travel guides.

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Le Quatorze Juillet

Bastille Day, known in French as le quatorze juillet or Fête Nationale,  is a French National holiday held on the 14 July each year.  It was on this day in 1789  when hundreds of Parisians stormed the Bastille Prison in Paris starting the French Revolution and bringing about the end of the monarchy.   Read more

Only 295 Euros For 2 Weeks Learning Spanish In Spain!

ANOTHER AMAZING SPECIAL OFFER FROM don Quijote!!

This is your opportunity to study Spanish conversation in Spain with a bunch of your friends for a great price of 295 Euros per person! This great offer is brought to you by don Quijote Spanish language schools.

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Going On Holiday To France Or Spain This Year? Try Think French or Think Spanish Language Magazine Before You Go!

Do you need a fun and interactive way of improving your French or Spanish before you go on holiday this year?  If you’ve already got a basic level of the language and now want to get up to intermediate or advanced level, then we recommend the Think Spanish and Think French online audio language magazines, which are proving to be a very popular way to learn Spanish or French.

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Take The Bull By The Horns And Learn Spanish!

The Pamplona Bull Run runs from 6 – 14 July every year in Pamplona, Spain.  It is known as El Encierro in Spanish and takes place as part of the Fiesta de San Fermi­n. The Running of the Bulls was made famous by Ernest Hemingway in his account of the festival in ‘The Sun Also Rises’. Read more

Belgian Prime Minister resigns over voting rights of French speakers

Belgium’s five-month-old coalition has collapsed over a long-running dispute on the special voting rights of French speakers living in Dutch-speaking areas near the capital Brussels (or should we say Bruxelles?).  Differences between the richer Dutch-speaking Flemish majority and poorer French-speaking Walloon minority often threaten Belgian governments, but has this time lead to the resignation Read more

Fireworks For The Fourth Of July!

What does the 4th of July mean to you?   The modern day 4th July is Independence Day and one of the biggest national (or federal) holidays in the United States of America, celebrated by millions by meeting friends and family for a summer barbeque in the day and then going to see fireworks at night. Read more

Prince William Speaks French During First Official Overseas Tour To Canada

Prince William and his new wife Catherine, who are now known officially as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are currently in Ottawa, Canada on their first official overseas grand tour. The Royal couple were met by thousands of welcoming crowds.

During an address at Government House in Ottawa, Prince William began his speech in French, continuing in English. Read more

Canada Day 2011

The 1st July each year marks the national day of Canada or Canada Day. In French, the day is called la Fête du Canada.  This day celebrates the anniversary of the British North America Act (also more commonly known as the Constitution Act, 1867) when three British colonies were united to become one country, or what we know as Canada. Read more