David Sapsted

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Writer at Relocate Global

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The benefits of attracting wealthy migrants and tech entrepreneurs

1 month ago | relocatemagazine.com | David Sapsted

While all regions across the globe saw increases in numbers of these High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs), North America continued to lead growth with a 5.2 per cent rise over the year to 970,401.And President Donald Trump seems bent on boosting that total even further: soon after his return to the White House in January, he announced his intention to introduce a new golden visa - the so-called Trump Gold Card - for migrant HNWIs with $5 million to invest in the US.This would make it the one of...
The global mobility versus global fertility conundrum | David Sapsted | Relocate magazine

1 month ago | relocatemagazine.com | David Sapsted

Paradoxically, at a time when the anti-immigrant message of far-right groups - particularly in Europe and North America - is gaining unparalleled popularity among voters, a growing number of voices are insisting that global movement could be the only way to prevent economic collapse in the next decade or two.
| David Sapsted | Relocate magazine

1 month ago | relocatemagazine.com | David Sapsted

Last year saw an increase of 4.4 per cent in the number of people across the world with a net worth of more than $10 million, bringing the total to 2,341,378, according to Knight Frank's 2025 Wealth Report.
The impact of a global shake up in the world of artificial intelligence begins

Feb 5, 2025 | relocatemagazine.com | David Sapsted

The world of artificial intelligence had a rude awakening over the winter. Towards the end of January, a Chinese chatbot interloper called DeepSeek popped up and within a week was causing convulsions in stock markets and the tech industry. Not only did Deepseek start attracting more downloads than its established US rivals, but it did so at a fraction of the cost.
InterNation's top five best expat cities all Spanish-speaking locations | David Sapsted | Relocate magazine

Nov 27, 2024 | relocatemagazine.com | David Sapsted

There is a sad irony in the timing of the publication of a global survey that names Valencia - which, at the end of October, was devastated by the deadliest floods in modern Spanish history - as the world's best city for expats to live in.
UK farmers challenge Autumn Budget tax measures

Nov 19, 2024 | relocatemagazine.com | David Sapsted

More than 10,000 farmers descended on central London on Tuesday to protest over changes announced in the government's Budget for a new inheritance tax, which many fear could destroy much of the country's agricultural industry. In the Autumn Budget – the Labour Party's first since its election landslide in the summer – it was announced that, from April 2026, a 20% tax would be applied to inherited agricultural assets worth more than £1 million.
UK green energy jobs boost

Nov 12, 2024 | relocatemagazine.com | David Sapsted

How sustainable is your mobility programme? Cambridge calls for more global collaboration on climate education Future-Ready Forum reveals top skills students need to thrive in the futureDonald Trump secures second presidency: what next for global trade? UK's green energy ambitionsThe turbines will eventually provide enough green energy from the £4 billion wind farm to power almost a million homes.
COP29: investment required to tackle climate change leaps

Nov 12, 2024 | relocatemagazine.com | David Sapsted

As he addressed the COP29 the summit of 198 nations in Baku, Azerbaijan, Aleksandr Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, observed “the people who are responsible for this are absent.”How sustainable is your mobility programme? Cambridge calls for more global collaboration on climate education Future-Ready Forum reveals top skills students need to thrive in the futureDonald Trump secures second presidency: what next for global trade?
Donald Trump secures second presidency: what next for global trade?

Nov 7, 2024 | relocatemagazine.com | David Sapsted

Of course, nobody knows yet what the president-elect will actually do when he returns to the White House in January, but his threat to impose tariffs of at least 60% on Chinese imports, and of between 10–20 per cent on all other foreign goods, is casting a darkening cloud of protectionism over the global economy. What the Autumn Budget means for international trade and global mobilityHow can SMEs balance their own budgets following the Autumn Statement?
What the Autumn Budget means for international trade and global mobility

Oct 30, 2024 | relocatemagazine.com | David Sapsted

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves maintained in the Commons on Wednesday afternoon that the budget and its £40 billion tax rise would maximise economic growth.On Thursday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) took the unusual step of publicly praising the budget, describing the tax rises as "sustainable" and welcoming measures to increase investment and spending on public services.Businesses, however, voiced reservations about some of the measures, most notably the 1.2 per cent...