Structured notes
By Paul Beckwith features@algarveresident.com Paul Beckwith is an International Financial Advisor working with Blacktower Financial Management (International) Limited What is a structured note? A structured note is a good way
French cows reared on fine wine
French cows are enjoying up to two bottles of high quality wine every day as farmers attempt to produce the best beef in Europe. The extraordinary development has seen a
Sunday prayers interrupted
A shocked congregation had their Sunday prayers interrupted when a block of ice believed to have fallen from an aircraft crashed through their cathedral roof. The congregation at Brentwood Cathedral,
Jail for walking too slowly
A dog lover could face jail if deemed to be giving her pedigree pets their “walkies” too slowly following a judge’s verdict on a bitter neighbours dispute. Farmer Linda Jefferies,
Luxembourg for investor protection
By: BILL BLEVINS | features@algarveresident.com Bill Blevins is Managing Director of Blevins Franks. He has specialised in expatriate investment and tax planning for over 35 years. He has written books
Overseas pension schemes (QROPS)
by Paul Beckwith features@algarveresident.com Paul Beckwith is an International Financial Advisor working with Blacktower Financial Management (International) Limited Further update on qualifying recognised overseas pension schemes (QROPS) The UK Revenue’s
New rules for labour contracts – part 1
by Dr. Eduardo Serra Jorge features@algarveresident.com In his new monthly column, Lawyer Eduardo Serra Jorge from lawyers firm Eduardo Serra Jorge & Maria José Garcia – Sociedade de Advogados, R.L.,
Summer love
by Guilherme Marques features@algarveresident.com The A5 Cabrio is a very tempting Audi and for an Algarve resident, that temptation can be more than you can take The A5 range has
I am sailing…
By Margaret Brown features@algarveresident.com Margaret Brown is one of the Algarve Resident’s longest standing contributors and has lived in the Algarve for more than 20 years. That was a Diamond
China ‘cannibal’ attack
A drunk bus driver pounced on a woman and chewed her face in the latest horrific ‘cannibal attack’. The victim, named locally as Du, was driving past a bus station

