Britons in Hong Kong
UK Life Guide | 英國日常生活指南
Updated: Jun 12, 2020
衣食住行,工作讀書
(牌子名後面括住嘅係香港類似嘅舖頭)
衣:
食:
Tesco(惠康、百佳) https://www.tesco.com
Sainsbury's(Taste) https://www.sainsburys.co.uk
Waitrose(Great, citysuper) https://www.waitrose.com
M&S(citysuper) https://www.marksandspencer.com
Co-op(惠康、百佳) https://www.coop.co.uk
Whole foods(ThreeSixty) https://www.wholefoodsmarket.co.uk
Lidl(佳寶、大昌) https://www.lidl.co.uk
AIDI(佳寶、大昌) https://www.aldi.co.uk
Poundland(佳寶、大昌) https://www.poundland.co.uk
Iceland(佳寶、大昌) https://www.iceland.co.uk
Argos https://www.argos.co.uk
住:
Zoopla(地產商) https://www.zoopla.co.uk
haart Estate Agents(地產商) https://www.haart.co.uk
Rightmove(地產商) https://www.rightmove.co.uk
Savills UK(地產商) https://www.savills.co.uk
Foxtons(地產商) https://www.foxtons.co.uk
PrimeLocation(地產商) https://www.primelocation.com
Your Move https://www.your-move.co.uk
OpenRent https://www.openrent.co.uk
Gumtree https://www.gumtree.com
(Mobile App) Movebubble https://www.movebubble.com
(平到癲,可以搵室友)SpareRoom https://www.spareroom.co.uk P.S. 如果響London住,建議住近D做野果到省車費
行:
Transport for London, TfL(內有鐵路,巴士,單車資料) https://tfl.gov.uk
Tube map https://tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/images/tube-map.gif
火車 https://www.thetrainline.com https://www.nationalrail.co.uk
工作搵嘢做:
Indeed https://www.indeed.co.uk
Totaljobs https://www.totaljobs.com
Job today https://jobtoday.com/gb/jobs/london
CV-library https://www.cv-library.co.uk
Jobsite https://www.jobsite.co.uk
Linkedin https://linkedin.com
job.ac.uk https://www.jobs.ac.uk
讀書搵學校:
是否一到英國就可以入讀政府小學,中學? 當你一申請到合法VISA,不論是Settlement Visa、Tier 1 投資、創業,Tier 2 Working Visa等等,你嘅仔女到英國後就可以向Council申請學校,政府係必需幫你小朋友搵到學位。當然,係咪你心水學校就要睇學校本身有無位,不過英國學校好多,所以學位唔需要太擔心。 每區都有好學校,租屋前可以先問問學校有無位,如果間屋近學校,學校又有位,就自己會派到比你。 另外,政府學校是免費的,只要有Visa就可以申請入學。
Locrating https://locrating.com 用地址搵學校(唔包括private school)。地址同學校對好多新搬嚟英國嘅朋友係一大難題。就算有地址,又未必入到心儀學校;如果入唔到,又唔會搬去嗰度,係雞與蛋級數的難題。 Council會派學校俾你,評級好嘅學校好易滿人數。住好校區嘅地區就易啲入好學校。 升中要考11-plus (or Eleven-plus) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleven-plus。 如果想入好啲嘅中學(Grammar School)就要喺Year 6 考11-plus。
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) https://www.ucas.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCAS 英國全國大學嘅統一學生申請機構(同香港Jupas相似)
Complete University Guide https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk
銀行:
Barclays: https://www.barclays.co.uk
Halifax: https://www.halifax.co.uk
Lloyds: https://www.lloydsbank.com
Santander: https://www.santander.co.uk
Monzo: https://monzo.com
書店、文具:
Waterstones https://www.waterstones.com
The Works https://www.theworks.co.uk
個人護理用品/ 藥房
Boots(level = 萬寧、屈臣氏) https://www.boots.com
Superdrug(level = 萬寧、屈臣氏) https://www.superdrug.com
其他:
政府網頁 https://www.gov.uk
National Insurance number (NI) https://www.gov.uk/national-insurance 用黎報稅,去GP睇醫生
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