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Welcome to Icons of Relocation, hosted by Simon Johnston and Vanessa Szmagara. In this podcast we aim to provide you with expertise, knowledge and industry insights from professionals in the global mobility and relocation industry. We will cover a host of topics relating to relocation and global mobility with guests from around the world, offering a unique perspective from their region. If you enjoy our podcast you can also subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin and Twitter. Or, for more information, please head to our website.
Last Episode Date: 21 November 2024
Total Episodes: 32
In our latest episode, host Vanessa Szmagara is joined by Icon CEO Simon Johnston and our in-house accommodation experts Rebecca Gunn and Sarah Charlton.We share our expertise on finding you the best accommodation to suit your needs and get you settled in to your new location, leaving you in the right place, at the right time with the right frame of mind to hit the ground running.
World mental health day is something close to our hearts and with this year's theme being mental health at work, we thought we'd bring our thoughts and ideas to support your mental health to our podcast. In this episode a number of our team come together to discuss what we do individually to take care of our mental health, but also what we do as an organisation to take care of each other.
In this week's episode our very glamorous host Vanessa Szmagara talks to our Global Mobility Director Rebecca Ticehurst and CEO Simon Johnston about our DSP services. (Destination Service Provider for those not in the-know) We tell you why our DSP services are so different and share some interesting facts about tortoises.... Simon may or may not mention data..... again... For more hilarity listen in for everything you need to know about being a destination service provider. We promise, in this episode there is no cheese... 😉
In this special episode to celebrate international women's day, some of the very talented women in our organisation have gathered together to discuss some issues that they feel often get overlooked in the work place.This is a brutally honest account of the challenges women can face everyday and a subject that is very dear to the hearts of all of those at Icon as we continue our pursuit for a fully inclusive workplace - where everyones needs are met and everyone has a voice.
In this brand-new episode of Icons of Relocation, Hosts Vanessa Szmagara and Simon Johnston speak to the Director of Icon Tech Shaun Flanagan about our in-house tech team and our brand-new app Cosee.Find out what Cosee can do for you and your assignee's and why Icon invest so much in technology.
In this episode hosts Simon Johnston and Vanessa Szmagara speak to Sam Toole and Jack Lynch from our icon move team.They share hilarious and risqué anecdotes of their moving experiences and give great tips on insurance, customs and what you need to declare if you're relocating to another country.
On this brand new episode of Icons of Relocation we are delighted to talk to Steve McGarry a top 100 global mobility professional about his experiences in the industry and the assignee journey.We are particularly passionate about the assignee experience and pride ourselves in getting the right person, to the right place, at the right time in the right frame of mind which is where our new strapline 'together for the journey' was born.
Welcome back to Season 2 of Icons of Relocation - we are very happy to be back with you.We took a quick break over the summer to deliver some exciting changes for Icon and this episode takes a deeper dive into what we've been up to!Vanessa Szmagara hosts the show and interviews co-host and CEO of Icon Relocation - Simon Johnston about what these changes mean for Icon and what the future looks like for our team, our partners and our clients. Icon - together for the journey.
In this week's episode of Icons of Relocation our host Simon Johnston GMS talks to Matthew Salvidge from Savills Estate Agents about the new Tenancy Reform act.We get a 6 monthly UK housing market review and of course Matthew's expertise for future market predictions. If you're a landlord or a tenant - this episode is not to be missed.
This week Simon Johnston speaks to Rahul Batra, Managing Partner of Hudson McKenzie - an award-winning, boutique law firm, recognised as one of the foremost legal practices in the UK by various legal directories including The Legal 500. We get the facts on visa applications, salary thresholds and how easy it actually is to move to the UK, we think you'll be surprised!
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