Need a bit of help,im moving to the UK

[Shark]

hey people,

how lou all doing?im looking for a bit of help guys,im from South Africa but about 3 weeks ago I got recruited for a company cold Universal Group,(Universal Energy or telecomm)

all I want to know from you guys is, have you guys heard of them or know about them? Please guys..

on to another thing,what are the prices of bikes like over there?what will I pay for say a Suzi GSXR600 or 750 SRAD say "98 "99 model or something simuler and for a (not sure what You guys call them)2L SuperBoss Oper or Vauxal??

oh yeah,where are nice places,city's what ever to live? a friend of mine seggested nottingham but Im not familiar with the UK at all

thanks,hope to see you guys soon
Percy

[G]

Have a look at www.biketrader.co.uk and www.autotrader.co.uk for prices.

Big cities in the UK are like big cities in the most of the rest of the world. Personally I'm not a big fan of them.

Surely it will depend where your job is, as to where you will choose to live?

[Fallen Angel]

Here is a link to the company in question, although, I am sure / I hope you will have checked all this before deciding to move to the other side of the world!!!

https://www.universalgroup.net/index.html

It looks like they are based in High Wycombe, although their website says they are based in 15 location throughout the country!!!

If you know where you are going to be based try multimap to locate that town or city and then enquire about that area!

Please tell me you have done some research of your own before just deciding ot move to the other side of the world!!!
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[Barker-CBR 600]

High Wycombe, not too far off from me. (Was there on saturday, i was in a bad part of the town but the rest of it is nothing special, not bad but not amazing either. Much like a lot of Bucks.)

Everyone knows Milton Keynes is the nicest city, due to the fact the whole place is no more than 20 years old
Not to mention you can drive across it in under 15 minutes and even in rush hour traffic aint a huge problem due to the simple fact there is no real centre to it.

Every city got its nice area's, and its nasty area's. Due to the fact life in england is in the top 4-5 most expensive places to live in the world... and house prices souring an all that... depends what you can afford.
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[Shark]

hey guys

thanks for your help. Yes I have been to there web site thanks and it all sounds promising.its just that i was still a bit afraid of a scam,thats why i wanted to know from you guy's if you know of this company.

I know about all the living costs and expenses but i dont think that would be a problem. what i wanted to know about the area's is where are fun places?,cause I can more or les decide where i want to live.

thanks for all your help,
-Percy

[Sadie]

Companies House lists the Universal Group as a "dormant" company. Some information below:

Name & Registered Office:
UNIVERSAL GROUP UTILITIES LIMITED
PHOENIX HOUSE
DESBOROUGH PARK ROAD
HIGH WYCOMBE
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HP12 3BQ
Company No. 04163011

Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 19/02/2001
Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(92)):
7499 - Non-trading company

Accounting Reference Date: 30/09
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/09/2004 (DORMANT)
Next Accounts Due: 30/07/2006
Last Return Made Up To: 19/02/2004
Next Return Due: 19/03/2005


Be a bit careful and maybe check it out some more!
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[Mantzy]

What are you going to be doing with them?

I used to sell gas and electricity door to door and there used to be a company called Universal Utilities that did a similar thing to us.

If you do move here, wherever you're posted, DO NOT BUY STRAIGHT AWAY. I know it may sound obvious but you'd be suprised the amount of people who buy and then realise they're in a bad neighbourhood. Rent, find out about the town and then buy when you know the nice parts.

Good luck.
R
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[Fallen Angel]

[Shark]

I'm from South Africa.
thanks for all your input and help guys. i've checked them out in most ways possible to me and it sounds save. i just got my passport and everything is falling into place now,it looks like i might be flying the 31jan.so see you guys soon.
oh i'm thinking about going to cambrige so yeah...thanks again guys.

[NickD]

Some great bike roads around Cambridge! Not too far from Santa Pod either.
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[Fallen Angel]

Cool - glad you've got it sorted mate.

Hopefully see you at a rally sometime later in the year then!
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