22 Dec 2010 12:31 PM:

I'm looking for a junior IT support engineer to work in the company I work for in Madrid.  You'll need to speak Spanish but English is more important as we are a multi-national company.

You'll also need a Spanish address, NIE number at least and social security number would probably help.

Feel free to send me a PM.

Thread: I'm looking for work in Madrid

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20 Dec 2010 2:21 PM:

Hi all

I have been using Citbank in Spain since I moved here 10 years ago and am happy with them.  The charges are very low but did decrease slightly when I started getting my salary paid in.  The charges were pretty low before then.

I also like that I can do free & real-time transfers between my UK and Spanish Citibank accounts

I've never used them but Santander are always advertising that their accounts have "0% commision".  Can't say what thay means in real life though.

 

Thread: Bank Charges in Spain where can I find a list?

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10 Dec 2010 11:27 AM:

After living in Spain (Madrid) for 10 years the only thing we prefer to buy back in the UK is clothing.  We find the quality much better, there's more choice (especially in sizes) and the prices are comparable if not better.

M&S deliver to Spain now which is great as it's the only place I have found with choice of waist and leg lengths.

Shoes are also much better quality, and I'm sure cheaper, in the UK and the shop assistants actually know how to measure the kids shoe sizes properly offering a choice of both length and width (in Clarkes at least).

We don't have much choice but insurance (car and motobike) is much more expensive here than in the UK.  My motorbike insurance costs 3 times as much here as it would in the UK and they've only just started offering fully comp insurance here for my bike.

I could be wrong here but I'm sure that car prices, especially secondhand, are more expensive here too.

Please don't take the above as a whinge (on my first post).  We love living here and if we didn't we'd move back.

Andy

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