Contact US: UK-USA Answers you Seek!
This website is consulted by Florida’s large expat British community, UK-US media and UK Britons wishing to move here. Conceived and launched in 1996 by businesswoman Patricia Kawaja, ex-Londoner and Florida editor of Union Jack British News for 24 years. Ask any question on UK-USA matters and our professional British team guarantees to get you sorted, as we Brits say! Email your name + city to britishbusinessflorida@gmail.com for queries or adrates.
BRITISH BUREAU OFFICE in downtown Miami. Call [305] 450-1755 during Florida office hours only.
MAILING ADDRESS: British Bureau of Florida, 1717 North Bayshore Drive Suite 3250, Miami FL 33132
Send to britishbusinessflorida@gmail.com On subject line put “Query from British website.” IMPORTANT: Include your city.
to contact our UK-USA experts direct.
” HE: I’m a cricket fan. I just called the BBC office in Miami to ask how I can tune my satellite dish to watch the cricket.
The BBC told me: “Call Patricia Kawaja—-she knows everything.”
Since 1991, the British Bureau has been the Florida Source for all Things British. We have found the answer for every British-Florida question ever asked. Example 1 : A Scotsman in Boca Raton calls: “I urgently need a haggis to take to a Burns Supper this weekend. We sourced one for him. Example 2 : American lady phoned : “I need somebody who can sing in Gaelic for my daughter’s wedding. Everybody says to call you.” I found exactly the person for the wedding. Example 3 My favourite [framed on office wall].: On November 3, 1996 an Indian man calls me from Miami. ” HE: I’m a cricket fan. I just called the BBC in Miami to ask how I can tune my satellite dish to watch the cricket. The BBC told me: “Call Patricia Kawaja—–she knows everything.” Example 4] You are the only one who has been ANY HELP to me. Calling the British Embassy in Washington is a joke. I paid to speak to a real human being and she just re-directed me to the Careline number in the UK which costs a fortune and they only told me exactly what is already on the Embassy web site! Award yourself 10/10 for an excellent service, Patricia—–Edward H. in Chicago Example 5 : Woman in Palm Beach phoned me. SHE: I just called the British Embassy in Washington. They referred me to you. [After I helped her with info and sources she required]: “Gosh, you’re miles better than the British Embassy. You’ve got all the answers.” Example 6: “I’ve been told you are the be all and end all, the bees knees of everything British in Florida.”—Alan Forest in Turks and Caicos. began his phone call with that! remark. 7] OTHER EXAMPLES: Past queries our office has advised people on: How do I divorce my American husband in Boca Raton? How do I repatriate my Mum’s body who just died in Tallahassee? Where can I watch [Scottish] Rangers matches in Tampa? Where can I get an authentic English Sunday Roast with Yorkshire Pudding in Ft. Lauderdale? How can I study at a University over in the UK? Where can I get a red London phone booth to stand outside my new British business in Delray Beach? Thousands more people helped since 1991—PK Publisher
NOTE: UK Brits wishing to move to Florida should FIRST read the green EMIGRATE page on this website.
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