Appointments should be made and business cards will generally be exchanged. Full IDD, dial 010 for IDD calls. An anorak is always useful, also a good pair of walking shoes. Modes of dress vary but generally a shirt is required for men going into pubs. Jackets and ties are required in many good restaurants, otherwise a tie is not necessary.
Insurance is mandatory.
Speed and distances in imperial measures, driving is on the left. Electricity 240V AC 50Hz. British rail, operating 26,570 miles of railway track, links every major town in the country. Services are frequent, dining and sleeping facilities are available on longer journeys. The national bus system, National Express, covers all England and Wales and, linked with the Scottish bus group, the entire country, reaching some 3000 destinations.