I've chatted with somebody from EH and they use English always when there are english speakers about.
They were friendly, chatty and helpful - they were also keen on us after I'd talked with them for a bit.
I chatted also with a guy from Sirrius alliance today - they're a new renter alliance and looking for some new blood. They're also looking to get sov in our POS system.
They're UK based mostly and appeared friendly - but a little wanna-be. Might be up-and-coming.
Arcane are having a lot of hassle from Puppet at the mo - which gives us plenty of combat possibilties and maybe we can help turn them around.
Still not sure about them.
Currently EH look more promising - allows us to ease into 0.0 a little better.
I've dropped a line to somebody in Sons of Tangra to see what their requirements are for corps. Currently I think they're not accepting any new corps but they're active, friendly and have a good chunk of space in Fountain.