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Kiwi lifestyle and higher wages lure highly skilled Brits
Just as figures were released showing a dramatic fall in the number of UK immigrants, more than 2,000 skilled job-seekers arrived at the first Down Under Live jobs fair in Newcastle.
The Christchurch rebuild, billed as the ‘world’s largest construction project’, is in dire need of skilled engineers, construction workers in all...
EU member states protest benefit tourism linked to free movement
Four EU member states are requesting an EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministry discussion on the problems to their health and social services caused by migrants arriving for free health care and benefits.
Austria, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK are expressing concern over the burden to their social assistance and health services caused...
Survey shows international companies plan to increase overseas assignments
A recent report on expat practices and policies has reveled that more than 70 per cent of businesses surveyed are planning to increase the numbers of both short and long-term overseas assignments in 2013.
The survey, carried out by Mercers, also indicated that overall numbers of overseas posts rose considerably between 2011 and 2012. Top...
One third of Poles want to emigrate to find work
A study by a respected Polish institute has reveled that 33 per cent of Poles would prefer to emigrate to other European countries including the UK in order to find work.
The study, released by Warsaw’s Homo Homini Institute, reveals that numbers wanting to emigrate have doubled over the past year, and are edging towards the 300,000...
New Singapore trend features opportunistic expat job hunters
Singapore’s booming economy has made it the destination of choice for expats arriving without a job or job-related remuneration package.
Known in the headhunting trade as ‘opportunistic expats’, many young, talented hopefuls are heading for the vibrant city state in the hope of finding their dream job without having to go through a...
Half of Britons prefer emigration but cost holds them back
A recent survey indicates that almost 50 per cent of UK citizens would love the chance to emigrate, but finance, family and the hassle involved is holding them back.
Not surprisingly, after the worst winter since 1962 piled on the misery of cuts in services and rises in utility bills, most of the 49 per cent of respondents who were keen to...
Freezing Britain motivates thousands of applications for 6 Oz dream jobs
No less than 70,000 UK young people stuck in the worst freeze since 1962 have applied for six dream jobs based in Australia.
The jobs include wildlife caretaker, park ranger, lifestyle photographer and a ‘chief funster’, whose position will include reviewing events and festivals in Sydney. The successful applicants will be given a...
Expat tax exemption attracts wealthy pensioners to Portugal
The rush to migrate to Portugal since the beginning of the year is linked with the country’s new ruling on tax exemption for wealthy retirees.
Since the new rules were introduced, more than 200 millionaire pensioners able to satisfy the Portuguese government’s handful of requirements have made the move, joining a huge number of Britons...
Expats in Cyprus in shock over government savings grab
Tens of thousands of expats, members of the British Armed Forces, second home owners and those in the process of migrating to Cyprus are in shock following the announcement of a tax grab on their savings. As part of the agreement on an EU bailout package for the troubled island, the Cypriot government agreed to levy a tax on all private bank...
French millionaire exodus swells with two more heading to London
Following the rush to buy property and establish residency in a small Belgian border town by the French ultra-wealthy including actor Gerard Depardieu, two more French billionaires are heading to London.
CEO of France’s tech giant Dassault Systems Bernard Charles is as critical as those who’ve gone before him over the French...
