Why Vienna is rated as a very nice place to live, eight years in a row
Every year Mercer, one of the world’s biggest HR consultancy firms conducts a Quality of Living Index, which looks at the countries and cities across the world and ranks them according to the quality of life they offer their residents. For seven years in a row,...
Is living as an expat in Hong Kong worth the price?
Many professionals often get expat postings to expensive cities, and one of the most expensive cities according to the consulting firm Mercer’s global survey is Hong Kong. Asian cities do fall amongst the world’s most expensive locations for deploying expats and with...
Expats in the UAE are struggling to save their money
Until very recently expats looked to the UAE as a country where they could work and save a great deal of money tax-free – which they could then use to improve their lives when they returned to their home country. A recent report, however, announced that this has...