Relocation News

A recent survey by Lloyds TSB International reveals that around a third of expats leaving the UK are doing so for work reasons. The study found that of this number seven out of 10 reported earning a higher wage than at home. Pay in the UK has struggled to keep up with inflation with many workers having their pay frozen as the UK struggles...

As more people choose to move abroad in search of a better career recent research reveals that the US is still the number one destinations for those looking to relocate. Recruitment firm Hydrogen found that the second most popular country for professionals to head to was the UK with Australia taking the third spot. It is estimated that...

A new study by Lloyds TSB International show that close to a third of British expats have made the move overseas to take advantage of better job opportunities. This is a marked increase on the 27 per cent who said the same in February last year. Over the past 18 months the economy in the UK has remained flat with unemployment hovering...

The mother of a 12-year-old girl who moved with her family to live in Australia six years ago has said that if they had stayed in Ayrshire in Scotland her daughter would not have been able to receive the right cancer treatment. In February last year, Erin Griffin was told she had a brain tumour that could not be operated on. However, she...

Australia continues to top the poll of places Brits would like to move to if they upped sticks and moved abroad. A survey by visa application website GlobalVisas.com indicates that close to half of all Brits would like to emigrate, and the main reason given for this was the weather. Although Australia came top of the poll of countries to...

Council tenants living in the borough of Harrow in north-west London could be offered a cash incentive if they choose move abroad. The idea is one of a number of plans being discussed as a way of freeing up much needed housing stock. Although Harrow Council has stressed that all ideas are currently only in the discussion stage, those who do...

An increasing number of British Nationals are looking to escape the economic doldrums in the UK by moving abroad for work. A recent survey by Lloyds TSB International has revealed that 30 per cent of people now calling another country their home have done so because of better job prospects, up from the 27 per cent who claimed the same in last...

Tanning addict Patricia Krentcil, who hit the headlines recently as the world’s first ever ‘tanorexic’, has said she intends to battle a ban by US salons by moving abroad. She wants to make Britain her new home. She has also been branded the worst parent in the US after she was accused of encouraging her six-year-old daughter to use a...

British expats who are thinking of spending time in the UK are being advised to become familiar with new rules to be introduced in April that could affect their tax status. The Treasury announced the Statutory Residence Test in 2011 which will calculate how many days an expat is allowed to return home for before becoming liable for UK...

An inquest has heard how British woman who moved to Turkey in an effort to find love died after she contracted an illness after not taken to a hospital by her boyfriend. Beverly Mitchell died two weeks after falling ill with the mystery disease. The illness caused respiratory failure. Although a second post mortem was carried out in the...