{"id":8415,"date":"2012-02-29T02:41:26","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T00:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/canada-tops-uk-expat-lifestyle-quality-index\/"},"modified":"2012-02-29T02:41:26","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T00:41:26","slug":"canada-tops-uk-expat-lifestyle-quality-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/canada-tops-uk-expat-lifestyle-quality-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada tops UK expat lifestyle quality index"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Paul Casciato<\/span><\/p>\n

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LONDON<\/span> Feb 29 (Reuters) – Canada’s natural beauty,
\nmulticultural society, health care service and security made it
\nthe top place on the planet for UK expats, according to an
\nannual index released on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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The NatWest International Personal Banking Quality of Life
\nIndex also reported that despite a global economic malaise, more
\nthan two thirds of UK expats had not seen a reduction in their
\nquality of life abroad and fewer planned to return home.<\/p>\n

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The fifth index by Britain’s Natwest bank revealed
\nmost UK expats believe their decision to move abroad was right
\nand that more than half of them have not had to reduce their
\nspending significantly despite the economic backlash from a debt
\ncrisis that has depressed the global economy for years.<\/p>\n

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NatWest head of International Personal Banking Dave Isley
\nsaid in a statement that the index showed expats had sailed
\nthrough the most troubled global economic period since the end
\nof World War Two.<\/p>\n

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“Our Quality of Life Index – which examines expats real life
\nperceptions and experiences and gauges their personal
\nassessments – shows the global financial crisis has failed to
\ndampen the spirits of expats who seem to have adopted the ‘keep
\ncalm, carry on’ philosophy,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Expats living in China, UAE, Hong Kong and Singapore said
\ntheir financial position had ‘improved dramatically’ since
\nmoving to the country. Those living in Australia, Canada and New
\nZealand assessed their financial position as having ‘improved
\nsignificantly’.<\/p>\n

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Those living in Western Europe, South Africa and the United
\nStates were less enthusiastic about the improvement in their
\nfinancial prospects and reported their financial position to
\nhave ‘improved moderately’.<\/p>\n

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The index also reported that those Britons who escaped to
\nthe sun in Spain, France and Portugal are counting the cost of
\ntheir moves as their disposable income is eroded and the cost of
\nliving rises during a period of budget austerity ushered in by a
\neuro zone crisis that has hit market confidence in several
\ncountries tied to the single European currency.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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