Tag: Cost of Living
The Best Countries for Expats Revealed; UAE 19th
InterNations.org just released its Expat Insider Survey for 2015, which ranks the best countries for expats to live in.
In order to complete the survey,...
46% Drop in Eid Visitors to Dubai
Contrary to the news heralded by a number of local news websites ahead of this year's Eid Al Fitr, the number of people visiting...
Parents Relieved – The School Year’s Suffering Has Ended…Temporarily
Hooray! The academic school year is finally over. Parents who feel they are subject of extortion and torture by investors in education, opportunists who...
Dubai inflation hits six-year high
A recent report issued by the Dubai Statistics Centre (DSC) shows that annual inflation of the consumer price index (CPI) for goods and services...
2015 Cost of Living Survey: Dubai and Abu Dhabi Most Expensive...
Dubai and Abu Dhabi have been ranked as the 23rd and 33rd most expensive cities to live in (respectively) according to Mercer’s 2015 Cost...
Oil Price Fall Reflect on UAE Job Market
2015 salary projections for the United Arab Emirates had to be recently revised and readjusted. As a result, salary hikes in the country are...
Most Expensive Cities in 2015, Dubai Off the Map
The annual Worldwide Cost of Living report was recently published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). It ranks the most expensive cities in the...
Dubai Quality of Living Ranked 74th Worldwide
Dubai is constantly mentioned as one of the most attractive cities for expatriates in the world, but it turns out it may not be...
Best Cities to Live and Work Remotely; Dubai 184th
The number of remote workers will witness a big increase over the next half a decade, according to a new study by London Business...
Best Countries for Working Parents
Almost everywhere around the world new moms are given a maternity leave, but in some countries parents receive much more benefits than just a...
Rent Increases Prompt UAE Companies to Revise Allowances
The increasing rents in the UAE over the last year and half, and especially in Dubai, where both sales and lease prices jumped rapidly...
UAE Rents Ranked 4th Highest Worldwide
Residents in Dubai constantly complain about the high rents they are paying and now there’s a proof they are right. A recently published Cost...
Retirement in UAE? It’s Not So Simple
Many of the working expats in UAE are facing poverty, or at least an unsatisfactory quality of living when they get retired, according to...
Dubai Cost of Living Now More Affordable; Or is it…
Dubai cost of living has become more affordable, according to Savills’ Live/Work Index, but not according to local expats. In 2014, the city was...
Dubai Inflation Rate Hits Six-year High to 4.2 Percent
A research by National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) revealed on Tuesday the inflation rate for the emirate of Dubai climbed to 4.22 percent,...
Over Quarter of UAE Population in Debt
More than 25% of the population of the United Arab Emirates is living in debt. That was revealed by a new survey, which also...
DHL Express announces price increase globally
· 4.9% increase in the United Arab Emirates for Time Definite International products
· Effective January 1, 2015
DHL Express, the world’s leading international express services...
Most Expensive Places to Live and Work Revealed
London has become the world’s most expensive city for companies to locate employees, overtaking Hong Kong, which had previously topped the ranking for an...