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Forum: Middle East
May 1st 2016, 1:01 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,602
Posted By Old doc

Re: advice please

This is the killer. Assuming a UK pensionable salary of £100,000 pa, then you will have to set aside £2400-£2500 per month to pay into a private pension.

Add in rental/living costs in Dubai, and I...
Forum: Middle East
Apr 29th 2016, 9:33 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,602
Posted By Old doc

Re: advice please

Don't forget about pension provision. Find out how much an equivalent private pension will cost, because if you leave the UK you will no longer be able to contribute to the NHS superann scheme...
Forum: The Sand Pit
Apr 20th 2016, 4:56 pm
Replies: 80
Views: 5,868
Posted By Old doc

Re: My First Marathon

If you get blisters, then apparently binding the affected areas of your feet with 3M Micropore tape before you run is the best way to prevent them, or so I read recently. HTH.
Forum: The Sand Pit
Apr 19th 2016, 8:05 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 3,010
Posted By Old doc

Re: Only in Dubai! Is this for real

You might want to be underwater to see the cool underwatery stuff, fish etc., or you might want to watch some tennis. Doing both at the same time seems like an attention deficit disordery step too...
Forum: Middle East
Apr 14th 2016, 6:48 pm
Replies: 61
Views: 7,473
Posted By Old doc

Re: Considering move to Dubai

OK, I'll look forward to that.

I'm rather scared still, at the prospect of moving so far from home to a country which operates along entirely different lines, to paraphrase St Van. I'm hoping this...
Forum: Middle East
Apr 14th 2016, 6:42 pm
Replies: 61
Views: 7,473
Posted By Old doc

Re: Considering move to Dubai

Can't see why it wouldn't be.
Forum: Middle East
Apr 14th 2016, 6:07 am
Replies: 61
Views: 7,473
Posted By Old doc

Re: Considering move to Dubai

Critical illness cover - presumably that's something I need to organise out in UAE?
Forum: Middle East
Apr 14th 2016, 6:04 am
Replies: 61
Views: 7,473
Posted By Old doc

Re: Considering move to Dubai

I think it's 15 all-in, but I haven't seen anything in writing as yet. I heard yesterday that they want to interview me via Skype, so this is promising.
Forum: Middle East
Apr 12th 2016, 8:59 pm
Replies: 61
Views: 7,473
Posted By Old doc

Re: Considering move to Dubai

I'm guessing this is what happens.
Forum: Middle East
Apr 11th 2016, 8:37 pm
Replies: 61
Views: 7,473
Posted By Old doc

Re: Considering move to Dubai

Thanks for the car hire prices, I hadn't thought of that.

What happens if you take up a post in UAE, then can't work because you are struck down with, say, a broken leg at the mild end of the...
Forum: Middle East
Apr 10th 2016, 1:48 pm
Replies: 61
Views: 7,473
Posted By Old doc

Re: Considering move to Dubai

This looks like excellent advice, and thanks very much again to all of you who have replied and been so kind and helpful.

I don't know exactly where I'll be based, as I haven't had the interview...
Forum: Middle East
Apr 10th 2016, 11:08 am
Replies: 61
Views: 7,473
Posted By Old doc

Re: Considering move to Dubai

Great, well this all sounds very encouraging.

This may sound like a silly question given what seems to me like a fabulous salary, but I guess I'll have to put some money into a freestanding UK...
Forum: Middle East
Apr 10th 2016, 10:07 am
Replies: 61
Views: 7,473
Posted By Old doc

Re: Considering move to Dubai

Aha, a glimmer of hope!

With the weather out there, and warm seas, I might be tempted to try out SCUBA. And the dune buggie thing/karting. I also like travel, and Dubai is well-placed to hop to...
Forum: Middle East
Apr 10th 2016, 9:54 am
Replies: 61
Views: 7,473
Posted By Old doc

Re: Considering move to Dubai

I live in a lively part of a large city. I enjoy cooking, eating out, good company and a nice glass or three of red wine. I meet up each month with a group of male friends for poker & beers. I gather...
Forum: Middle East
Apr 10th 2016, 9:20 am
Replies: 61
Views: 7,473
Posted By Old doc

Re: Considering move to Dubai

Hi all, thanks very much for the encouraging words. To clarify, yes I am male!

The thing that scares me most about the potential move is being lonely in a strange town. I am keen to avoid the...
Forum: Middle East
Apr 9th 2016, 10:52 pm
Replies: 61
Views: 7,473
Posted By Old doc

Considering move to Dubai

Hi there. I'm looking at options. I'm 53, NHS hospital consultant in the UK, in my current job for 20 years, and fancy a change of scene. Divorced, two children in higher education here, one of whom...
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