I'm in the USA, yet the first thing I did when I bought my bike was have the LBS change the cabling of the front brake to the right. (Not so easy on newer Shimano systems, because the cables run under the tape.)

As a kid I grew up with the UK system of front = right hand and back = left hand. It's what I was used to back then, and on motorcycles, and it made sense to keep the front brake at the stronger hand.