Business Abroad

It has become increasingly easy to work outside your home country, which is great news for someone who enjoys the multinational world of Premier League football. However, the rising mobility of the world’s workforce is not without its dangers.

You may have heard of Dr Daniel Ubani, a German speaking doctor who gave his elderly patient a fatal overdose on his first and only shift in the UK. It was announced last week that the British government is trying to sidestep EU read more

20 year old Alex Rawlings is an Oxford university undergraduate who speaks a staggering 11 languages. He is conversant in English, Greek, German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Afrikaans, French, Hebrew, Catalan and Italian and has every intention of adding to this already phenomenal list. Alex’s interest in foreign tongues arose when he travelled to Holland with his family and was captivated by the incomprehensible lingo that surrounded him. Rather than shouting a bit louder and pointing, as one might expect from read more

Given the increasing influence of Asia Pacific countries in the world economy, we thought it might be timely to present a few facts and figures, as well as a list of pointers to bear in mind when doing business with natives of each of these countries. The majority of the information below is freely available elsewhere online (sources listed below), so we’re not claiming it as our own; we’ve merely compiled it into a single blog post for your read more

Why have we seen such a rise in requests for translating updates of compliance documentation (policies about bribery, corruption, fraud etc) in the past month or so?

Recent legislative changes have provoked large organisations to check that their documentation is up to date. But I wonder if the sudden urgency we have seen is to do with current public disclosures about relationships between the press, police and politicians that are hitting the headlines at the moment.

It’s difficult for companies to ensure read more