Business Abroad

It should be no surprise that Roy Hodgson got the England football coach’s job.  He is eminently qualified, having coached the Finnish, Swiss and United Arab Emirates national teams and he has managed 21 teams in 8 countries over 36 years. But the English press was slow to see the attraction, with the Sun’s headline of “Bwing on the Euwos (We’ll see you in Ukwaine against Fwance)” (in reference to Hodgson’s pronunciation of the English  ’r’ sound), a particularly read more

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