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27.04.2007 [guardian] - Communications technology has liberated me. I live in Ibiza while working mainly as if I was still in the UK. Anybody contacting me by phone, fax, email, mobile or even letter could be mistaken for believing I'd never left Edinburgh. This is a matter of convenience in that many people are still reluctant to make an international phone call. But there is a potential downside. W Business Setting up business in Japan can be an uphill struggle The Guardian, Friday March 30 2007 Nick Clayton Setting up a business in the UK is difficult enough. Move abroad, adding the extra challenges of language, culture and bureaucracy to the mix, and it's enough to make most people go running to the nearest employer. Of course, some places are tougher than others. Japan would certainly be one of the last stable, advanced capitalist economies where I'd try to start a business. B Technology Before you get any bright ideas ... The Guardian, Friday February 23 2007 Nick Clayton Since moving to Ibiza, I keep coming across the collateral damage from reality TV; people who have watched a few living-in-the-sun programmes and decided life can't be worse than it is in Britain. Oh yes it can.Some people are just not cut out socially, professionally or economically for existence abroad. Here are 10 questions any would-be expatriate should ask themselves
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