Every year hundreds of UAE businesses will consider expanding overseas, whether across the ditch to Abhudabi or even further abroad. If you find yourself going down the decision making path towards offshore expansion, it’s important to weigh up the pros and cons, and conduct a thorough financial and situational analysis of your businesses current position and where you want to see it in the next 5 years.

When I was in my early teens I read the rich list and noticed that most people in the list owned a business of some sort. Not coming from a business family I asked myself where could I meet lots of business people. I figured business people played golf so I started playing golf at 13. This was my introduction to business, caddying for business people, learning about business and getting paid for it!

As an entrepreneur, setting up your own business was never just an option – you were born for this. It’s an exciting time, but a high level of stress often accompanies all that excitement. The best way to avoid unnecessary stress is to be aware of everything involved in running a business; from your brilliant business idea, to how to run payroll.