A while ago, one of our interns paid a deposit on a three month rental, arranged through a local agent. At the end of the lease, the agent committed to repaying the deposit in full within the seven days set…
I am often asked about deposits when things go wrong for my clients. Many have no idea what the rules are around taking and giving deposits. A client who paid a deposit on a leased office and is now watching…
A post shared by Duncan Riley in the Chiang Mai News in English group on 18 August set out the details of a joint operation by Chiang Mai Provincial Immigration and the Provincial Employment Office in Wiang subdistrict, Fang district.…
When most people hear the word “investment” they picture the same short list, bitcoin, gold, an ETF, or a slice of a listed company. All perfectly valid, all easy to explain in a sentence, and all things you can already…
Thailand’s nominee crackdown, and what it means for founders on both sides of the table A few years ago, a foreign entrepreneur wanted to open a restaurant in a beach town. He found a local agent who promised to have…
My father never migrated to a computer. He had an Olivetti Lettera 32, a small, portable typewriter that sat on his desk for decades. I can still hear him typing, working through letters to friends scattered across the world. Careful,…
There used to be a recognisable pattern to how I wasted time productively. I opened Facebook or LinkedIn to check something specific. Forty minutes later I had three new business ideas, two articles I meant to read, a competitor I…
I wake up at 5 am with five fully formed business ideas. I always have. Before AI, I wrote them down in shorthand and moved on. Now, before breakfast, I can have a 12-page plan, a budget model, a competitor…
A practical guide for SME owners operating in Thailand Thailand’s population stood at 65,809,011 as of 31 December 2025, according to the Central Registration Office under the Department of Provincial Administration. That is a drop of approximately 142,199 people from…
I needed a company card. Nothing complicated. A card to handle online subscriptions, overseas purchases, routine operational spending. The kind of thing every small business needs to function in 2026. The bank put a document in front of me. Twenty-three…