On grey, overcast winter mornings in citadels of capitalism across the world, forlorn employees open pay packets gouged by the taxman and their thoughts turn to working abroad. Amid the longest oil boom in history, the Gulf is growing rapidly, developing financial services, industry and commerce focused on the business centre of Dubai and oil and gas centres of Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
The quadrupling of oil prices this decade has caused an unprecedented rush of investment across the Gulf, from financial services to education, healthcare to construction. That means job opportunities for every profession, from western lawyers to South Asian manual labourers.
