Thank you very much Bev, the links are being bookmarked!

About the setting up as a business, will I have to do this even for just private tutoring in my own flat??

Also, you're right, I extremely doubt the pay will be brilliant, but i'm not looking to make a fortune out of this, or anything close to it. I believe learning a foreign language or two will be a much more useful asset than another 5 years in full time education. After all, the main point of doing this to learn the language. Also, if I ever want to, I can do an open university degree.

All i'm looking for, after supporting myself a couple of months, is just have enough money to pay for rent, food, bills, the essentials basically. I estimate this to of taken place by the end of 1 year. After that, then i'll look at expanding into the luxuries of life.

Do you, or anyone of experience think this is a possible thing to do?

Thanks a lot by the way!