Laura Andrews

UK Payroll Deadlines Checklist for New Overseas Employers

Sep 26

Understanding Sterling: The UK Currency and Everyday Banking Basics

Understanding Sterling: The UK Currency and Everyday Banking Basics Part of the Paul Beare UK Expansion Knowledge Hub. Sterling itself isn’t complicated. Pounds and pence, same as any currency. What catches overseas companies out is everything wrapped around it: sort codes instead of routing numbers, a Faster Payments system that clears same-day when SWIFT would […]

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Sep 26

UK Geography and Regions: Where to Base Your Business

UK Geography and Regions: Where to Base Your Business Part of the Paul Beare UK Expansion Knowledge Hub. Deciding to expand into the UK is one decision. Deciding where in the UK is a second one, and it gets less attention than it deserves. Most overseas founders default to London because it’s the name they […]

By Laura Andrews International Expansion

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Mandatory Payrolling of Benefits in Kind: A UK Guide

Sep 26

The Four Nations of the UK: What Overseas Businesses Need to Know

The Four Nations of the UK: What Overseas Businesses Need to Know Part of the Paul Beare UK Expansion Knowledge Hub. Most overseas founders use “UK” and “England” interchangeably, and for casual conversation that’s fine. It stops being fine once you’re registering a company, hiring staff, or working out which tax rules apply to you. […]

By Laura Andrews International Expansion

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Sep 26

National Insurance Numbers for Overseas Employees

National Insurance Numbers for Overseas Employees Most overseas companies hiring their first UK employee assume the National Insurance number works like a company registration number, something that has to be sorted before anyone can be paid. It doesn’t work that way. Get the sequence wrong and you risk delaying a start date over a step […]

By Laura Andrews UK Payroll

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Sep 26

What South African Companies Get Wrong Expanding to the UK

What South African Companies Get Wrong Expanding to the UK South African companies often move to the UK for reasons that have nothing to do with market opportunity. Rand volatility, a desire to hold revenue in a harder currency, or simply following clients and directors who’ve already relocated. The pull is strong, and the shared […]

By Laura Andrews International Expansion

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Sep 26

What Canadian Companies Get Wrong Expanding to the UK

What Canadian Companies Get Wrong Expanding to the UK Canadian companies tend to arrive in the UK with more confidence than most, and much of that confidence is earned. Common law, a similar approach to contracts, a long trading relationship, and a tax treaty that actually works in your favour. The structural starting point is […]

By Laura Andrews International Expansion

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Understanding Sterling: The UK Currency and Everyday Banking Basics

UK Geography and Regions: Where to Base Your Business

The Four Nations of the UK: What Overseas Businesses Need to Know

National Insurance Numbers for Overseas Employees

What South African Companies Get Wrong Expanding to the UK

What Canadian Companies Get Wrong Expanding to the UK

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