UK HR & Legal

The UK has a well established Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer regime designed to track the movement of funds across businesses large and small, and to ensure that criminal activity is detected and stopped. And there’s no doubt that non-compliance with UK Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations carries significant risks, including financial penalties, criminal […]

For overseas companies looking to expand into the UK, hiring local staff can be a major milestone. But doing so without using an Employer of Record (EOR) or properly setting up the employment structure carries significant and often hidden risks. There are several pitfalls of hiring employees directly in the UK without the right compliance […]

Employing overseas workers when setting up in the UK can be a complicated business. If a company does not have, or does not yet want a UK-based entity to employ these workers, what options are available, particularly if they will need work visas in place? Over the last couple of years, more complex employment relationships […]

Company directors or any other person who has been appointed to a position by a company or organisation but doesn’t have a contract or receive regular payment as office holders are neither employees nor workers. Company directors who also have an employment or worker’s contract can be both an office holder and an employee at the same time. If […]

Many smaller businesses have struggled to keep their teams connected during the last few months, and for some, the lockdown has revealed hidden tensions and dynamics that can sometimes hinder performance. Consultant Annelise Cruickshank works with businesses of all sizes to help them use the Myers Briggs questionnaire to improve team dynamics and boost performance. Q: How […]

We were recently asked to provide UK payroll services to a West-Coast company taking on their first employee in the UK. We scheduled an initial discussion with that company, a software/technology firm in the Bay area, to find out more about their intentions and what was being offered to the UK hire. They knew about being paid […]