British businesses that export goods or services to the Continent are reportedly being encouraged by UK government trade advisers to set up separate companies inside the EU in order to get around extra charges, paperwork and taxes resulting from Brexit. Maybe time to set up a European subsidiary? Or use us to bill? Setting up…
We are receiving prospects from our recruitment partners for British nationals to take positions in the EU/EEA. We have to tell these candidates that they need a work permit, assuming that they had not registered before the Transition Period ended on 31st December 2020. Unfortunately, this leads to disappointment from the candidate and you lose a…
A newly appointed Compliance Manager was tasked with getting the recruitment company ready for a trade sale. Management was concerned about any hidden risks that could deflate the price a buyer would pay. The Compliance Manager asked us in to advise the Compliance Manager how we could design ourselves our of the contract chain. We…
A client was trying to place contractors in Sweden. What they found was that the net retentions were so low that contractors could not afford to take the assignment and end up paying the employer’s social charges in Sweden of a little over a 30% plus having to meet dual housekeeping costs in Sweden, as…
A UK recruiter approached us. They had a problem with a Swiss client where they had placed permanent staff. The problem was that the Swiss client was refusing to pay the UK businesses’ placement fees. The client argued that, under Swiss law, consorting with a non-swiss recruitment business was contrary to the law, and the…
An agency approached us how we could help them to de-risk their clients who were placing contractors in the Netherlands. The risks, from chain law, meant that contractors who were operating as independents or their BVs would not be re-classified as employees of the end clients which arises since the end of the WAB law…
A contractor wrote to us and asked for a solution to work in Sweden. We asked him if he regularly wrote to his doctor for a diagnosis. He wondered what on earth we were talking about. We explained that we need to understand all about him as a potential client, his circumstances and needs and…
A UK recruitment business approached us, asking for help to set up their business in Switzerland. We provided a new company, obtained suitable premises for them, applied for an obtained the cantonal and federal labour leasing and permanent placement licences. We also arranged for the necessary insurances and pensions and set up their payroll. The…
An agency approached us with several cases of their contractors working in the Netherlands, and the agency was paying them to their UK limited companies. There was no local compliance work in the Netherlands. We spoke to contractors and offered them Dutch employment which they refused on the grounds of a reduction in their take-home…
Access Financial has been in China for 12 years. AF can help corporates who have a need to employ people in China but who either do not have or want an entity in China. For them, it can be both less costly and more convenient to entrust their employee to AF PEO services in China.…