How are Investments in the UK Taxed?
Investing in the United Kingdom can be lucrative, with a multitude of opportunities to grow wealth. However, the potential to achieve financial gain also brings the necessity to navigate the UK’s tax rules and regulations. Understanding how different investments are taxed lays the foundation for effective tax planning and optimising your investment portfolio. In this guide, […]
UK Expansion Worker Visa: Set up in the UK
The UK Expansion Visa allows overseas companies to deploy key personnel to the UK to set up operations and expand their business. Part of the more extensive Global Business Mobility Route, this visa opens up much-needed opportunities for global workers who benefit the British economy by commencing trading in the United Kingdom on behalf of […]
Form FLR (FP) Extend Your Stay in the UK
If you want to live with a family member in the UK for more than six months, or if you want to extend your stay in the UK for family or private reasons, you have to make an application the Home Office for permission for further leave to remain. If you’re applying to stay in […]
How to Protect Intellectual Property Rights in the UK
From an invention and innovative design, to a brand name or business identity, intellectual property can represent potentially valuable commercial assets that need to be legally protected, whether trading on home turf or overseas. Having the right type of intellectual property protection will help you to maintain your competitive edge, preventing people from stealing or […]
Licensing a product to sell in the UK
As a foreign company with potentially valuable intellectual assets, such as a unique product design, distinctive brand or innovative technology, there will be various ways in which you can access or expand into the UK market — from product development to distribution and marketing. These types of arrangement will, however, require some form of licensing […]
Graduate Visa: How to Stay in the UK
If you’re an international student in the UK and you want to stay in Britain after your studies, you may be eligible for the Graduate visa. The Graduate visa is a post-study work visa designed to help foreign graduates find work in the UK on completion of their studies. This immigration route is also aimed […]
What is the UK Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS)?
The UK Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) was designed to offer favourable trading terms to certain developing nations when importing into the UK. The following guide to the DCTS looks at what this scheme offers, in particular when compared with the UK’s previous Generalised Scheme of Preferences, as well as who can use the scheme […]
UK Customs Rules
Making customs declarations, paying customs charges and complying with the red tape under the UK’s revised customs’ rules will undoubtedly feel daunting for both traders and tourists alike. Following Brexit, with the end of free movement of both goods and people, the new procedures now encompass EU and non-EU citizens visiting the UK, with goods […]
Duty Deferment Account to Import
When importing goods into Great Britain on a regular basis, having the ability to delay paying customs or tax charges due on those goods can be crucial to streamlining the customs process and improving cashflow. The following guide looks at duty deferment accounts and how these can be used to defer the payment of customs […]
ATA Carnet for Temporary Imports to the UK
A carnet can provide overseas companies with the freedom to bring their products to the UK on a temporary basis – whether to showcase samples for customers, exhibiting at trade fairs and shows, or transporting equipment – and provides professionals with the ability to temporarily bring their tools of the trade into the UK in […]