Need to know
Brexit planning: how to hire overseas talent
- Article
- 27 Oct 2020
28 October 2020: Dhruti Thakrar of Edwin Coe LLP explains how the new sponsor licensing system will work and the potential challenges for businesses.
Brexit checklist
- Helpsheets and support
- 19 Oct 2020
Read our quick-start guide, outlining a variety of areas that could impact your business post Brexit.
Latest news and insights
ICAEW technical round-up: February 2021
- Article
- 23 Feb 2021
24 February 2021: This month’s top technical stories on ICAEW Insights include updates on self assessment penalties, IR35 changes and a major change to the government’s Kickstart Scheme.
Brexit: changes for short-term travel and longer-term stays
- Article
- 08 Jan 2021
8 January 2021: As an employer or an employee, it is worth understanding how certain provisions on mobility in the new EU-UK Trade Cooperation Agreement will affect business activities.
Brexit: Clarity on social security contributions of mobile workers
- Article
- 06 Jan 2021
Updated 7 January 2021: Following the end of the transition period, workers moving between the UK and the EEA and Switzerland should only pay social security contributions to one country, usually this will be where the work takes place confirms HMRC.
End of transition: scrutinise your staff, costs and contracts
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- 04 Dec 2020
7 December 2020: What should UK companies – and particularly SMEs – be concerned with in the countdown to the end of the Brexit transition period? Staffing, extra costs and contract terms are the three big questions, says Paul Samrah, Partner in Moore Kingston Smith.
Tax news in brief
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- 24 Nov 2020
24 November: Highlights from the broader tax news this week includes: HMRC begins checks on 'Eat Out' scheme payments, no clarity on Budget date, government guidance for staff dealing with social security applications post-Brexit and gender pay gap reporting when employees have been furloughed.
EMI to continue after Brexit transition
- Article
- 03 Nov 2020
3 November: HMRC has confirmed that Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) schemes will continue to be available after 31 December 2020 under UK law.
ICAEW technical round-up: October 2020
- Article
- 29 Oct 2020
30 October 2020: The top technical stories featured on ICAEW Insights this month include updates to the self-employed and Job Support schemes, as well as a raft of Brexit planning guidance and audit updates and guidance.
Brexit planning: how to hire overseas talent
- Article
- 27 Oct 2020
28 October 2020: Dhruti Thakrar of Edwin Coe LLP explains how the new sponsor licensing system will work and the potential challenges for businesses.
Guides and FAQs
EU law and business: Brexit implications
- Helpsheets and support
- 29 Nov 2018
- PDF (291kb)
Much Brexit guidance is concerned mainly with trade in goods, but there are a variety of other areas of EU law that also affect business. Our Know-how guides gives you a framework to understand these implications. It will be particularly relevant for services businesses seeking to assess how they are impacted.
Regulated professions database
- Website
- 09 Mar 2021
Search by profession, country of qualification and country where you wish to practice. The database gives information on regulated professions such as competent authorities, reserved activities and restrictions.
Acas: Brexit and employment law
- Website
- 25 Jan 2021
Guidance from Acas on changes to employments rights after the UK's withdrawal from the EU, including advice on hiring workers from the EU.
Providing services and travelling for business to the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein: country guides
- Website
- 28 Dec 2020
Country-by-country guides aimed at UK businesses providing services and travelling for business. They cover trade regulations, ownership of companies, business travel and entry requirements, recognition of professional qualifications, and GDPR.
National Insurance for workers from the UK working in the EEA or Switzerland from 1 January 2021
- Website
- 26 Dec 2020
Check which country's social security contributions you must pay from 1 January 2021 if you are from the UK and working in the EU, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland or Liechtenstein. Includes links to HMRC forms for different types of circumstances.
Social security contributions for workers coming to the UK from the EEA or Switzerland from 1 January 2021
- Website
- 26 Dec 2020
Check where you need to pay social security contributions from 1 January 2021, if you’re a worker from the EU, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland or Liechtenstein working in UK.
Employers’ legal guide to post-Brexit immigration
- Website
- 23 Dec 2020
Practical guide from the CIPD on navigating the UK's new points-based immigration system. This step-by-step guide is aimed at HR and employers who are retaining or recruiting non-UK citizens.
CIPD Brexit hub
- Website
- 21 Dec 2020
Updated resources and guidance to help businesses take appropriate steps to plan for and support the workforce in the run up to 1 January 2021. The hub includes handy summaries for the six circumstances that may apply to your workforce with the actions you may need to take and an employers' legal guide to post-Brexit immigration.
Business travel: extra requirements from 1 January 2021
- Website
- 28 Sep 2020
The latest advice from the UK Government on how to prepare for business travel to Europe from 1 January 2021.