Partners

1st Contact Visas

www.1stContactVisas.com

1st Contact Visas is an immigration consultancy incorporated in 1998 with the aim of becoming the premier visa service provider to people wishing to migrate around the world.

Whether you need help lodging a skilled visa for the United Kingdom or simply want to stay longer in the UK, you can rest assured that we have the skills and experience to take the hassle out of the migration process so that you have a smooth landing and can enjoy getting on with life.

1st Contact Visas (Australia)

www.1stContactVisas.com

1st Contact Visas (Australia) is an immigration consultancy formed in 1998. It assists clients wanting to migrate to Australia and New Zealand, as well as Australasians looking to live or work in the UK.

Dearson Winyard International

www.dwiglobal.com

Immigration UK from DWi is the premier location on the web for UK immigration expertise and services. DWi is a progressive and innovative organisation that prides itself on providing the highest standards of service and support to a broad client base, ranging from multi-nationals to developing companies, covering every market sector. As part of this philosophy, the company has developed a number of unique proprietary solutions designed to meet the specific needs of our clients and their international assignees.

Philip Gamble & Partners

www.philipgamble.co.uk

Philip Gamble & Partners are UK Immigration & Nationality Law Practitioners based in Croydon, South London. They are regulated by the Office of Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC: F2002-00049) - an independent body set up by the government to regulate all UK immigration and work permit advisors.

They are also members of the Association of Regulated immigration Practitioners (ARIA) an independent body set up in consultation with OISC to further promote the professionalism of immigration advisers.

They provide a highly professional service to both private clients and the public sector. They have over 20 years experience in the immigration field and have been under contract with many of the NHS trusts all over the UK for the past 17 years and continue to offer a first class level of service. They also hold contracts with many of the leading recruitment agencies both nationally and internationally.

Sable Passports

www.sable-group.com

A PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANCY PROVIDING ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION IN UK NATIONALITY, EU PASSPORTS AND UK IMMIGRATION MATTERS.

Sable Passports cover four main areas:

• UK Nationality
• Portuguese Passport
• UK Immigration
• Online Assessments

Sable Wealth

www.sable-group.com/wealth

The individual circumstances of our clients, with respect to tax status, mobility and more specific outlook, require niche planning. We provide assistance enabling you to earn, save and invest your money as efficiently as possible. Our skills are uniquely positioned to cater for any requirements.

Few people become wealthy by accident.

Wealth creation is not only a function of earning power but rather the effective implementation of a clear strategy over time. Sable Wealth is committed to helping you develop and implement a wealth strategy in all phases of your earnings cycle. As part of this process we consider all aspects of your personal financial situation to ensure you maximise your financial opportunities while managing your risks. Creating a financial plan includes understanding your domicile and residence status, your risk profile, your mobility and flexibility requirements.

1st Contact Accounting

www.1stContact-Accounting.com

1st Contact Accounting offers a specialist accounting service for contractors working through a Limited Company.

As specialists UK contracting laws, they are able to ensure that any advantages that are available to you as a contractor are utilised. When it comes to tax this can have a massive impact on what you get to keep and save.

As market leaders 1st Contact Accounting has a proud history of providing outstanding customer service to the contractor services market since 1996.

1st Contact Accounting offers a full range of accounting contractor services, while also offering you the flexibility of which services you take up, depending on your circumstances.

You will be allocated your own personal accountant who is dedicated to ensuring all your accounting needs are met.

1st Contact Forex

www.1stContactForex.com

We facilitate over 100,000 International money transfers around the world every year. This includes money transfers to most destinations around the world including South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Europe and the USA. Great exchange rates, low money transfer fees, easy foreign payments system.

Send money home online or give us a call today and speak to one of our specialist foreign currency consultants.

1st Contact Tax Refunds

www.1stContact-TaxRefunds.com

With millions of pounds of overpaid tax being unclaimed every year, it is worth checking whether some of this money is due to you in the form of a Tax Refund. Anybody who has worked in the UK may have overpaid tax due to various reasons.

1st Contact Tax Refunds, a specialist division of the 1st Contact Group, is the largest registered tax refund agent in the UK, specialising in the management and administration of tax refunds on behalf of our clients.

With 15 years of UK tax refund experience, we have managed and processed over 100 000 successful tax claims for our clients with a 96% success rate. Since each tax refund claim is highly unique we operate on a NO REFUND, NO FEE basis.

Being an accredited member of the Association of Tax Agents (ATA), we are able to offer you 100% guaranteed protection on your tax refund claim.

1st Contact NI Rebates

www.1stContactnirebates.com

1st Contact NI Refunds endeavours to be simple and cheap:

The rebate process is online. It is simple to set up and you need only do this once. There is no need to reapply each year. 100% of your contribution is rebated back to you. No fee is taken from the rebate. The pension set up to receive the rebate is a stakeholder scheme with AXA. Stakeholder pensions conform to the standards and costs laid out by the government. This means there is a single capped annual management charge (AXA only charge a 1% annual management charge). No other upfront or monthly charges.

AXA is one of the largest pension providers in the UK and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. 1st Contact NI Rebates is also regulated by the FSA. They do not hold your funds at any time. The rebate goes directly from the government to your pension with AXA. They only facilitate in setting it up.

1st Contact Umbrella

www.1stContact-Umbrella.com

As market leaders in the provision of payroll services to the contractor market, 1st Contact Umbrella will help you make the most of what you earn, save and invest. 1st Contact Umbrella have serviced over 100,000 contractors since 1996.

The services are IR35 and HMRC compliant; highly respected within the industry and work alongside well renowned recruitment agencies. Over 65% of new business is derived through word-of-mouth.

1st Contact Kickstart

www.1stContactKickstart.com

The Kickstart Package includes everything you need to live and work in the UK. It’ll help you hit the ground running and make sure your future is full of opportunity.

Make the most of living in London by taking advantage of special discounts, free money transfers, bank account assistance for opening a UK bank account, NI number assistance for a national insurance number, excellent exchange rates, reliable partners and established experts to guide and advise you every step of your stay.

1st Contact Kickstart (Australia)

www.1stContact.com.au

1st Contact Kickstart has a range of services to get your Australian experience started. The Kickstart Australia package includes:

- Australian Visa Consultation
- Job Assistance
- Bank Account
- Australian Tax File Number
- Mobile phone SIM card
- Post Manager
- Australian Information pack
- OzAssist

Sable Mortgages

www.sable-group.com

Sable Property is the mortgage advice and property investment arm of the Sable Group. As an International Mortgage Brokerage, Sable Property is regulated to provide advice to clients on mortgage arrangements in the UK, New Zealand, Australia, South African and mainland Europe.

Their focus is to help clients obtain the most competitive property finance arrangements to actualise their property investment goals. They are uniquely positioned to provide specialist mortgage advice for UK based contractors, expat clients without indefinite leave to remain in the UK and property investors.

South African Newspaper

www.thesouthafrican.co.uk

The South African is a South African expat newspaper published in London. It is the only newspaper in the UK aimed at South Africans. The newspaper is published weekly and gets distributed for free on the streets of London every Tuesday morning. It is also available at South African interest locations around the UK, including South African shops and restaurants.

www.thesouthafrican.com and its social media channels allow South African expats as far as Australia and elsewhere to share their stories and find useful tips on living abroad.

With the motto, ‘News for Global South Africans’ The South African aims to unite, inform and inspire South Africans and Zimbabweans (whom we embrace as our own) living abroad and keep the African spirit alive through supporting local South African bands and artists as well as providing intelligent reflection on the news of the day. As the independent voice of South Africans abroad, The South African is best placed to highlight key expat issues, points of interest and specialised services for South Africans in the UK and further afield.

The South African is published by Blue Sky Publications. Other titles include: Australian Times, New Zealand Times, SA Property Monthly and various specialist supplements on expat related topics.

Australian Times

www.australiantimes.co.uk

Australian Times is a free weekly newspaper for, by and about Aussies living in the UK. With a weekly distribution run of over 20,000 copies and a new and modern online website to support the newspaper, Australian Times is one of the only places for Australians in the UK to get all their news, entertainment, travel and sport from here and back home.