Starting a Recruitment Business
New recruitment businesses are faced with a mountain of tax, VAT, employment law and regulatory compliance requirements from the get-go. There is no time for a recruitment start-up to ease into legal compliance while their also trying to get their business competitive and profitable. What’s more, these compliance requirements are specific and targeted meaning only expert and specialist advice will do.
Faced with these challenges, it is crucial that new recruitment businesses choose their legal and tax partners carefully. If you are starting up a recruitment business it should be a non-negotiable that your chosen adviser can advise, draft and represent you in the specialist tax, VAT employment law and regulatory areas that you will encounter.
Choosing Chartergates as your partner guarantees you start your recruitment business off compliantly and commercially. Whether it is the Conduct Regs, Section 44 ITEPA, the Nursing Agencies Concession or dealing with the Employment Agencies Standards Inspectorate all the advice, drafting and representation your require is on-hand.
What’s more our experience and expertise means all our services are available cost-effectively and expeditiously.

Our start-up services include:
- Industry specific company formation advice,
- Comprehensive document packs covering, employees, agency workers, the self-employed and PSCs,
- Consultancy included to tailor the documents to your business,
- Advice notes for core compliance areas,
- Status determination tool for added ongoing assistance,
- Advice and introductions to other industry specialists for payroll, insurance & other key services,
- Advice on engaging with umbrella companies
- Options for ongoing advice and assistance,
- Optional (and subject to fees) access to Chartergate Audit Services, (our sister company) including RISC™ for ongoing compliance checks and added credibility.
If you’re starting a recruitment business, then don’t jeopardies your business from the start by compromising on the quality of the advice you receive. Contact Chartergates and get everything you need to start a credible, successful and compliant business.
Our Services & How We Provide Them
With our tailored combination of sector specific expertise and complete advisory, drafting and representation services we are an essential service for recruitment businesses. From one-off advice to a full retained service, we offer:
- Bespoke tax, VAT & employment law advice and drafting
- HMRC dispute representation, including PAYE/ NIC enquiries
- Tax Tribunal representation
- Employment Tribunal representation
- Umbrella supplier audits and due diligence
- Regulatory advice and representation, including EAS inspections
- VAT HMRC dispute representation

