Business services
“1st Contact is a quality service provider with over 250 000 clients in 3 years”
Established since 1996 the 1st Contact Group is dedicated to providing specialist tax, financial and migration services to recruitment agencies and their candidates together with corporations and their staff.
Our core Business Services include:
- Umbrella Payroll services: Maximize your contractor candidates’ pay with compliant UK payroll tax structures PLUS they can claim up to 40% of their flights to the UK.
- Accounting Services: Registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW) we can help with the setup of Limited Companies and provide fully compliant accounting services to candidate contractors or small business owners.
- Visa Services for Your Candidates:
- We guarantee a ‘no visa-no fee service’
- We are an OSIC registered company and a member of the Migration Institute of Australia (MIA)
- We employ MARA registered agents, who have expert skills to keep your candidates abreast of prospective immigration legislation changes and how they will be affected. .
- We will match any visa fee whether it’s a visa for the UK, Australia or New Zealand.
- Tax Refunds: We are the largest registered Tax Refunds Agent in the UK, specialising in the management and administration of tax refunds on behalf of our clients. We will offer your candidates a no refund no fee guarantee.
- Money Transfers: We transfer to most continents of the globe with simple and easy debit card transactions, should your candidates need to transfer some of their money to their home countries or to a myriad of different countries abroad.
Enhance your Brand and Add Value to Your Business
A partnered relationship with 1st Contact business services can help you enhance your brand and market appeal. Through 1st Contact’s array of candidate care and tax products, recruiters can focus on their core business whilst resting assured that their candidates are receiving additional value adds to make their experience with your recruitment agency more satisfying. 1st Contact is dedicated to delivering outstanding and consistent service levels that are tailored to your needs.
Phone: 0207 759 7504
Email: commercial@1stcontact.com
Recruiting Candidates
1st Contact will help source quality international recruitment candidates. We have access to a pipeline of South African, Australian, New Zealand and Canadian candidates sourced directly from their home countries. Get their CV before they even arrive in the UK.
Have a look at our Job assistance service to candidates
1st Contact is one of the leading providers of services for new arrivals to the UK in both the skilled and unskilled markets. From opening bank accounts to visa applications, umbrella and accounting services, international money transfers and independent financial advice, we provide the helping hand your candidates so often need when settling into a new country.
How does the 1st Contact Pipeline work?
1st Contact Pipeline offers a unique solution, dedicated to providing skilled and qualified job candidates to the UK recruitment industry.
We have a network of offices in the UK, Australia and South Africa and exposure to key source markets across Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. It is here that we source skilled job candidates heading to live and work in the UK.
In addition, our Kickstart orientation meetings are a great source of newly arrived job candidates (from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa) for your recruitment agency. Kickstart currently see 10 000 new clients per annum, 80% of whom are yet to register with an employment agency.
How do Recruitment Agencies benefit from this Pipeline?
- Access to a steady flow of qualified job candidates that can be contacted before they depart for the UK, giving you a head start on the competition.
- All candidates are qualified leads who have either already purchased our Kickstart package or have the appropriate working visa and are committed to the UK.
- 1st Contact conducts regular visa seminars in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa which, alongside a well-targeted marketing campaign and third party relationships, helps to ensure a steady flow of job candidates.
To gain access to the 1st Contact’s flow of FREE CVs:
Phone: 0207 759 7504
Email: commercial@1stcontact.com
The Candidate Care Programme
1st Contact’s Candidate Care package includes offering our Accounting Services, Tax Refunds, UK Bank Accounts, National insurance number assistance, FREE CV flow and Work Permit services to your candidates.
We have found that our recruitment partners want to offer a value-added service to their candidates. In addition, their candidates often ask them for advice that the consultant simply cannot give.
These include:
- Opening a UK Bank Account
- Accounting Services
- Claiming a Tax Refund
- Visas Advice
- Securing a national insurance rebate
Our Candidate Care package offers a series of discounts to your candidates and an easy referral process for your consultants.
NOW your consultants are free to focus on job placements AND rest assured that their candidates are satisfied with additional value added benefits issued by 1st Contact.
- Recruitment Agency partners may qualify for a volume rebate based on business referred to us.
Please ask our team for further details on our referral scheme. For more information on how 1st Contact can add value to your agency by offering quality services to your candidates, please contact our Corporate Team
Phone: 0207 759 7504
Email: commercial@1stcontact.com
Payroll Solutions
Assist your candidates to maximize their take-home-pay AND save your business time and money.
We know the cost involved in running a business payroll function is enormous never mind the additional staff required to handle the volume of tax and payment queries. With over 15 years payroll experience and more than 100,000 clients we are able to offer you the benefit of using 1st Contact to add value to your clientele. This no hassle, efficient payroll service ensures:
- Invoices and timesheets are dealt with in a timely manner.
- Your clients are paid on-time with no hassle to them or your business.
- Amazing discounts to you and your candidates.
- All PAYE and NI payments and returns are dealt with every month.
- All P45’s and P60’s will be lodged with HMRC with no effort for your candidates.
This is a fantastic opportunity to outsource a value added payroll service for your candidates, giving you the benefit of cutting costs and generating revenue for your company through our affiliate programme.
Phone: 0207 759 7504
Email: commercial@1stcontact.com
Why Recruitment Agents Recommend 1st Contact
- It is central to our approach to ensure that the candidates understand the services we offer and that they choose the service that best suits their needs. We offer impartial advice, whether they choose to run their own limited company or wish to work through one of our Umbrella companies. We can help them choose the accountancy service which works best for them.
- Through our Candidate Care Progamme we’re able to deliver a free stream of qualified candidate CV’s from a wide range of professionals to agencies before the candidates leave their home countries, getting you ahead of your competition.
- 1st Contact Accounting is an award-winning provider of accounting services for contractors, registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW), we have a duty to provide all of our clients with concise & dependable advice when required.
- 1st Contact has been providing accounting, financial and immigration solutions to contractors all over the UK for more than 12 years, making us the leader in this market. .
- 1st Contact financial services is authorised and regulated by the FSA.
- With over 65% of our clientele coming from word of mouth you can rest assured that your candidates and staff are in good hands.
- Through our commitment to compliance, clients and our services on offer, 1st Contact has been the preferred choice for both contractors and agencies for over 12 years. It has become increasingly important for agencies to obtain clear & concise advice and to seek out compliant providers. 1st Contact is the credible source in the industry.