Providing a service

Licence Finder

If you want to provide a service in the UK, you must check what authorisations and licences you will need to obtain.

Read the guidance on the Provision of Services Regulations for businesses and Competent Authorities for further information on providing services in the UK.

Get your qualifications recognised

You’ll need to have your non-UK professional qualification officially recognised if you want to work in a profession that is regulated in the UK.

Check the UK list of regulated professions to find out if your profession is regulated in the UK.

Then contact the relevant UK regulator to find out how to get your professional qualification recognised.

For further information on regulated professions in the UK, visit the UK’s national information centre for professional qualifications (currently UK NARIC) or contact them via email at cpq@naric.org.uk.

If you’re a regulatory body for a UK regulated profession, check the revised technical guidance for regulatory bodies on implementing post-transition period arrangements.

Appeal a decision

You can appeal a decision about recognition of your professional qualification if you believe you’ve been treated unfairly.

Find out how to appeal a recognition decision.

Set up a business in the UK

What you need to do to set up in the UK depends on your type of business, where you work and whether you take on employees, agency workers or freelancers to help.

Find out how to set up a business in the UK, including:

• the different types of business structure in the UK
• how to register your company
• any licences you may need to run your business
• registering for tax
• employing people in the UK

You can also get help and support for your business in the UK.