Sending an employee to the UK? Here's a guide to get you started. By Rob Hyde.

• Work permits
• Visas
• Business trips
• How to prepare for the UK business trip
• Sole representatives
• The Association Agreement
• Highly skilled workers
• Tax background
• The UK/EU conflict on tax harmonisation
• The tax situation now

Sentiment towards economic immigrants is changing in the UK after less-than-welcoming attitudes from politicians and Britons for years.

A new, pilot initiative to attract only very highly skilled foreign workers - who can enter without a job if they qualify -went into effect in late January, a sign that the government is slowly and cautiously opening its doors. Undoubtedly, EU/EEA nationals will continue to have the easiest time getting legally settled in the UK.

The spouse of a work permit holder (or training permit holder, sole representative, investor, student, or ancestry visa holder) also does not need a work permit.

British work permit arrangements allow employers to offer work in the UK to non-European Economic Area country nationals.

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