6 Finance, Legal & Accounting


17TH SEPTEMBER 2026


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Obtain and protect your sponsor licence


With Home Office scrutiny of sponsor licence holders increasing, UK employers can no longer treat sponsorship as a one-off application


Katharos, building Britain’s recycling infrastructure


Katharos brings expertise from the renewables, waste, recycling and infrastructure sectors to deliver innovative circular economy facilities


Te UK lacks infrastructure to recycle enough of its own waste. Tere are 70 million tonnes of sortable waste produced by UK businesses and households every year. As a result, valuable material that could be used for domestic manufacturing is burned, buried or exported — also ending up incinerated. Te technology to change this exists and is widely used in Europe but not here in the UK. Katharos is directly addressing this


by developing and operating large- scale Material Recovery Facilities


across the UK. Its Resource Recovery Platform is designed to intercept commercial, industrial and municipal (household) waste and sort it into high-quality secondary materials before it’s lost to incineration, landfill or export. Te result is more industrial jobs and value retained in the UK economy, and a significantly lower carbon footprint for Britain’s waste.


Supporting the British circular economy E: info@katharos.uk katharos.uk


Salary thresholds, right to work checks, reporting duties and HR records now sit at the centre of business risk. Distinct Law helps organisations obtain sponsor licences, secure Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility visas and maintain compliant systems after approval. It works with employers to assess readiness, identify gaps, prepare robust applications, respond to Home Office queries and manage audits, suspensions or revocation risks. Direct Law’s wider immigration


practice also supports founders, professionals and families with business


settlement and nationality. Clear strategy, fixed-fee transparency and practical advice help businesses recruit internationally


routes, work visas,


while protecting the continuity, reputation and long-term growth of their operations in the UK. For


sponsors, compliance isn’t


paperwork. It’s an operational safeguard that should be tested properly before the Home Office does first.


Legal fees are waived for a high-level sponsor compliance assessment when instructing Direct Law to assist with a sponsor licence application and sponsored visas. Quote COMPLY26. Valid until 31 December 2026. T: 07438 711043 distinct.law


Business can be a lonely place


Co-Accounting provides collaboration and community


Most businesses are started by someone with no training or experience in running a business. Te learning curve can be a brutal and uniquely lonely experience. It can be hard to talk about problems with worried family members and only other business owners will really understand what it’s like. Co-Accounting has designed


its service around this dynamic. Accountants are often some of the only people a business owner can talk to openly about their business. Co-Accounting has developed


a service called business Co-Create


support that’s


part coaching, part advice, part consulting that runs alongside of taking care of your accounts and tax. It consists of regular meetings through the


year that act very


much like a board meeting including performance review, accountability around projects and actions, along with advice and support. It’s a partnership with your accountants in creating a successful business. Co-Accounting has also developed


a monthly programme of workshops where business owners can meet, learn about a chosen topic — and learn from each other.


To find out more about how Co-Accounting can support your business, visit co-accounting.co.uk/south-london/contact


E: damion@co-accounting.co.uk


Are you being heard?


Most businesses talk. Fewer get properly listened to


Northbrook Advisory helps business leaders and in-house communication teams cut through the noise and get heard, whether that’s the daily grind of staff updates or the moment a crisis hits. Drawing on senior experience at


organisations including Google and Vodafone, Northbrook


offers PR,


staff communications, government relations and crisis communications, built around what each client actually needs. Tat might mean a single day’s advice, a sharp piece of project work, or an ongoing partnership. From


first-time founders to


established businesses, clients come to Northbrook for one reason: straight-talking advice and communications that land. No jargon, no spin, just sharp storytelling and results that can be measured.


Reader offer: Quote ‘HEARD’ for a free, no-obligation 30-minute communications review: a clear, honest steer on where your communication priorities should lie.


northbrook-advisory.co.uk


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