From the times article comes a plea from a tech 'unicorn' that hi-tech industries would suffer should the government impose curbs on hiring skilled overseas workers. Herman Narula's Cambridge University friend and CTO said: 'UK must remain a welcoming beacon to the world'.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/67ecde42-3805-11e7-916d-8ece96ade056

Programmers and Engineers are just some of the areas where such emerging Tech companies are looking to grow and home grown talent is simply not enough! These time are super exciting with this Virtual reality firm Improbable thriving and other Fintech startups and Artificial Intelligence companies popping up who all have the same concerns.

The numbers speak for themselves in terms of growth:

Improbable sealed £390m investment from Japan's Softbank

Current value over $1bn and thus unicorn status

180 staff in office in London and San Francisco

22 different nationalities working for Improbable

Considering consultants from outside of the EU that require sponsorship is a viable options. Such skills are so sparse that spreading the search far and wide is often the solution. Many startups may have their own sponsor license for Tier 2 General Sponsorship or look to outsource projects to consultancies in the UK.

For more information regarding Tier 2 General Visa sponsorship as an employee or from a clients perspective do get in touch. Again the nature of IT projects can be changing and outsourcing projects to consultancies who can sponsor consultants in the UK is a strong option. It allows the consultants to be onsite at a client location and also the flexibility of project length and ramping up and down from the client side. Contact us at consult@mavisas.co.uk or call 07376290621.

Thanks for reading.

Mason Alexander