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Employment Agencies: EU Countries

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN HL12986, tabled on 4 February 2021

To ask Her Majesty's Government to define whether hybrid companies, which offer both services and recruitment services in the EU, would be categorised as agencies or as service companies under the UK–EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

Answered on

18 February 2021

Whether the activities of a UK company comprise recruitment agency services or other services (or both) under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) will depend on the nature of those activities in each specific case, and may vary over time or between different contracts for the same company.

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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy