We could be moving to Scotland... now what???

[Remco]

Hello all,

My girlfriend might be able to get a job in Scotland, somewhere in the Edinburgh - Glasgow area...
Of course I will be joining her  8)

But... now what? I would like to do some jobhunting on the internet, but where? I'm in the ICT field, doing my Microsoft Certified Software Engineer for Windows 2000 at the moment (so that's pro, server, etcetcetc).

Also this would mean that I would bring Little Landies to the UK... what is involved in having your own (small) company in the UK?

And of course, if someone knows a job than please feel free to contact me  :lol:

Also does anyone know where on the internet I could do some house-looking?

ATB

Remco

[weeone]

I can't help you vis-a-vis setting up a company in the UK, as I've never done it/

As for work, look at http://www.jobinscotland.com/ or http://scotland.gojobsite.co.uk/

Hope this helps....

[turtle]

Hi Remco, good luck in your new venture. Sorry can't help with either of your questions but the answers should on the web somewhere.

All the best.

[ChrisW]

Hi Remco

I did tentatively look into setting up a business earlier this year, this site has some very useful information and links..
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/home

[karloss]

Big estate agency up in Scotland called "your move" don't know the exact address but it won't take much finding.

[Kevan]

Remco,

Edinburgh is a wonderful city and there are a fair number of Landies and Landy people here.

Housing is pretty expensive in the city, most houses are owner occupier, the best site to give you an idea of what is available is:

http://www.espc.co.uk/

This has the majority of properties on sale in Edinburgh.

http://property.scotsman.com/

This is the main local paper which has a searchable listing of for sale and rental properties. They also have a searchable job section:

http://jobs.scotsman.com/pbank/owa/scotsman.home

Setting  up in businessis pretty easy here you can set up as a sole trader with no real formalities just keep all the accounts in order you have to submit tax accounts on the basis of your trading year to the Inland Revenue. If you plan to make a lot of money, something like £40,000 a year you should register for VAT then you charge VAT on invoices and gettit back on business purchases, sorry not the cars though! If you are heading for the big time you can set up a Limited Company through a service or a solicitor again not expensive , a few hundred pounds, though a bit more work for accountants every year.

There are lots of computer based businesses here so you should be able to get work or set up on your own serving the small and medium business sector, shame you are not into Macs, there is a big gap for technical support for the Mac community.

Hope things work out.

Regards

kevan

[300+]

Can't you maintain your current company registration in Holland? I thought the EU meant you can do things like this now.

If not a decent accountant can set up the company in no time at all. There are a few pieces of paperwork needed, but it should not trouble you. The accountant should be quite cheap and take care of it all for you.

Steve