Guides to Moving Your UK Business to Dubai
Setup costs, freezone vs mainland, UK exit tax, and everything else a UK director actually needs to know — written by our Dubai-based team, plus UK-side support while you transition.
Moving to Dubai
A UK Business Owner's Guide to Relocating to Dubai
A UAE free zone entity can unlock significant UK tax advantages for the right director — but only when structured correctly. Discover the three conditions that determine whether it's genuinely worthwhile for your business.
Read the guide →How to Move Your UK Business to Dubai: The Complete Guide
Moving a UK business to Dubai is really two projects — a UAE setup and a UK exit — and they only deliver the tax result when they're run as one plan. Here's the complete sequence, including the parts formation agents skip.
Read the guide →Dubai Company Setup Costs from the UK: Full Breakdown
"From 15,000 AED" is a real number — but it's the licence, not the whole picture. Here's every line item in a UK-to-Dubai setup, what's optional, and where cheap packages get expensive later.
Read the guide →Freezone vs Mainland: Which UAE Structure for UK Directors?
The freezone-or-mainland question has a boring, reliable answer: follow your customers. Here's how the two structures actually differ on tax, trade, banking and cost — for a UK director specifically.
Read the guide →UK Tax When You Leave: Exit Rules for Directors Moving to Dubai
Leaving the UK doesn't end your relationship with HMRC — it restructures it. The Statutory Residence Test, split-year treatment and the five-year rule decide what you keep from a Dubai move. Here's how they actually work.
Read the guide →UK Transition Support
While your UAE structure goes live — corporation tax, VAT, payroll and the rest of your UK-side wind-down.
How UK Directors Legally Reduce Their Corporation Tax Bill
Most UK directors are still on the old corporation tax structure after the 2023 rate changes — and paying the price for it. Discover which legal restructuring moves could reduce your liability before your next filing.
Read the guide →VAT Registration and Compliance Checklist for UK Businesses
VAT registration rules, scheme choice, and Making Tax Digital requirements catch out more UK businesses than any other compliance area. Here's what actually determines whether you're registered correctly and filing compliantly.
Read the guide →IR35 and Off-Payroll Working: What UK Contractors and Directors Need to Know
Most contractors have heard of IR35 without knowing what it actually tests, or who's responsible for getting it right.
Read the guide →Director's Loan Accounts: Tax Rules Every UK Director Should Know
An overdrawn director's loan account triggers a real extra tax charge if it isn't repaid in time — most directors don't notice until it's too late.
Read the guide →Selling Your UK Company: Capital Gains Tax and Business Asset Disposal Relief Explained
How you sell your UK company is decided by choices made years before completion. What Business Asset Disposal Relief requires, and why timing matters.
Read the guide →UK Payroll and PAYE: A Complete Guide for Small Business Employers
Payroll is a real-time reporting obligation with a deadline on every pay run, not an annual task — where the compliance risk actually sits.
Read the guide →Bookkeeping and Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: What's Changing and When
Making Tax Digital extends VAT's digital record-keeping rules to self-employed and property income — the runway to comply is shorter than it looks.
Read the guide →How to Register a UK Limited Company: A Step-by-Step Guide for New Directors
Incorporating a UK company takes as little as 24 hours through Companies House. What actually matters happens before and after that moment.
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