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Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route from CHRISTCHURCH, according to the Home Office register.
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Claim this pageAMV NEWS LTD T/A SOMERFORD OFF LICENCE & CONVENIENCE STORE is a private limited company (Companies House number 12198510), incorporated in September 2019, with its registered office in Christchurch. Companies House lists its business as retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating. It is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker route with an A rating. It has been on the register since March 2023.
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 22 Oct 2026.
On the register since March 2023, the earliest copy of the register we have that lists it. No changes to its licence since then.
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Yes. AMV NEWS LTD T/A SOMERFORD OFF LICENCE & CONVENIENCE STORE is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker route.
It holds an active sponsor licence for the Skilled Worker route. Whether a particular role is sponsored is up to the employer; the licence only means it is allowed to.
The register lists AMV NEWS LTD T/A SOMERFORD OFF LICENCE & CONVENIENCE STORE for one route: Skilled Worker (A rating).
AMV NEWS LTD T/A SOMERFORD OFF LICENCE & CONVENIENCE STORE has been on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors since March 2023, the first copy of the register that lists it.
AMV NEWS LTD T/A SOMERFORD OFF LICENCE & CONVENIENCE STORE is registered with Companies House under company number 12198510, with its registered office in Christchurch.
The register lists AMV NEWS LTD T/A SOMERFORD OFF LICENCE & CONVENIENCE STORE with an A rating on the Skilled Worker route.
Companies House lists AMV NEWS LTD T/A SOMERFORD OFF LICENCE & CONVENIENCE STORE under retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating.
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2 other licensed sponsors in Christchurch have the same industry code: retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating (47110).