Licensed sponsor
Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route from Inverness, according to the Home Office register.
Highland Hospitality Ltd t/a The Fig & Thistle is a private limited company (Companies House number SC721231), incorporated in January 2022, with its registered office in Inverness. Companies House lists its business as licensed restaurants.
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From the Home Office register of licensed sponsors and Companies House, checked 4 Nov 2026.
On the register since November 2023, the earliest copy of the register we have that lists it. No changes to its licence since then.
Built by comparing daily copies of the Home Office register from January 2023. We have no copy of the register between June 2024 and January 2025.
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Yes. Highland Hospitality Ltd t/a The Fig & Thistle 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 Highland Hospitality Ltd t/a The Fig & Thistle for one route: Skilled Worker (A rating).
Highland Hospitality Ltd t/a The Fig & Thistle has been on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors since November 2023, the first copy of the register that lists it.
Highland Hospitality Ltd t/a The Fig & Thistle is registered with Companies House under company number SC721231, with its registered office in Inverness.
The register lists Highland Hospitality Ltd t/a The Fig & Thistle with an A rating on the Skilled Worker route.
Companies House lists Highland Hospitality Ltd t/a The Fig & Thistle under licensed restaurants.
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How long the certificate of sponsorship (CoS) took, what the interview was like, whether they paid the visa fee.
Yes. It sponsored workers in 2024 and 2025.
In 2025 it sponsored between 1 and 5 workers.
It sponsored workers in 1 different job in 2024 or 2025.
1 of them has been closed to new Skilled Worker applicants from outside the UK since 22 July 2025.
From Home Office figures on certificates of sponsorship, which an employer gives each worker it sponsors.
7 other licensed sponsors in Inverness have the same industry code: licensed restaurants (56101).