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Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route from Preston, according to the Home Office register.
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Claim this pageNEWS BAY LTD is a private limited company (Companies House number 08478136), incorporated in April 2013, with its registered office in Preston. 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 February 2023.
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 22 Oct 2026.
On the register since February 2023, the earliest copy of the register we have that lists it. No changes to its licence since then.
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Yes. NEWS BAY LTD 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 NEWS BAY LTD for one route: Skilled Worker (A rating).
NEWS BAY LTD has been on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors since February 2023, the first copy of the register that lists it.
NEWS BAY LTD is registered with Companies House under company number 08478136, with its registered office in Preston.
The register lists NEWS BAY LTD with an A rating on the Skilled Worker route.
Companies House lists NEWS BAY LTD under retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating.
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18 other licensed sponsors in Preston have the same industry code: retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating (47110).