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Licensed to sponsor the Skilled Worker route from Chester le Street, according to the Home Office register.
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Claim this pageRB Shops Retail Limited t/a Handy Stores is a private limited company (Companies House number 15144352), incorporated in September 2023, with its registered office in Chester Le Street. 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 was first seen on the register in January 2025. We have no copy of the register for the time before that, so it may have been listed earlier.
From Companies House and the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, checked 22 Oct 2026.
First seen on the register in January 2025. We have no copy of the register for the time before that, so it may have been listed earlier. No changes to its licence since then.
Built by comparing daily copies of the Home Office register from January 2023.
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Yes. RB Shops Retail Limited t/a Handy Stores 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 RB Shops Retail Limited t/a Handy Stores for one route: Skilled Worker (A rating).
RB Shops Retail Limited t/a Handy Stores was first seen on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors in January 2025. We have no copy of the register for the time before that, so it may have been listed earlier.
RB Shops Retail Limited t/a Handy Stores is registered with Companies House under company number 15144352, with its registered office in Chester Le Street.
The register lists RB Shops Retail Limited t/a Handy Stores with an A rating on the Skilled Worker route.
Companies House lists RB Shops Retail Limited t/a Handy Stores under retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating.
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1 other licensed sponsor in Chester le Street has the same industry code: retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating (47110).