The register
Associated Independent Stores, Solihull, holds a Home Office sponsor licence on the Skilled Worker route, and has been on the register since at least 2026. Its rating on the register is Worker (A rating).
At Companies House the business is Associated Independent Stores Limited (company number 00912655), a company limited by guarantee incorporated in 1967, 59 years ago. The registered office is at Cranmore Park Cranmore Avenue, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 4LF, B90 4LF. By its SIC codes the business is in other services. It has traded under other names before, including Associated Department Stores Limited.
A licence says an organisation may sponsor; it does not say it is hiring today. The way to find out is the same as for any employer: the careers page, the job boards, and a direct approach with a UK-style CV that says early that sponsorship would be needed.