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UK licensed sponsor · Edinburgh · Business services
Mercat Tours
Mercat Tours, Edinburgh, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Skilled Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as Mercat Tours Limited (SC214665), active, incorporated in 2001 (25 years ago), registered for activities of tourist guides.
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Companies House
Who Mercat Tours actually is
- Company number
- SC214665
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 11 January 2001 · 25 years old
- What they do
79901Activities of tourist guides
- Sector
- Business services
- Previously
- Filmrush Limited (until 2001)
- Registered office
- Mercat House, 28 Blair Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QR
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The registered office is where the company files its paperwork, not necessarily where it trades. Matched 10 September 2026.
The register
Mercat Tours, Edinburgh, holds a Home Office sponsor licence on the Skilled Worker route, and has been on the register since at least 2026. The register records its rating as Worker (A rating).
At Companies House the business is Mercat Tours Limited (company number SC214665), a private limited company incorporated in 2001, 25 years ago. Registered office: Mercat House, 28 Blair Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1QR, EH1 1QR. By its SIC codes the business is in business services. It has traded under other names before, including Filmrush Limited.
For a candidate this means one less obstacle: Mercat Tours already has the licence most employers would have to apply for. The rest is the ordinary job of getting the interview.
What a licence means
The slow part is done
Getting a licence takes an application, checks and a fee, and most employers never bother. Mercat Tours has, which means when a role qualifies the certificate can be assigned without months of preparation.
How to approach them
Or come through us
If Mercat Tours is the kind of employer you want, register with us. We supply trade tested candidates to UK sponsors and the introduction arrives with the test result.
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For candidates
What you need to work here
- A confirmed job offer from a UK employer that holds a Home Office sponsor licence. The employers in this directory all hold one.
- A Certificate of Sponsorship from that employer describing the role.
- A job on the Home Office list of eligible occupations, paid at least the minimum salary for that role and route.
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For employers
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Next time you are recruiting, talk to us first. We supply trade tested drivers, mechanics, welders and fitters, can organise a trip to see candidates tested at our vetted test centres, and handle the Certificate of Sponsorship paperwork with you.
- No retainer. Nothing to sign until you have met people.
- Work shown on video before you see a CV. Trade tested before you hire.
- Nothing is ever charged to the candidate.
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Source: UK Visas and Immigration, Register of licensed sponsors: workers. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Being on the register means an organisation holds a sponsor licence. It does not mean it has a vacancy or that it will sponsor you.
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