Work in the UK · Essex · Retail
Retail employers in Essex who can sponsor you
171 licensed sponsors in Essex are registered at Companies House in retail. Each one can offer a Skilled Worker job. Open any of them for who they are, what they do and how to approach them.
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ACAarons Convenience Store LtdRomford · Essex · RetailSince 2016 · Retail sale in non-specialised stores with foo…Skilled Worker
ABAble Business Services LtdDagenham · Essex · RetailSince 2005 · Retail sale via mail order houses or via Inter…Skilled Worker
AFAire Food And Wine LimitedSouth Ockendon · essex · RetailSince 2017 · Retail sale in non-specialised stores with foo…Skilled Worker- AAAl-aqsa World Foods LimitedHarlow · Essex · RetailSince 2025 · Retail sale of meat and meat products in speci…Skilled Worker
AJAlina & Jamila London LtdHavering · Essex · RetailSince 2016 · Other retail sale in non-specialised storesSkilled Worker- AGAll Grace African Market And Foods LtdClacton - On - Sea · Essex · RetailSince 2023 · Other retail sale of food in specialised storesSkilled Worker
AMAmdhan limitedChelmsford · Essex · RetailSince 2011 · Retail sale via mail order houses or via Inter…Skilled Worker- AESkilled Worker
- ARAmp Retail Ltd T/A PremierColchester · Essex · RetailSince 2019 · Retail sale in non-specialised stores with foo…Skilled Worker
ARSkilled Worker
AHAriya Halal Food LtdIlford · Essex · RetailSince 2022 · Retail sale in non-specialised stores with foo…Skilled Worker
AMSkilled Worker- BBB & B Cash and Carry LimitedLondon · Essex · RetailSince 2021 · Retail sale in non-specialised stores with foo…Skilled Worker
BOBarrels Off Licence LimitedHornchurch · Essex · RetailSince 2010 · Retail sale in non-specialised stores with foo…Skilled Worker
BSBasildon Specsavers Limited T/A Specsavers OpticiansBasildon · Essex · RetailSince 1994 · Retail sale by opticiansSkilled Worker
BISkilled Worker
BWBodson Wines LtdDagenham, · Essex · RetailSince 2022 · Retail sale in non-specialised stores with foo…Skilled Worker
BWBolt World Fasteners LtdGrays · Essex · RetailSince 2019 · Retail sale via mail order houses or via Inter…Skilled Worker
BEBooks Express LimitedSaffron Walden · Essex · RetailSince 2011 · Retail sale via mail order houses or via Inter…Skilled Worker
BSBraintree Specsavers Limited T/A Specsavers OpticiansBraintree · Essex · RetailSince 2000 · Retail sale by opticiansSkilled Worker
BSBritannia Service Station LtdColtchester · Essex · RetailSince 2004 · Retail sale in non-specialised stores with foo…Skilled Worker
CASkilled Worker
CMChelmsford Meat and Groceries LtdChelmsford · Essex · RetailSince 2019 · Other retail sale in non-specialised storesSkilled Worker
CVChelmsford Visionplus Limited T/A Specsavers OpticiansChelmsford · Essex · RetailSince 1998 · Retail sale by opticiansSkilled Worker
CCChildsplay Clothing LtdDagenham · Essex · RetailSince 2012 · Other retail sale of new goods in specialised …Skilled Worker
COCoffee Omega UK LimitedIlford, · Essex · RetailSince 2011 · Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or mar…Skilled Worker
CIConnect In Cloud LtdTilbury · Essex · RetailSince 2015 · Retail sale via mail order houses or via Inter…Skilled Worker
CPSkilled Worker
DBDiamond Builders Merchants LtdBarking · Essex · RetailSince 2016 · Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in s…Skilled Worker
DODoonamis LimitedShoeburyness · Essex · RetailSince 2015 · Retail sale of clothing in specialised storesSkilled Worker- DRDressmakeruk LimitedPurfleet · Essex · RetailSince 2019 · Retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in…Skilled Worker
- DPDrk Private LimitedClacton-On-Sea · Essex · RetailSince 2023 · Retail sale in non-specialised stores with foo…Skilled Worker
EHEcho Healthcare Services LimitedWaltham Abbey · Essex · RetailSince 2017 · Dispensing chemist in specialised storesSkilled Worker
ECEggfree Cake Box Harlow LtdHarlow · Essex · RetailSince 2019 · Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectione…Skilled Worker
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ESEverlasting Solutions LtdColchester · Essex · RetailSince 2023 · Dispensing chemist in specialised storesSkilled Worker
ETEzi Technology LimitedEast Tilbury · Essex · RetailSince 2011 · Retail sale via mail order houses or via Inter…Skilled Worker
FBFaizan Blinds LimitedIlford · Essex · RetailSince 2017 · Other retail sale of new goods in specialised …Skilled Worker
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What is required
What a Skilled Worker visa needs
- 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.
- English: you must be able to speak, read, write and understand English, and usually prove it when you apply. Skilled Worker applicants are assessed at CEFR level B2, in effect from 8 January 2026.
- Your passport, your qualifications and references, and whatever checks the employer and the Home Office ask for in your case.
Summarised from GOV.UK: Skilled Worker visa, checked 9 September 2026. The rules change, so the official page is the one that counts, and we confirm the route in writing for every offer.
How it goes
The process, start to finish
1
Send your CV
A recruiter goes through your experience, your licences and where you want to work. No fee, no obligation, and you can stop at any point.
2
Interview and trade test
You meet the employer, in person or by video, then a practical test with a qualified assessor so you land in a job that matches what you can do.
3
Offer and paperwork
A written offer with the salary and hours in it, before anything else happens. Then the medical and the background checks.
4
Sponsorship and visa
The employer assigns your Certificate of Sponsorship and we handle the visa application with you.
5
You land
Flight, accommodation, NI number, bank account and phone sorted, and somebody checking in with you after you arrive.
Register with Sama
Tell us your trade and we will tell you what we have
Five fields, under a minute. We read every one. You never pay us anything, at any stage.
For candidates
New sponsors in Retail in Essex, in your inbox
Every week we check the Home Office register. When a new organisation in Retail in Essex gets a licence to sponsor workers, you hear about it first, with a link to who they are and how to approach them.
For candidates
Looking for a UK employer that sponsors?
A licence means they can sponsor, not that they are hiring today. The roles we have open right now are on the live jobs page, and you never pay us anything.
For employers
On this list, or hiring from overseas too?
Talk to us the next time you recruit. We supply trade tested candidates, can organise a trip to see them tested at our centres, and handle the paperwork with you. No retainer.
- No retainer. Nothing to sign until you have met people.
- Trade tested before you see them, not after.
- 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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