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From: "Nicholas Avnit" <nick.avnit@poweredbyvirtuhire.com>
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Subject: Re: Cape town
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:23:48 +0100
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Hi Bob,

Since the budget, the pattern has been consistent. A UK business audits 
their team and realises half the seats are on non-billing work like admin, 
sourcing, compliance and support. So they move that work to Cape Town at 
less than half the cost, and push their UK people onto the billing side of 
the business.

Same total spend, more billing work done in the UK.

Happy to walk through how that split would look for your team.

Nicholas Avnit
Founder, VirtuHire
virtuhire.com

Respond "No thanks" if this is not a priority right now.

On Tue, June 16, 2026 7:23 AM, Nicholas Avnit 
<nick.avnit@poweredbyvirtuhire.com>
[nick.avnit@poweredbyvirtuhire.com]> wrote:

> Hi Bob,
>
> The true cost of hiring in the UK (employer NI, PAYE, pension, holiday) 
> was already 20 to 30% above salary. With April's NI changes, it's only 
> gone up.
>
> A Cape Town hire takes on the back-office work: admin, sourcing, 
> compliance, bookkeeping, support. All at less than half the fully loaded 
> cost. No UK employer NI, no PAYE admin burden, no UK pension 
> contributions. We run payroll, compliance, office space and kit.
>
> That lets your UK team focus on the billing and client-facing work you 
> charge for.
>
> Nicholas Avnit
> Founder, VirtuHire
> virtuhire.com
>
> Respond "No thanks" if this is not a priority right now.
> On Tue, June 9, 2026 2:02 PM, Nicholas Avnit 
> <nick.avnit@poweredbyvirtuhire.com>
> [nick.avnit@poweredbyvirtuhire.com]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Bob,
> >
> > The NI hike that kicked in this April makes UK hiring more expensive 
> > again. Every new hire now carries more in employer NI than it did last 
> > week, alongside PAYE admin, pension auto-enrolment and 28 days holiday.
> >
> > Since the budget, many UK businesses have approached us to move 
> > back-office work to Cape Town and free their UK team for billing and 
> > revenue roles.
> >
> > Same timezone, English-first, less than half the cost.
> >
> > Do you have 10 minutes to chat this week?
> >
> > Nicholas Avnit
> > Founder, VirtuHire
> > virtuhire.com
> >
> > Respond "No thanks" if this is not a priority right now.
> >