Licensed sponsor
Bob Paterson Agency / BPA Live
Licensed by the UK Home Office to sponsor Creative Worker (Temporary Worker) visas with A rating. Based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
Creative Worker (Temporary Worker)ABury St Edmunds
Licence details
- Organisation
- Bob Paterson Agency / BPA Live
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- County
- Suffolk
- Route
- Temporary Worker
- Sub-route
- Creative Worker
- Rating
- A
- First seen on register
- 7 May 2026
- Last verified from gov.uk
- 1 July 2026
How this licence works
A UK sponsor licencepermits an employer to issue Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) to non-British workers under the Home Office's points-based immigration system. Licences are issued for an immigration route— typically Worker (Skilled Worker, Senior or Specialist Worker, etc.) or Temporary Worker (Creative Worker, Charity Worker, etc.).
Ratingindicates the licence holder's compliance standing. A-rated sponsors can sponsor new workers; B-rated sponsors have remediation action plans and cannot issue new CoS until restored to A. A (Premium) indicates access to expedited services and is subject to additional annual fees.
Sponsors must comply with reporting, record-keeping, and right-to-work duties at all times. Loss of licence — usually following a Home Office compliance visit — means existing sponsored workers must find alternative sponsorship within 60 days or leave the UK. The Bob Paterson Agency / BPA Liveentry above reflects the organisation's status at the most recent daily refresh.
Source: UK Home Office Register of Licensed Sponsors (Workers), retrieved 1 July 2026 under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Harveys Legal re-presents the public register with attribution; corrections to the underlying data should be raised with the Home Office.