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Expanding your UK business to Canada.

HR setup, payroll compliance, talent acquisition, and tech export strategy — handled locally so you stay focused on growth.

Setting up operations across an ocean brings regulatory, compliance, and cultural hurdles that slow companies down. CG Hylton provides the local infrastructure — from your first hire to your fiftieth — so your Canadian launch runs as smoothly as your UK operation.

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Seamless market entry

Where we operate

Your UK-based liaison at Birmingham Tech Week connects directly with our Canadian HR and tech advisors, forming one integrated team across two continents.

  • Birmingham, UK
  • Calgary, Canada
What we cover

Comprehensive advisory services

Talent Acquisition & Hiring

Targeted recruitment and advertising for your first Canadian hires, with comprehensive interviewing, reference and background checks, and onboarding documentation tailored to Alberta employment law.

Compensation & Benefits

Canadian employee benefits and pension program setup, competitive compensation structuring, and market salary surveys that keep your Canadian office competitive from day one.

Payroll & Compliance

Full Canadian payroll processing, federal and provincial government reporting, and HR policy creation that ensures you meet every employment standard from your first pay run.

Management & Performance

Performance evaluation frameworks, leadership and manager training programs, and workplace mediation services that build a strong organizational culture as your Canadian team grows.

Strategic Growth & Market Entry

Business plan development for the Canadian market, export opportunity identification for products and software, and competitive market analysis that positions you to win from the start.

To ensure a completely hassle-free expansion into Canada, we work alongside trusted partners in global immigration and corporate accounting. Together we handle work permits, visa sponsorship, and local accounting structures — so your Canadian office is operational in record time, without gaps.

Your team

Meet your advisors

One UK-based liaison at Birmingham Tech Week, one Canadian HR specialist — two lanes, one integrated team.

  • Portrait of George Horberry, UK Liaison & Marketing Consultant

    George Horberry

    UK Liaison & Marketing Consultant

    HR AdvisoryTech & Software Export

    Based in Birmingham, George connects UK tech and enterprise leaders with Canadian market entry strategies. He represents CG Hylton at Birmingham Tech Week and coordinates UK-side onboarding for companies making the move.

  • Portrait of Rachel Cote, Human Resources Consultant

    Rachel Cote

    Human Resources Consultant

    HR Advisory

    Rachel brings over a decade of HR depth across nonprofits, Indigenous communities, and corporate clients. She guides expanding companies through Canadian employment law, onboarding design, and HR policy from day one.

Ready to build in Canada?

Whether you're still in planning or ready to hire your first Canadian employee, we can map out what you need — at no obligation.