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II Pause background video Topics [Featured](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/featured) [New blog](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/new-blog) [Blog](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/blog) [IT & Software](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/it-software) [Case Study](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/case-study) [Sales & Customer Service](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/sales-customer-service) [AI](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/ai) [Data Analytics](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/data-analytics) [Energy Consulting](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/energy-consulting) [Finance & Accounting](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/finance-accounting) [Marketing & Creative](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/marketing-creative) [Research](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/research) ## More articles [![A UK founder at his desk comparing options on a printed document, laptop open, London skyline behind](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/blog/images/freelance-vs-embedded-decision-hero.webp?length=750&name=freelance-vs-embedded-decision-hero.webp)](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/freelance-marketplaces-vs-embedded-offshore-team) [Blog](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/blog) #### [Freelance Marketplaces or an Embedded Offshore Team? Choosing for Ongoing Work](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/freelance-marketplaces-vs-embedded-offshore-team) Freelance marketplaces and an embedded offshore team solve different problems, and most of the pain companies experience with freelancers comes from using one to do the job of the other. A freelancer is the right answer for a defined piece of work with an end date. For a role you need filled every working day for the next year, the platform model works against you: you pay a premium for flexibility you are not using, the knowledge builds up in someone who may be able to leave at short notice, and the legal position is more complicated than most buyers [![An IT service delivery manager and a colleague reviewing a service desk transition plan on a tablet, with an open-plan support floor behind them](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/blog/images/service-desk-migration-planning-hero.webp?length=750&name=service-desk-migration-planning-hero.webp)](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/migrating-outsourced-service-desk-offshore-team) [Blog](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/blog) #### [Migrating an Outsourced Service Desk to an Embedded Offshore Team](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/migrating-outsourced-service-desk-offshore-team) Migrating an outsourced IT service desk to an embedded offshore team means ending or reducing a third-party managed service contract and rebuilding the same capability as a dedicated, office-based team that you direct yourself, usually in a lower-cost location. Done properly it is a phased transition over several months. The two things that determine whether it works are the baseline you capture before you start, and how seriously you treat knowledge transfer. This is a playbook [![A UK operations director reviewing a service contract and cost figures in a modern boardroom](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/blog/images/bpo-contract-review-hero.webp?length=750&name=bpo-contract-review-hero.webp)](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/bpo-vs-embedded-offshore-team) [Blog](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/blog) #### [BPO or Embedded Offshore Team? How to Choose for Your Process](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/bpo-vs-embedded-offshore-team) In our experience, business process outsourcing is usually the first alternative mid-market companies weigh up, and for good reason. For high-volume, standardised work it is genuinely effective, and the industry is enormous precisely because it solves a real problem. Where it tends to disappoint is when a company hands over a process that is still evolving, or one that turns out to be closer to the core of the business than it looked on the day the contract was signed. This guide sets out [![A business leader at a window considering a strategic location decision, city skyline beyond](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/blog/images/location-decision-hero.webp?length=750&name=location-decision-hero.webp)](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/offshoring-vs-nearshoring-uk-guide) [Blog](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/blog) #### [Offshoring vs Nearshoring vs Onshoring: A Location Guide for UK Companies](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/offshoring-vs-nearshoring-uk-guide) Many location decisions go wrong in the first conversation, because the room is arguing about two different questions at once. Outsourcing is a question about who does the work. Offshoring, nearshoring and onshoring are questions about where it happens. They are independent choices, and treating them as one produces false trade-offs that narrow the options before anyone has looked at the facts. This guide separates the two, defines each location model precisely, [![A business leader reviewing international employment and hiring options in a modern UK office](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/blog/images/eor-international-hiring-hero.webp?length=750&name=eor-international-hiring-hero.webp)](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/what-is-an-employer-of-record) [Blog](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/blog) #### [What Is an Employer of Record? Costs, Limits and When to Use One](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/what-is-an-employer-of-record) If you want to employ someone in a country where you have no legal entity, an Employer of Record is often the fastest compliant route. It is a genuinely useful model, and for one or two hires in a new market it is usually the right one. It is not designed to build a team. Understanding that distinction before you commit saves a great deal of money and rework later. [![A modern IT service desk operations room with support analysts working at multi-monitor workstations](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/blog/images/itsm-service-desk-hero.webp?length=750&name=itsm-service-desk-hero.webp)](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/offshore-service-desk-teams-for-msps) [IT & Software](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/it-software) #### [Offshore Service Desk Teams for MSPs: Scaling ITSM Without Losing Control](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/offshore-service-desk-teams-for-msps) Managed service providers are caught in a familiar squeeze. Client demand for managed IT and security keeps rising, contracts increasingly assume extended-hours or round-the-clock cover, and the people who staff service desks are both scarce and getting more expensive. Adding UK heads is the obvious answer and often the least affordable one, particularly once out-of-hours rates enter the calculation. [1](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/featured/page/1) [2](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/featured/page/2) [3](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/featured/page/3) [4](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/featured/page/4) [5](https://blog.potentiam.co.uk/tag/featured/page/5) ## Get latest insights in your inbox Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest insights shaping the future of offshore collaboration and business growth. 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