Explore Clark as an investment destination.
Clark is where the Philippines is building its technology future. Pax Silica and the Luzon Economic Corridor are bringing US-led investment there. However, going it alone can take 6, 9, 12 months, or longer if you fall into the pitfalls.
Clark Launchpad
Our Clark Launchpad can have you fully independent and operational within six months. We recruit and hire your people now, while we incorporate your company and set up your office and business in the Philippines.
Do you recognise this?
- You need skilled people now, and hiring takes months.
- You’d rather not set up employment, payroll and compliance in another country.
- You want your own team in the Philippines, not a supplier’s.
- What local and statutory requirements must we meet before we commit?
- Can we start small and grow into our own operation?
- You’ve heard setting up in the Philippines can take a year or more.
- Your clients or investors expect to see your own premises.
What we do: nine functions, handled until you are ready to take them over
- Recruit your peopleRecruitment, and key management roles when you are ready for independence.
- Employ themContracts, hiring, performance, attendance and HR, at a fair local cost, with one fixed monthly fee on top of salary.
- Pay themPayroll twice a month, with Philippine-compliant payroll software set up for your handover.
- Handle tax and benefitsEmployee tax, benefits administration and HMO medical insurance, with the calculations at handover.
- Incorporate your companyCheck the requirements before you commit, and liaise with the Clark Development Corporation (CDC) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on registration, permits and tax. Labor compliance forms included.
- House your teamA shared office, then a branded suite with its own entrance, then your own premises, with facility management throughout.
- Equip themIT support, computers included, and equipment sourcing.
- Secure your systemsIT security management, and systems and security setup.
- Plan your expansionConsulting on both the Philippine and Australian sides.
How it runs
- Staffing and facilityThe entire staffing and facility solution is provided, so you can focus purely on your core business and growth.
- Visual independenceGreater independence visually, without greater risk, responsibility or local knowledge. It suits clients who want their own facility for visitors, or a specific fit-out for investors.
- Obtain incorporationIncorporation takes some months. Meanwhile, you build your Filipino management team and keep relying on our trusted services until you are ready.
- Progressive independenceYou take over functions one by one, starting with payroll, tax, HR, contracts and medical insurance, and keep our services for the rest.
- Full independenceYou run the operation yourself, or pick any combination of our services, with a full working knowledge of the laws and requirements of running a Philippines company.
Build, operate and transfer: Build is stages 1 and 2, Operate is stages 3 and 4, Transfer is stage 5.
Thirty minutes with us, about your situation. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll say so.