Hire UK employee through a foreign EU company

Job ID: 32026059

Budget: $15 – $25 USD

We are an Italian company that want to hire a UK employee with a regular contract under UK law.
He is our first sales consultant colleague in the UK, working from home and helping us dealing with the UK IT companies.
We do not know to setup any local entity/branch in the UK at the moment.
We understand we should auto-enroll for the pension (8%) but we have not being able to find an insurance as a foreign company.
Do we need to set-up a local entity (branch or subsidiary) in order to hire and pay him or we can do through our italian entity?
Are there any additional duties as an employer (liability, ..) ?
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