VAT chargeable on UK placement ?

We have a customer based in Republic of Ireland with no entity in UK, but are looking for us as a recruitment agency to supply of permanent member of staff who will reside and work in the UK. The fee will be a placement fee and so we consider VAT is chargeable as place of supply is in the UK but the client prefers no UK VAT - could someone help please as we know recruitment can sometimes fall outside normal place of supply rules. A previous HMRC inspector told us if was where the candidate would be working not where the employer is based. Thanks for any assistance

Hi Creditcontroller1,
The supply of staff would fall under the General Rule of Services for Place of Supply Of Services purposes .
Please see the guidance below:
6. The place of supply rules for services
Please also see section 12.9 which defines a supply of staff:
12. B2C services of a professional, technical, financial, intellectual or other intangible nature supplied to customers outside the UK
Thank you.