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You could also persuade your client to pay in a different way. As long as you have an IBAN number, they should be able to pay directly into your Swiss account (you will have to cover the exchange fees).
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I suspect the reason the client doesn't want to pay into a non-UK account is the high cost of iter-currency transfers. Even if you agreed to carry that cost yourself, it would require different paperwork for your client, and they don't want to know.
I deal with UK clients all the time, and have given up on painless transfers. I now get a Sterling cheque and lodge it myself, which costs much less. If you are going to be there for just a month, the payment won't come through until you get home anyway, I would have thought.
A good alternative, (depending on how much you will be paid) is to use UKFOREX, which is a great service. I've had a client in Australia use it and they are very happy with it. It works by them transferring the AU$ amount to me through OZFOREX who quote an agreed rate at the time of the deal, then hold the money for 2 days before paying it over to my account. I think the UK amount that your payment has to exceed to avoid charges (completely) is lower than the AU$ one, so it might work. http://www.ukforex.co.uk/