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UK lockdown leads to spike in cyber insurance uptake
Figures collected by insurance broker PolicyBee show a large increase in sales of cyber insurance since the UK went into lockdown in March 2020. Data analysis by PolicyBee shows that cyber insurance sales increased by over 75% after lockdown was put in place in comparison to the number of policies sold in the first quarter…
Read MoreA day in the life of Alexandra Lewis, a Virtalent VA
Alexandra Lewis has over 10 years’ experience working as a PA in the property industry. Alongside her full-time job, she started to branch out, offering her services to property clients who were looking to improve their business operations. Once she caught the VA bug, she quit her full-time job and never looked back. She is…
Read MoreOnline International Virtual Assistant Convention 2018
OIVAC is the original and best Virtual Assistant Online International Virtual Assistant Convention – times are given in US, but UK based VAs will be able to ask questions in advance and download recordings later if you can’t stay up late (Get The Schedule with Time Conversions Here). Log on from the comfort of…
Read MoreNo Time Like The Presents!
I can’t quite believe how quickly this year seems to have flown by. One minute Christmas was a couple of months ago and now we are only 4 days away from the big day. Having two boys aged 9 and 7 means that Christmas is a fun, noisy and exciting time of year and the…
Read MoreGDPR
Welcome to Annabel Kaye from Koffee Klatch who works producing legal templates for freelancers to purchase. CW: Annabel, how many VAs do you work with now? AK: Around 60. CW: So she’s been speaking to a wide variety of VAs who have all different kinds of businesses. Annabel has kindly agreed to share her list…
Read MoreGot a virtual assistant niche?
Got a virtual assistant niche? Finding your virtual assistant niche can be key to the success of your VA business.
Read MoreGDPR – the practical guide to how to handle your data
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations)… you’ll have seen this word swirling around in the internet-ether lately and might even be slightly panicked that you should know more about it. Certainly a quick flick through my spam box asks me
Read MoreThe Longest Ever VA Business Set-Up?
The Mourne Mountains In 2005 I found myself living at the foot of the Mourne Mountains in Ireland with my husband and children who were then 4, 12 and 14 years old. Of course, having a young family and moving away is always a difficult time and I wanted to do something other than applying…
Read MoreBecoming a new VA
“So what do you do as a job?” Since becoming a full-time V.A. in January this year I haven’t quite worked out a satisfactory reply to that question. So what do I do? Data entry, creating websites, researching CRMs, testing software, social media management, event planning, project planning, everything planning. Well, I do it all.…
Read MoreBusiness Advantages of Bookkeeping for VAs
The role of virtual assistant can be incredibly rewarding- especially if you have a roster of high paying clients. Naturally, virtual assistants are incredibly organised people; however, bookkeeping is an area which is usually forgotten about.
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