Data Protection and the Virtual Assistant
Data Protection is one of those areas where if you ask 10 different people “Do I need to be registered?” you’ll get 10 different answers. So we wanted to clear…
Read MoreBest Practice – What must be in place.
One of the aims of the Society of Virtual Assistants is to get as many VAs as possible in the UK working towards industry best practice.
Read MoreWhat counts as self employed?
So we’ve had various members asking about this recently… and yup, HMRC takes a very dim view of what they called “hidden employment” – in other words, freelancers or contractors…
Read MoreTop 10 Tips for Becoming a Virtual Assistant
We’ve put together 10 helpful tips to help you on your way to becoming a Virtual Assistant – a must-read for any aspiring assistant!
Read MoreArticle Submission guidelines
The Society of Virtual Assistants is happy to feature guest articles about subjects relevant to our target market of UK virtual assistants. However, we do have a few rules surrounding…
Read MoreHMRC recorded webinar about ‘How to register for Anti Money Laundering Supervision’
If you need to register with HMRC, watch this recently recorded webinar about money laundering regulations – ‘How to register for Anti Money Laundering Supervision’, found at the following GOV.UK…
Read MoreVirtual Assistant Directory Advertising – is it worth it?
We’ve had a few virtual assistant directory sites pop up offering advertising recently. I typed out a long response on whether I thought it was was using these on one…
Read MoreWorking as an offshore VA
For years, UK VAs have ranted about offshore VA prices – how can they afford to do it that cheaply? Will they nick all our clients? Well, with the £’s…
Read MoreVACT takes back over the running of the UK VA Awards, UK VA Conference and BeMyVA
“It has been a pleasure to work with John Palmer over the years, and I’m thrilled VACT is taking back over the running of the conference and hope to continue…
Read MoreCould HR administration services be another string to your bow?
I think that VAs should be called VVAs for ‘Versatile’ Virtual Assistants because the scope of support they are asked to provide certainly means they must be multiskilled and adaptable!…
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