Posts Tagged ‘virtual assistant’
VACT 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 to be involved in the future.” Caroline Wylie VACT Ltd purchases UK VA Awards, UK VA Conference and BeMyVA > Read More Here
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! HR administration is one area where VAs may be asked to get involved. This could be anything from organising interviews, managing employee files, preparing contracts…
Read MoreThe Apex VA Story: Farm, Foils and Flexibility
Once upon a time… Hi, I’m Hannah at Apex VA, (www.apexva.co.uk), and I’m here to tell you about my VA journey, from Farm Assistant to Virtual Assistant and all manner of things in between! My moment of inspiration came to me whilst sitting with foils in my hair at the hairdressers. I was chatting to…
Read MoreSouth West Virtual Assistant Collaboration – Q&A with guest speaker Judy Salmon
South West Virtual Assistant Collaboration https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8913745/ They are currently at 7:30pm on the dates shown and via Zoom – Please contact Joanne Manville to join. For South West based VAs only. 23 November – Q&A with guest speaker Judy Salmon
Read MoreArticle Submission guidelines
SVA Virtual Assistants CIC 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 what we’ll feature, so that the quality of the site remains high. Our Article Submission guidelines are as follows: Article Submission guidelines Writers must be UK…
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 MoreThe Approved Virtual Assistant Scheme – VA Standards
SVA came into existence in 2005 to: Promote best practice in the virtual assistant industry; create industry wide VA standards; and Help UK VAs find clients. As part of this we run a FREE listing for all VAs who abide by the following rules. More information on how to comply can be found on the…
Read MorePA Forum learning & Development Conference (ONLINE) 2020
There is no doubt we have endured a challenging time together throughout 2020 and whilst the Government guidance is being updated daily, we wanted to ensure that we continue with our much anticipated annual event as best we can, so this year we will be bringing our conference to you virtually! The PA Forum Learning…
Read MoreIR35 for Virtual Assistants
IR35 for virtual assistants – what does it mean? Essentially IR35 stems from highly paid IT execs forming a Limited Company to get paid via dividends instead of doing PAYE tax, so not only were they paying less tax overall on their “self-employed” earnings, they were also able to claim expenses of running the company…
Read MoreBooking travel as a virtual assistant
If you book travel for clients, there are a few issues which you need to be aware of. It straddles a variety of different areas, and our advice at SVA is either: Use a specialist travel agent who is able to do the bookings for you. Just do the research and send the client the…
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