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Read on for business management advice, outsourcing techniques, and timely insights into the many benefits of working with a professional VA.
How can you save money by working with a virtual senior executive assistant?
As business owners, we are always looking for ways to save cash and maximise our earnings. And in my experience, hiring a virtual executive assistant is one of the fastest and easiest ways to set your business on course for a more profitable future! How can you...
What should you be focussing on to make your business a success?
What should you be focussing on to make your business a success? It's time to refocus by pulling in some help so that those daily 'business' tasks don’t seep into your 'personal' life and here's how. Let's focus shall we? Most entrepreneurs admit to...
Executive Assistant vs Virtual Assistant; What’s the difference?
As an owner of a busy business, you’re always in and out of the office, at different meetings, in different countries, always having to be in a million places at once. This is where you rely on your magical assistant to organise...
Lockdown leadership wisdom: stories and advice from directors navigating the pandemic
Every business owner has had to adapt quickly to the economic uncertainties presented by the coronavirus pandemic. Back in the summer – during the first full nationwide lockdown in England – we interviewed a few contacts from the Praemando network to get their...
Is outsourcing really worth the hassle?
Is outsourcing really worth the hassle? Why are we so afraid of outsourcing? It's happening a lot more than you think and here's why. According to projected figures for 2020, over 50% of the UK workforce will be working remotely. It is no longer a thing of...
What Is Costing Your Business More, An Employee Or A Virtual Assistant?
There seems to be a lot of debate on the subject that employee costs are far more effective for the business bottom line rather than the use of a Virtual Assistant. If you currently have an employee, or in many instances, more than one employee in your office,...
To outsource or not to outsource? That is the question!
So you have your business but have you ever thought to outsource? You probably started as a Sole-trader, Freelancer or small company with less than a handful of employees, what many business owners struggle with, especially in the early stages, is juggling everything...
Can VA’s work together?
The answer, in my view, is a resounding YES! And here’s why. Why I’m happy to work with other Virtual Assistants There are thousands of VAs in the UK – and, in the wake of the economic chaos and inevitable redundancies stemming from the nationwide coronavirus...