There it was, lying on the mat, that little red envelope with the familiar hand writing, how lovely after all these years, amazing that we still make the effort, never take anything for granted. Such a horrible dull morning but off to The Holiday Inn for lunch with...
Control Freak?
Probably a master delegator in the making After 11 years of my business - Virtual PA Co - receiving the results of delegation, I think we can safely conclude that the best delegators, somewhat ironically, are the control freaks. By their own admission, control freaks...
Share a secretary, free up your time!
We share secretaries with busy people. We've done this for eleven years, we started because our founder needed a PA, couldn't afford a whole one and decided to share one. With a business idea looming she bit the bullet and recruited three secretaries, to cover...
A service for the discerning client…
That's what we're seeing... a shift in the typical client interested in our service. In 2001 there wasn't even a name for what we do, we called it 'secretarial support for small and growing businesses nationwide'. Not a bad description even today. But we now know our...
To recruit or not to recruit, a virtual question?
Gary's business is busy, fabulously busy but still young and whilst turnover is exceeding expectation - remarkable in these times - overheads still feel low and business margin or profitability still feels under pressure. Gary uses the Virtual PA Co service in the...
Agency worker rights – good news?
For Virtual PA Co it is! For years we've known that for small companies and large alike, when it's not appropriate to recruit a permanent employee, sometimes it's equally inappropriate to recruit a temp or agency worker. The former is usually the case when business...