FAQs
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A Virtual Assistant or ‘VA’ is a remote professional who provides administrative, technical, creative, or customer support services to businesses or individuals. This vast range of scope is what makes us incredibly valuable to any organisation.
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We assess your needs through an in depth virtual consultation - in this world of AI we believe it’s important to get to know each other and retain a personalised service.
Once the practicalities have been discussed and parameters agreed, we commence working together with an onboarding session.
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Your VA will work in real-time daily to carry out the work. We find this is the best way to ascertain trust, maximise our utility and integrate fully into your routine.
For the duration of the timeslot, communication can flow (video / verbal or written). Outside of the timeslot you are able to send follow up information or instructions, knowing when they will be dealt with accordingly.
We are a bespoke service and do our best to work within your systems - you provide us the necessary accounts and logins. Where appropriate or requested, we will also make suggestions and problem solve - this is what sets us apart, we want to maximise your potential and ours, we are invested in our client’s success!
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Our smallest packages are 1 hour per day (minimum 4 days per week). This will be for a specific workflow eg. daily invoicing or inbox management.
2 hour blocks enable more in-depth work and / or a broader scope of tasks. We advise 4 + days per week to truly integrate and be maximally effective.
All people / companies function differently so please do call to discuss what might work best for you.
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In terms of added value, quality of personnel and comparable costing to employ staff yourself, it is very reasonable.
With us, you are saving on a full salary, HR costs, National Insurance, pension contributions, office space and any employee downtime.
The consistent focused slots with your VA are incredibly cost effective and an efficient use of time and funds.
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In a nutshell, no.
We transparently close for 2 weeks over Christmas & New Year. (Unless otherwise agreed / requested).
We also observe 5 additional UK bank holidays (again, unless otherwise agreed / requested).
If your VA is away, you can choose between a stand-in VA or to ‘bank’ those hours for their return.
Invoices are pro-rata for consistency and clarity.
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We work on the basis of a rolling annual contract, with quarterly break-clauses.
Invoices are pro-rata and paid monthly in advance (or quarterly if you’d prefer).
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Our service is designed to be stable, reliable and consistent, thus contractually you will have set regular hours.
We understand that on occasion you may require additional hours and will endeavour to provide this.
Should you wish to adjust your contract to reduce hours we can of course discuss and pivot accordingly with suitable notice.
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Our team are all UK based, working either from a home office or our Earlsfield office. No time-zone issues here!
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All VAs sign NDAs, and we use secure tools to protect sensitive data.
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All VAs are university educated with valuable life and business experience.
Our team have been carefully selected and vetted.
We actively seek out bright, proactive individuals with oodles of common sense and a positive mindset.