What is the difference between an EA/PA and VA?

An Executive or Personal Assistant is usually desk based and employed on a full or p/t basis.

With an EA/PA you still have to cover things like payroll tax, National Insurance contributions, pensions, holiday pay and sick pay.

You don’t have any of those costs with a VA, as we handle it ourselves. It’s why you’ll spend far less cost wise and time-wise on an elite VA, than a full time high-level employed EA.

All you need to do is spend an hour or two a week of your time in the beginning to get them up to speed with you and your life or business.

What are the benefits of hiring a VA?

Firstly, it’s a cost-effective solution as VAs typically work remotely and can be hired on a flexible basis. Secondly, it saves time by outsourcing tasks, allowing you to focus on core business activities. Additionally, VAs bring specialised skills, global talent, scalability, and can enhance work-life balance by reducing workload stress.

How does your pricing work?

There are no hidden fees, and your bank of hours only start being used once we have our onboarding call. You will be billed upfront ahead of your first month or project. We recommend starting with a minimum of 10 hours per month for Private PA work, and 20 hours per month for Executive Business support services.

You can always increase or top up if you need to, but the retainer allows you to book guaranteed time with your VA each month.

Specialist Services: Once you have a monthly retainer with us, if you only need a couple of hours a week for book keeping for instance, or someone to help you set up a new CRM, or launch your podcast let’s chat and we can arrange the right person for that too.

Projects and One Offs: If you require a Virtual Assistant for a short while, for a project such as a house move, or supporting a business recruitment drive - we’d be happy to quote for that specific project.

What sort of things can a VA do in a day

+ Create SOPs based on the things you do most often on repeat, so they’re ready to hand to a future VA or team member

+ Plan, research and book that long overdue family holiday within your budget

+ Clean up your inbox, create filters, flags and systems so it doesn’t feel overwhelming

+ Create a month of meal plans for the family, including booking the food shops in with all the ingredients

+ Grab a brief and pull together ideas and costs for a team off-site/ work party

+ Plan that room renovation from the design style, to booking tradies in for quotes

+ Organise an anniversary dinner and arrange some social plans to look forward to, or get that girls holiday planning started

+ Help you find a home and book some viewings in, or book appts to get your house valued

+ A data entry or system migration project

+ Arranging a loved ones 40th/60th/ special event

+ Do the research to find a new accountant, health coach, PT in your area - and so, so much more