A qualified HR professional, Natalia Kalacova, is celebrating the launch of her new business Alchemy VA – an all-encompassing virtual assistant service that’s promising to increase productivity for SME owners and legal firms. Her business is part of the UK’s only family-run virtual assistant franchise. After becoming a mum and spending most of her career […]

The founders of Alchemy Virtual Assistance (VA) – Suzy and Paul Sanders – are marking their 5th birthday as a business by welcoming their fifth Virtual Assistant franchise manager, and launching a new mini book to help ambitious small business owners – The Alchemy of… Getting organised and getting it done! Since 2016, Suzy and […]

Alchemy Virtual Assistance’s newest franchisee is Laura Barley – a former Police Officer who has overcome her own personal hardship and loss to embark on a new career path. Following the unexpected passing of her husband from meningitis five years ago, and driven by the desire to create a flexible and fulfilling career to secure […]

A Midlands-based virtual assistant franchise business has seen off thousands of applicants to reach the regional finals in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards (GBEA) 2021. Suzy (pictured, above) and Paul Sanders of Alchemy Virtual Assistance (VA) were picked from almost 5,000 entrepreneurs UK-wide to become one of only six finalists in the Midlands Family Business […]

A national network of PAs has been named top franchise at the Best Franchise Awards. Pink Spaghetti, founded by Caroline Gowing and Vicky Matthews in Cheshire in 2009, was awarded the title of best franchise in the ‘under £2m network turnover’ category. Pink Spaghetti’s nationwide franchisees work from home to provide flexible virtual personal assistant services to small […]

With increasing uncertainty in all industries, one industry is seeing PAs flock to join it. The virtual assistant sector is seeing a swell of PAs looking to join its ranks. The lack of lockdown commute has seen three times the number of new applications for industry organisation SocietyOfVirtualAssistants.co.uk – but there are very specific skills […]

At a time when many are seeking more flexible, homeworking career options, a new book is promising to empower virtual assistants to create their own thriving businesses. The Alchemy of Virtual Assistance: Creating a successful virtual assistant business around your family by award-winning VA Suzy Sanders, has been unveiled during a recent online launch event. Sharing […]