How do you write a ‘day in the life’ when no two days are the same? And a Virtual Assistant is just a Personal Assistant, right…? Alchemy VA’s very own Eloise Robb shares a typical day in her Virtual Assistant business and sets the record straight on those limiting beliefs… A typical day when you […]

A multilingual mum of twins has embarked on a new Alchemy Virtual Assistance venture as she strives to help “small business owners recover, rebuild, and thrive”. Magda Bilska-Pereda switched careers and started an Alchemy Virtual Assistance (VA) franchise Hub from her home office in Hackney, East London last month, offering flexible, remote admin and PA […]

Take That’s former management assistant talks of how life after working for the band has inspired her to help a new generation of Virtual Assistants. Sarah-Jane Heath (known in the business as SJ) spent many years at the top of her profession, travelling the Globe with one of the UK’s most successful boybands, Take That, […]

By Jennifer Hahn Masterson, Lead Content Strategist at Spread the Word Solutions When working as a graphic design virtual assistance, there are different tasks that may be assigned to you without warning. Some of them might not be so closely related to your qualifications. So, with this in mind here are ten essential tasks that […]

By Caroline Gowing, Co-Founder, Pink Spaghetti network of virtual assistants If you have decided to make the leap and become a self-employed virtual assistant, your years of PA-ing will of course stand you in great stead. Lots of the work and demands will be familiar. Your organisational skills will very much be called upon, as […]

By Sarah Rugg, Founder, My VA Business As a PA or EA, you already have many of the skills required to set up your own Virtual Assistant business, and now’s the time. With almost 50% of employed adults working from home during the peak of the pandemic, the attitude shift has happened much more quickly […]

By Yvette Pearson, International Public Speaker, Blogger, Author, and Founder of The Admin Wrap Gifts for Assistants has a fantastic range of mugs, coasters and pens specifically made by an assistant, for an assistant. Whether you are looking for a little something for yourself, or perhaps you need a secret Santa present, you’ll find the perfect gift. […]

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 […]

Northamptonshire-based Annette Harris has joined Alchemy Virtual Assistance, to provide remote PA and administrative services to small businesses in her local area. With over 30 years’ experience as a PA, and as businesses are being forced to suddenly adopt a remote and virtual approach to their operations, Harris says she is not scared to be […]

A ‘virtual assistant’ specialist in Northamptonshire is launching a nationwide franchise – with the first ‘Hub’ opening in the New Year. Alchemy Virtual Assistance has been providing remote PA services and practical support since 2016. Founder Suzy Sanders says the decision to turn her family-run business into a franchise was always part of a very […]

After launching her own virtual assistant business a few years ago, Leanne Farrell, founder of Leanne Farrell VA, has never looked back since. Here she explains why she needed to make the jump and stop thinking ‘what if, and why she just can’t live without her phone. How did you launch your business? I started […]

PA Life Club members, today is your last chance to earn a £20 Amazon gift voucher for every new PA Life Club member you recommend before midnight, December 21.  Terms of your recommendation: The recommended friend must actively book onto the club and make payment for us to process the offer by December 21, 2018. Recommendations […]

As we continue to keep you informed on what’s happening in the events world and up to date, don’t forget to check us out on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. Rules for buying a Christmas present for your boss It’s the season for giving, and although according to business etiquette it’s not required for employees to buy their boss a […]

More assistants are looking at the advantages of ditching the office in favour of becoming a VA. Sarah Rugg, co-founder of My VA Business, worked alongside virtual assistant Sam Evans to document what the average day in the life of a VA was. Commute, work, sandwich, work, commute, dinner, bed – and repeat. It’s okay […]

Could VA services be the future of the assistant role? Well according to FYXER, it very well could be. PA Life staff writer Vincenzo Ferrara spends a day at the FYXER office to understand why more assistants are opting out of the office and into working from home? FYXER is a virtual assistant service that hires […]

As an assistant of any kind can be asked to work hours around the clock for your boss. If that means booking a last-minute flight at 2am or arranging a last-minute meeting at the end of the day, then that’s what you do. But, are out of office requests reasonable? And if so, where is […]

The good old days of the handheld label maker has been updated for the 2018 workspace and this cube of functionality is small, elegant and compact. Vincenzo Ferrara, staff writer at PA Life has been putting this little label maker to the test. As soon as I received the Brother PT-P710BT Label Printer, I was […]

We spend around a third of our life at work, so as you can imagine it must be difficult to feel like you don’t fit in with others. Vincenzo Ferrara, staff writer at PA Life, talks about why treating male and female assistants as equals is crucial. I recently heard a story from a respected […]