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What is a Virtual Assistant?

“A Virtual Assistant (VA) is a self-employed, independent professional who provides administrative business support services.”

A Virtual Assistant generally works remotely to provide skills to aid businesses with their administrative tasks or to enhance/back up the skills of an in-house team.

Advantages of using a Virtual Assistant

There are many advantages of outsourcing to a VA:

• Only paying for the service provided or time taken using a time-tracker

• No need to provide office/working space, equipment etc.

• Enhancing the skills of an in-house team and freeing up their time for other tasks

• Flexibility and the option of out of normal hours working if required

• Confidentiality of in-house sensitive material, i.e. reports on staff records etc.

When appointing a VA you get the same dedication that you would from an employee, but with the added advantages of:

• No liability for tax/NI payments

• No contribution to a pension scheme

• No sick or holiday pay

• Zero commitment to hours