Virtual Assistant Insurance
Data Protection and the Virtual Assistant
Data Protection is one of those areas where if you ask 10 different people “Do I need to be registered?” you’ll get 10 different answers. So we wanted to clear this one up: As a UK VA, you DO need to be registered. Already registered? Click here to find yourself on the list and to […]
What counts as self employed?
So we’ve had various members asking about this recently… and yup, HMRC takes a very dim view of what they called “hidden employment” – in other words, freelancers or contractors who really should be on payroll. Just having a contract, or working off site, or only working part-time does not make you self-employed. HMRC looks […]
Working as an offshore VA
For years, UK VAs have ranted about offshore VA prices – how can they afford to do it that cheaply? Will they nick all our clients? Well, with the £’s exchange rate plummeting in the wake of Brexit, a Pandemic and a recession looming, suddenly our prices are becoming increasingly attractive to US-based clients… We […]
UK lockdown leads to spike in cyber insurance uptake
Figures collected by insurance broker PolicyBee show a large increase in sales of cyber insurance since the UK went into lockdown in March 2020. Data analysis by PolicyBee shows that cyber insurance sales increased by over 75% after lockdown was put in place in comparison to the number of policies sold in the first quarter […]
IR35 for Virtual Assistants
Copyright – protecting your brand
COPYRIGHT: I’ve been asked a few questions recently from VAs about how to protect your brand, website domains, copy which you’ve written etc. from plagiarisers. I thought I’d put down a little HOW TO guide, as it applies to all businesses, not just virtual assistants. As usual, this comes with my very own disclaimer; if […]
Minimum prices for virtual assistants
Ah, the thorny issue of rates! We get asked all the time about minimum prices for virtual assistants; whether those charging low prices are devaluing the industry; how we can support people who do charge low rates etc. Why doesn’t SVA simply declare a minimum price for Virtual Assistants? We get asked why we don’t […]
Sole Trader vs Limited Company
Why do I need an office address as a virtual assistant?
We had a few people recently asking why they need their full mailing address as part of the SVA Approved process… There’s quite a few legal obligations which mean you MUST have a contact mailing address on your website: Why virtual assistants NEED a proper mailing address Office address alternatives So yup – you need […]