Legal
You are ready to be a Lead VA and take on associates, but how can you protect yourself?
Top tips to ensure you get the best experience of being a Lead VA and what you can do to protect yourself.
Read MoreDo I need to have a postal address on my website?
Do I need to have a postal address on my website? I’ve been on a fact-finding mission to find out the real answer to this question
Read MoreVirtual Assistant Insurance
Virtual Assistant Insurance Over the years we’ve done a variety of articles on why it is necessary for virtual assistants to have insurance in place if they are working with…
Read MoreData 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…
Read MoreWhat 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…
Read MoreWorking as an offshore Virtual Assistant
Working as an offshore Virtual Assistant: A helpful checklist for working with international clients and what to look out for.
Read MoreNamechange for HMRC MLR
HMRC’s Anti Money Laundering Supervision (AMLS) team has changed its name to Economic Crime Supervision (ECS). As part of continuing changes to the service, the anti money laundering supervision team (MLR) will now…
Read MoreUK lockdown leads to spike in cyber insurance uptake
UK lockdown leads to spike in cyber insurance uptake: Figures collected by insurance broker PolicyBee show a large increase in sales of cyber insurance.
Read MoreIR35 for Virtual Assistants
IR35 for virtual assistants – what does it mean? Essentially IR35 stems from highly paid IT execs forming a Limited Company to get paid via dividends instead of doing PAYE…
Read MoreCopyright – 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…
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