The last year has taken a real toll, not just on the economy, but on people’s mental health. Nowhere is this more true than for small business owners who, with employees, clients, and often families to look after, saw, in many cases, their livelihood go under. Those that have weathered the storm have done so…
Over the last year, we’ve noticed an increasing demand for our Virtual Assistant services. That’s where we provide our clients with a PA, or EA, who works remotely, via phone and online communication (hence ‘virtual’), with more flexibility than a full-time office-based employee. It’s also more cost-effective, in most cases. Up until recently, selling the…
IR35 was introduced back in 2000, in order to counter a loophole which allowed people using the legal status of self-employed contractor to disguise what was actually an employer-employee relationship in order to pay less tax. Specifically, an employee could leave their employer and set themselves up as a limited company. Such a company would…
“They’ve not all been to Swiss finishing school (though some have), but it does take a very, very special certain someone.” In a fascinating Telegraph article titled, For wealthy clients, no request is too odd: the weird world of the private PA, our directors, Sophie and Sabina, were asked to provide their insight into working…
PA Business Support directors, Sophie and Sabina wear many hats: they’re business owners, entrepreneurs, mums, daughters. Sabina likens being a business owner to being a swan (!) – seeming to glide over the surface of the water, to all observers beautiful in its elegance and harmony, the swan is actually paddling away furiously underneath the…
The latest survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has shown that 56% of UK employers intend to recruit staff over the next three months. This, coupled with results from the same survey indicating that planned redundancies have dropped from 30% to 20% compared to the end of 2020, instils new hope…
Working as a PA for a high-net-worth (HNW) or ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) individual or family is an unusual job. While it absolutely demands the kind of efficiency and organisational skills found in most PA roles, the requirements are a lot tougher. At PA Business Support, the level of service we’re used to providing translates perfectly to…
2020 was a godawful year, so 2021 is being greeted with a lot of trepidation. But what if we told you, right now is the perfect time to hire? Struggling businesses, extended furloughs and large-scale organisational shuffling has meant that many professionals are re-thinking their careers. Add to that widespread layoffs, and one thing is…
Think that a Virtual Assistant just clears your inbox? Oooh, how you’re missing out! Virtual working is now the norm – and it’s probably here to stay (check out our most recent article: 4 predictions for the future of work post COVID-19). But for us at PA Business Support, we’re not just jumping on the…
A lot has happened over the last year. If we said that the world has changed, that would be an understatement. From the grass roots social movements of BLM and #metoo, to a seemingly endless flurry of privacy and data scandals, and now an unprecedented global pandemic…we are witnessing change on a scale that many…
While a CV tells you, as a potential employer, a lot about your potential employee, it doesn’t tell the whole story. The concise nature of the traditional two pages into which most people try and fit their CV means that there’s nearly always a lot of missing information. Many potentially very good employees end up…
Of all the industries we work with, one of the most unique is Film and TV. It’s a fast-paced, challenging and unpredictable environment that isn’t for the feint-hearted (or shy). When it comes to recruiting for Film and TV, our clients are very particular about hiring people with the right “personality fit” – something which…
Working with a wide variety of businesses has put us in the unique position of being able to spot interesting trends as they happen. One of these trends, which will come as no surprise to our regular audience, is the move away from full-time employees to contracted services. Whether it’s the arrival of the gig…
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on recruitment. The lockdown and isolation policies mean that many businesses have been forced to shut or downsize. Mass layoffs and a significant reduction in working hours across many industries have meant that most recruitment has also been put on hold until the crisis ends. But remobilisation…
There is no doubt that 2020 will go down in history as one of the most trying years of our time. Coming out of lockdown the world will be a very different place. However, despite the economic impact of Coronavirus, those businesses that are able to adapt, and are astute enough to see where the…
