Work Smarter. In Every Way.
Virtalent’s UK Virtual Assistants combine talent with tenacity!
Hire a Virtual Assistant Right Here In The UK.
A Virtalent VA has an average of 15 years’ experience, even before joining our team. They’re dedicated, talented professionals who choose to work remotely here in the UK.
Many started their careers in London as Executive Assistants and Marketing Managers in some of the UK’s best-known and most successful companies – including KPMG, the BBC, EY, Nike, IBM and many others – before going virtual.
How do we know? Because we carefully vet each one before they join. We make sure they know their stuff and that they have the skills to get the job done; otherwise they don’t make the cut.
Matching Your Needs With Expertise
It all starts with a call. We make the time to get to know you: not just the demands of your growing business, but the support you need to do what you do best.
And then we’ll handpick the best VA for the job.
Think of us like a ‘Commercial Cupid’. We’ll match you with a handpicked Virtual Assistant in the UK; one that understands your ambitions. You’ll see their profile, get to talk to them and then make your decision.
It’s as simple as that.
Your Success Is Our Only Priority
A premium service provides premium support. We don’t just match you with a Virtual Assistant and walk away. Your dedicated Client Success Manager at Virtalent is on call to guide you as you grow.
They’re here to help you work smarter, get the most from your VA, answer questions, give advice and constantly assess your changing needs.
See how our VAs help businesses scale.
Taking Care Of (Virtually) Everything
Hire a Virtual Assistant from Virtalent and you’ll see it’s a different experience from working with an independent VA or Executive Assistant. Our service works in step with you – whether you’re working from home, away on business or with your family. Your VA is available when you need them to be.
When you choose Virtalent, you’ll always get value for money. Any unused hours automatically roll-over to the next month and if your Virtual Assistant takes a holiday, we’ll provide you with cover – at no extra cost.
You’ll also have 24/7 access to all your account information – including timesheets, invoices – and the flexibility to change your support plan at any time.
The team have proved invaluable to us here at the agency. All work supplied has been delivered on time, to a high standard and I would not falter in using their services again.
I absolutely love working with Emily – she is incredibly efficient and really bloody smart! I’ve been recommending you to my partner who desperately needs help too and is looking to hire a Virtual Assistant.
Value for money, convenient, time-saving and professional; this is exactly what a small company needs!
Virtalent clears space in our day and in our heads to focus on making Cosmic Kids even more amazing! Frances our virtual assistant is utterly reliable, full of initiative and an excellent communicator - I'm very happy we've found her. She's absolutely part of our team!
Clare had been with me four weeks, had a late paying client who my accountant said I needed to write off – Clare spoke to them once and the bill was paid! When first matched with her, she was just brilliant - she told me all the things she’d done – from her experience in Xero and invoicing I knew it would be fine, it’s also about understanding how you would work together. It’s good to have a fresh pair of eyes to look at everything and see how it’s done.
Love our Virtalent PA! She’s lovely, so professional and proving to be more invaluable every day! Virtalent are an excellent resource that we wouldn't hesitate to recommend to anyone looking to hire a Virtual Assistant.
I've been very impressed with Virtalent. Over the years I've worked with various UK Virtual Assistant agencies and Virtalent is by far the best. Nearly all of my clients are UK based, so having a highly educated assistant from the UK makes a big difference. Someone who not only understands the language but also the culture and mentality has really made a big difference. Being on the same timezone is a big plus as well. Highly recommended to anyone looking to hire for a Virtual Assistant agency you can trust.
Our UK Virtual Assistant at Virtalent has allowed the whole operation to run efficiently, which is particularly important in our field as appeal deadlines can be tight.
MARTIN AMOR
CO-FOUNDER, COSMIC KIDS
Martin Amor
Co-Founder, Cosmic Kids Virtalent clears space in our day and in our heads to focus on making Cosmic Kids even more amazing! Frances our virtual assistant is utterly reliable, full of initiative and an excellent communicator - I'm very happy we've found her. She's absolutely part of our team!
Lorna Monk
COO, Ignite Hospitality Love our Virtalent PA! She’s lovely, so professional and proving to be more invaluable every day! Virtalent are an excellent resource that we wouldn't hesitate to recommend to anyone looking to hire a Virtual Assistant.
Joel Newman
OWNER, ACCELERATE PR The team have proved invaluable to us here at the agency. All work supplied has been delivered on time, to a high standard and I would not falter in using their services again.
John Kramer
SEO Consultant (Marbella) I've been very impressed with Virtalent. Over the years I've worked with various UK Virtual Assistant agencies and Virtalent is by far the best. Nearly all of my clients are UK based, so having a highly educated assistant from the UK makes a big difference. Someone who not only understands the language but also the culture and mentality has really made a big difference. Being on the same timezone is a big plus as well. Highly recommended to anyone looking to hire for a Virtual Assistant agency you can trust.
Barbara Bray
Director, ALO Solutions Clare had been with me four weeks, had a late paying client who my accountant said I needed to write off – Clare spoke to them once and the bill was paid! When first matched with her, she was just brilliant - she told me all the things she’d done – from her experience in Xero and invoicing I knew it would be fine, it’s also about understanding how you would work together. It’s good to have a fresh pair of eyes to look at everything and see how it’s done.
MILAN SAMANI
DIRECTOR, TIL VENTURES Value for money, convenient, time-saving and professional; this is exactly what a small company needs!
Merje S
Innovation consultant I absolutely love working with Emily – she is incredibly efficient and really bloody smart! I’ve been recommending you to my partner who desperately needs help too and is looking to hire a Virtual Assistant.
Daniel Sokol
Barrister and Founder, Alpha Academic Appeals Our UK Virtual Assistant at Virtalent has allowed the whole operation to run efficiently, which is particularly important in our field as appeal deadlines can be tight.
Streamline Every Day:
Hire A Virtual Assistant
Whether you’re a consultant, CEO or startup founder, you can hire a UK Virtual Assistant from Virtalent to help you grow your company and enjoy a better work-life balance. How? By taking care of all those small-but-essential tasks.
Hire a Virtual Assistant to streamline your admin, so you can focus on business growth. But what exactly can they do?
Our skilled VAs can help you actively grow your business too – by taking care of time-consuming but necessary marketing activities. They can:
Our UK Virtual Assistants have multiple strings to their bows! They can also:
EXECUTIVE PA SUPPORT
A virtual PA can streamline your admin so you can focus on business growth. But what exactly can they do?
Organise your busy diary to free up your time
Achieve inbox ‘zero’ by staying on top of your emails
Handle day-to-day admin so you can maintain focus
Keep track of invoices to make sure you get paid on time
Take the pain out of event organisation and meeting prep
Book your travel to get you where you need to be: on-time and on budget
Marketing Support
Our skilled VAs can help you actively grow your business too – by taking care of time-consuming but necessary marketing activities. They can:
Boost your social media footprint to drive awareness
Create email campaigns that keep you front of mind
Plan marketing campaigns to get your name out there
Drive market research initiatives to glean actionable insights
Make simple website updates to keep content fresh
Create standout content that tells your business’ story
OTHER SUPPORT
Our Virtual Assistants have multiple strings to their bows! They can also:
Keep clients happy through top-notch customer service
Take the HR helm to keep staff on side
Get a handle on recruitment to meet your growth needs
Smooth out operations through effective business management
Take charge of project management so deadlines are never missed
Provide sales support to warm up potential leads
Barbara, Founder Alo Solutions
As an expert food and nutrition consultant with big ambitions, Barbara’s client-oriented schedule meant it was difficult to stay on top of crucial admin. Clare – a Virtual PA with 30 year’s experience – took charge and got ALO Solutions’ operations back on track. Today, Barbara can focus on winning and working with more clients, safe in the knowledge that her VA is taking care of the rest.
Karen, Founder, Artful Eating
With an established psychology practice to run, a book to publish, a young family to raise and a PHD to study for, Dublin-based psychologist, Karina, already had a busy diary to contend with before she decided to also launch online membership community, Artful Eating. With the help of her dedicated Marketing Virtual Assistant, Alex, she worked to build, launch and successfully promote her exciting new start-up.
Jennie, Independent Social Innovation Expert
Living in both Copenhagen and London, social innovation design consultant, Jennie, found it a challenge to balance travel, a varied workload for partners and speaking engagements, alongside. She signed up to Virtalent to work with a specialist Virtual Assistant, Anne. In her VA, she found a talented professional who could help her balance her busy professional life and yet still achieve a sound work-life balance.
Neil, Founder, Fast-Break Consulting
Neil’s charity consulting company supports well-known third sector companies such as Oxfam and World Vision. His challenge wasn’t in finding clients; his expertise meant he was drowning in work from day one. The real battle was in managing such a busy schedule alongside raising a young family. Virtalent matched him with Liz, a Virtual Assistant with heaps of experience and the tenacity needed to help streamline his working day. Three years on, Neil continues to reap the rewards of working a little smarter.
Martin, Co-Founder, Cosmic Kids
Martin’s hugely successful kids yoga business was a handful to manage. From keeping their 250,000 YouTube subscribers engaged, to answering hundreds of new enquiries from yoga instructors looking to learn the Cosmic Kids method, Martin’s working day was demanding. Frances – Martin’s dedicated VA – took a proactive sales approach to take care of their customers and gave him some much needed space to think.
Our Success Stories
Virtalent’s UK Virtual Assistants support seasoned entrepreneurs.
Karina, Founder, Artful Eating
Karina, Founder, Artful Eating
With an established psychology practice to run, a book to publish, a young family to raise and a PHD to study for, Dublin-based psychologist, Karina, already had a busy diary to contend with before she decided to also launch an online membership community, Artful Eating. With the help of her dedicated Marketing Virtual Assistant, Alex, she worked to build, launch and successfully promote her exciting new start-up.
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With Virtalent, it just clicked. They were so helpful, so supportive. Time is at a premium, so having them ready and able to help with my knowledge deficit was incredible.
Jennie, Independent Social Innovation Expert
Jennie, Independent Social Innovation Expert
Living in both Copenhagen and London, social innovation design consultant, Jennie, found it a challenge to balance travel, a varied workload for partners and speaking engagements, alongside. She signed up to Virtalent to work with a specialist Virtual Assistant, Anne. In her VA, she found a talented professional who could help her balance her busy professional life and yet still achieve a sound work-life balance.
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Anne helps me in all aspects of my business and personal life, including invoicing and accounting, scheduling meetings, appointments and interviews, booking transport and accommodation, and assisting with research projects.
Neil, Founder, Fast-Break Consulting
Neil, Founder, Fast-Break Consulting
Neil’s charity consulting company supports well-known third sector companies such as Oxfam and World Vision. His challenge wasn’t in finding clients; his expertise meant he was drowning in work from day one. The real battle was in managing such a busy schedule alongside raising a young family. Virtalent matched him with Liz, a Virtual Assistant with heaps of experience and the tenacity needed to help streamline his working day. Three years on, Neil continues to reap the rewards of working a little smarter.
Read Success Story
I didn’t want a commodity provider, I wanted a service I could tailor to add value to our organisation. Virtalent were the most flexible and open minded. They’re lovely people offering a fantastic service.
Martin, Co-Founder, Cosmic Kids
Martin, Co-Founder, Cosmic Kids
Martin’s hugely successful kids yoga business was a handful to manage. From keeping their 250,000 YouTube subscribers engaged, to answering hundreds of new enquiries from yoga instructors looking to learn the Cosmic Kids method, Martin’s working day was demanding. Frances - Martin’s dedicated VA - took a proactive sales approach to take care of their customers and gave him some much needed space to think.
Read Success Story
Virtalent clears space in our day and in our heads so we can focus on making Cosmic Kids even more amazing! Frances, our UK Virtual Assistant, is utterly reliable – full of initiative and an excellent communicator. I'm very happy we've found her. She's absolutely part of our team!
Barbara, Founder, ALO Solutions
Barbara, Founder, ALO Solutions
As an expert food and nutrition consultant with big ambitions, Barbara’s client-oriented schedule meant it was difficult to stay on top of crucial admin. Clare - a Virtual PA with 30 year’s experience - took charge and got ALO Solutions’ operations back on track. Today, Barbara can focus on winning and working with more clients, safe in the knowledge that her VA is taking care of the rest.
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Before hiring Virtalent, I was busy for all the wrong reasons. Busy with things that didn’t generate an income.
Barbara, Founder Alo Solutions
Whilst growing her boutique food and nutrition consultancy company, Barbara, was spending more of her time visiting clients and less time in the office. Admin was piling up and clients invoices were sat unpaid. When she was matched with Clare – an all-round VA with over 30 years’ experience – she was finally able to get the business back on track, freeing up her time to take on more projects.
I was busy for all the wrong reasons. Busy with things that didn’t generate an income.
Karen, Founder, Artful Eating
Dublin-based psychologist and published author, Karina, was always on the go. She turned to Virtalent to secure the marketing expertise she needed to launch a new paid membership platform, Artful Eating. She wanted to help more of her clients develop a better relationship with food. Alex – Karina’s dedicated Marketing VA at Virtalent – helped build, launch and promote the new brand.
Having the support of Virtalent has been immeasurable because it’s meant that everything that once seemed impossible was suddenly very possible.
Jennie, Independent Social Innovation Expert
Regular TedX speaker and Doteveryone Fellow, service design and social innovation expert, Jennie, was in need of a Virtual Assistant who could help increase her work capacity and achieve a better work-life balance. Anne, Jennie’s talented VA, took charge from day one, assisting with all aspects of her personal life and professional schedule. Now Jennie can take on more opportunities and feels significantly less overwhelmed.
It’s an uncertain game trying to get big initiatives off the ground, and it’s great that I have the flexibility to call on Anne for more support as and when I need to. In this world where I have several businesses, and work across several different communities, Virtalent plays such an important role in enabling my way of working.
Neil, Director, Fast-Break Consulting
Neil’s charity consulting company was growing at a rapid rate, winning clients such as Oxfam and World Vision in quick succession. The pace was demanding and Neil was struggling to balance his schedule against the needs of his young family. So when Virtalent matched him with Liz – a highly capable VA with a background in the operational work he needed support with – he was able to achieve the balance, clarity and focus he desperately needed.
I didn’t want a commodity provider, I wanted a service I could tailor to add value to our organisation. Virtalent were the most flexible and open minded. They’re lovely people offering a fantastic service.
Martin, Co-Founder, Cosmic Kids
As the co-founder of an innovative online yoga and mindfulness company, with a YouTube channel boasting millions of views and a long line of yoga instructors waiting to be trained in the Cosmic Kids method, Martin had a lot of weight on his shoulders. He needed an expert Virtual Assistant to handle all new sales enquiries and help manage their rapidly growing online community. Virtalent matched Martin with Frances – who does exactly that!
Dealing with Virtalent was like a breath of fresh air. There was no hard sell, just a simple solution to my ongoing problem. Most importantly, they listened. The impact is greater than you could imagine. It has made such a positive difference – to my life and my business.
Questions?
Let’s start with what a Virtual Assistant can do for you.
A Virtual Assistant is an employee or contractor providing their clients with a range of support services. The work they do usually has an administrative focus as most VAs will typically come from a PA or Office Manager background, but this is not always the case. A number of VAs will focus on digital marketing tasks (such as social media or blog writing), for example.
Tasks are always carried out away from a client’s premises (hence the virtual part) – in fact, most Virtual Assistants will never meet their clients in person! They typically operate from their own home office or perhaps a co-working space.
Our Virtual Assistants work in the UK, but the VA industry is global.
There is no set definition here, however we like to think that tasks typically fall into three categories:
- Virtual PA support – this could include managing your diary or inbox, preparing for meetings, handling travel arrangements (hotels, flights, transfers, etc.), managing your expenses or working on documents. It could even extend to personal support, such as buying a gift or planning your next family holiday.
- Marketing support – tasks could include scheduling social media posts, content writing (e.g. blogs or e-books), email marketing, making simple website updates or conducting research.
- Other VA support – you could also find a Virtual Assistant to manage your incoming enquiries, work on recruitment tasks, help with sales tasks (e.g. preparing proposals), manage projects or contractors, and so much more.
As you might imagine, the list of tasks a Virtual Assistant can support you with is almost endless.
The VA industry – just like the outsourcing industry more widely – is global. Yet we think it makes a lot of sense to hire a VA in the same country and time zone as you. If you’re somewhere north of Land’s End, that means hiring a UK Virtual Assistant! But why?
- No time zone differences – as a busy entrepreneur or exec, you need to ensure you get maximum value from your new VA. Fiddling around with calendar times and aligning your schedules can be frustrating – working across different time zones adds an extra obstacle in accessing the very same support you so desperately need.
- No major cultural differences – as a UK-based business owner, working with a Virtual Assistant in the same country as you will mean you
Sure, it might look cheaper to outsource your support abroad, but in reality hiring a UK Virtual Assistant will add far more value to your day.
A Virtual Assistant will typically come from an Executive Assistant or Marketing Manager background, often having worked in these roles for many years before going remote. That said, others have used their transferable skills from other professions to launch a glowing career in the industry!
A VA will typically work remotely from their own home office, usually spreading their time across more than one client. This means that each client can access their skills for a relatively small number of hours per month.
Many Virtual Assistants enjoy their careers as a result of the flexibility it affords them. Unlike a typical 9-5 job, they can work around their other commitments. Plus there’s no longer a rainy commute on the London Underground either!
Getting started with a Virtual Assistant is simple.
- Prepare – be clear about your needs. What do you want help with and what do you plan to delegate to your VA first of all?
- Gather information. A good place to start is to book a call with one of our team so we can explain more about working with a Virtual Assistant.
- Select a VA. If you like, we’ll match you with one of our VAs and send you a full proposal. This means you know exactly who would be supporting you.
- Make your hire. After speaking with a Virtual Assistant (or two!), it’s time to decide. Do they feel like the right fit for you?
- Delegate and communicate. Congratulations – you just secured the support you need! It’s time to gather passwords, give access to systems and put together any instructions. This part can feel a little tricky, so we recommend starting with a kick-off call to plan your first week together.
