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Virtalent Shortlisted for the Prestigious 2024 British Business Awards cover

Virtalent Shortlisted for the Prestigious 2024 British Business Awards

Find out more about the latest on a prestigious shortlisting for Virtalent at the 2024 British Business Awards.

by Danielle Jones

Virtalent Nominated For The “At Your Service” Category Of The Small Awards

Virtalent has been shortlisted for another prestiguous award.

by Danielle Jones

Virtalent Founder Nominated at Premier UK VA Conference Awards cover

Virtalent Founder Nominated at Premier UK VA Conference Awards

Ellie Wilson, Virtalent's co-founder, shines with a prestigious nomination at the UK's VA Conference. Dive in to explore this remarkable recognition.

by Danielle Jones

Midlands VA of the Year 2017 Award For Virtalent cover

Midlands VA of the Year 2017 Award For Virtalent

Thursday 21st September was an exciting day for the Virtalent team. Virtalent had been nominated for a VA of the Year award 2017 for the Midlands region. Co-Founder, Ellie Bekalo, attended the awards which featured as part of Business Growth show at Edgbaston Stadium. Aside from the awards ceremony, it was a great opportunity to […]

by Annabel Watters

International Women’s Day: Being Bold At Virtalent cover

International Women’s Day: Being Bold At Virtalent

In honour of International Women’s Day and the call to #BeBoldForChange to help forge a better working world, we thought we would do our own reflection on the amazing talent that we have here at Virtalent. The majority of our workforce at Virtalent is female and there isn’t any particular reason why this is the […]

by Sam Wilson

Brexit for Small Businesses: One Month On cover

Brexit for Small Businesses: One Month On

One of the biggest concerns of the Brexit vote was how it would affect businesses, particularly SMEs. With the pound falling against the dollar and the potential for months, if not years of uncertainty ahead, you could be forgiven for thinking that it was all doom and gloom. We’ve seen a change of PM with […]

by Sam Wilson

☆☆☆ Happy Birthday Virtalent! ☆☆☆ cover

☆☆☆ Happy Birthday Virtalent! ☆☆☆

Today marks two years since Ellie and I launched Virtalent. What a journey! From the highs to the lows, life as an “entrepreneur” is certainly challenging, but I would not change it for the world. Of course, hitting these types of milestones are a cause for celebration, but I can’t help but feel reflective. It is commonly […]

by Sam Wilson

Birmingham Retail is Making Waves in 2015 cover

Birmingham Retail is Making Waves in 2015

The team here at Virtalent are all really proud to be based in Birmingham, a city which has been seen by many in quite a negative light over the past few decades following the decline of much of the manufacturing industry on which the city was built. Fortunately, 2015 really has been a fantastic year […]

by Sam Wilson

News: Work Smarter, Not Harder with Virtalent cover

News: Work Smarter, Not Harder with Virtalent

Virtalent is a cost-effective outsourcing solution based right here in the UK. Virtalent were featured in the Birmingham Business Post Magazine and were asked to talk about their business and the success they have enjoyed to far. Here’s the official release: “A business that supports busy entrepreneurs and professionals by matching them with UK Virtual […]

by Sam Wilson

NEWS: Virtalent Featured in the Sunday Times cover

NEWS: Virtalent Featured in the Sunday Times

,,The two Founders of Virtalent, Sam Wilson and Ellie Bekalo, were interviewed by The Sunday Times. Below you can read the original article by the Small Business Editor, Kiki Loizou, published on 28th June 2015. Here’s the official release: “It was a hot July afternoon in Birmingham. Graduation day loomed, and friends Ellie Bekalo and […]

by Sam Wilson