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Most
people in independent businesses chose their field of work because
it was something that they liked doing, were good at doing and
were trained to do.
However, as a small business gets larger they find themselves
spending an increasing amount of time and effort doing many non-chargeable administrative tasks.
To avoid this, they may consider taking on employees, either
full or part time but the costs of this choice go far above
the obvious wage bill. There is National Insurance to pay, PAYE
to administer, holiday and sickness pay, office space to rent
or buy, equipment, software and training.
When business is quiet, the employee still has to be paid and
in very busy times there may be overtime.
 Consider
the alternative of a virtual assistant:
A virtual assistant is a professional business administrator
who can take these burdens from you.
Work assignments can be sent to your VA by email, post, fax,
or CD or floppy disk. Distance no object! |
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How does a virtual assistant compare with a traditional office
employee?
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Employee
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Virtual Assistant
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Pay only for
work that needs doing?
Pay the cost
of training?
Keep paying
wages in quiet times?
National Insurance
to pay?
PAYE to calculate
and collect?
Find and provide
space and facilities?
Pay for equipment
and software?
Transparent costs
– no overheads? |
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yes
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no
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yes
no
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no
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