One day with the previous incumbent in the role and, hopefully, handover notes, containing useful or at least pertinent information. Or in at the deep-end, role vacant, no notes, new line manager expecting you to have several months or years of background information...
With less than a month to go until the end of the financial year, are you ready to close off your books ready to submit your tax return? At Virtual Angels, we like to get our tax returns submitted and out of the way as soon as we can. That way we know exactly how...
This week, we're really excited to have the lovely Karen Peters guest blog for us. Karen is an Independent Conversion Rate Optimisation consultant specialising in Websites and online/offline Marketing. She can help you to identify why your business marketing and...
Time has become a ‘human resource’ for companies and the self-employed, where we use our time and skill for productivity. However, there are many factors that waste our time, including ourselves. There are so many books on time management, you could purchase a new...
Would you believe that we waste over 100 hours a year searching for documents that we can't find? That may not seem much, but when you translate that in to your financial worth it becomes a significant figure. Take your hourly rate and times it by 100... can you...
Today, February 8, is Chinese New Year in 2016 - the year of the Monkey or Fire Monkey. The monkey ranks ninth of all the animals in the Chinese zodiac. The monkey is a clever animal and is frequently compared to a smart person. Pictures of monkeys are often placed on...
Have you ever wished there were just a few extra hours in the day? Do you long for an up to date contact list, documented procedures, or for someone to send a few holding replies to ease the pressure on your overflowing inbox? Have you benefitted from the support...
Networking, a phrase that usually fills me with dread! Last week, the Guardian Small Business Network posted an article that included 'Naked Networking', which I know would be two of my worst nightmares rolled into one! However, one of the key things I have found...
We’re now one work week in to the New Year… are you steaming ahead with your New Year resolutions for your business? We thought we’d give you a little helping hand by sharing some of our favourite online tools. Trello If you love post-it notes, you’ll love Trello. ...
It’s already January 6, we are three days into the first proper working week of the New Year - how did that happen? How are you feeling? After the social mayhem of December, Christmas, the short break (if you managed to have one), followed by New Year, can it really...
As the year comes to a close, it's really easy to fret about all the things you need to get done for your business. However, the New Year is not only a time to look forward and make resolutions, but its a time to reflect on what you have achieved in the past twelve...
Have you thought about what you could gift yourself this Christmas? As you are rushing around trying to complete 101 things at the same time, wishing for that extra pair of hands? Surely you don't need to do everything, do you? How about a gift for yourself for 2016?...