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3 Reasons Why I Can’t Make You GDPR Compliant
It might seem like a silly statement to make when I offer GDPR services, but there’s only so much you can outsource to reach full compliance. I’m offering support and guidance based on my understanding of the new law - General Data Protection Regulation. The guidance...
Getting your WordPress Website ready for GDPR
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you’ll have seen me talk about GDPR a few times, but let’s go over what it is once more before delving into how to make your WordPress website compliant. General Data Protection Regulation is the new EU data protection law...
The art of keeping busy in your business – how to achieve more when time is tight
Have you ever noticed that the more work you have to do, the more you seem to get done? Sometimes we’ll worry that we’ve taken on too much and will never be able to get it all done on time, but we usually manage it, right? I’ve found it’s during the quiet weeks that...
Reflections of a business owner – what I’ve learned over the last four years
Four years ago, I didn’t know if running my own business would work but I wanted to try. Looking back, I didn’t have any ideas on what I needed to have in place to start my new business, how to find clients or what to charge. So, I took a leap of faith. Since...
The Easy Way to Make Your Office Paper Free
Did you know that the average office worker uses 10,000 sheets of paper every year? That’s approximately 20 reams of paper per year, and of those 10,000 sheets? 6,800 are considered waste, due to incorrect printing, duplicates and simply forgetting you’d...
How to stop your business taking over your life – from overwhelm to organised in 5 simple steps
Do you frequently feel that you’re never away from work? No matter where you are and what you might be doing, it’s easy to start thinking of all those business tasks that you need to get on top of, but never seem to quite manage to. With so much to do and such...
Social Media Management – what it is, and why it’s so important
You might think that social media management is uploading posts to a publishing app and having a few conversations online with your friends and followers, but there’s a lot more to it than that. Often because it’s free to use social media for our business, we...
How to get past the stumbling blocks of starting a start-up – part two
In part one I introduced you to the key considerations you need to think over and implement when starting a new business. You should now have an idea of your: your unique selling point target audience competition how to position yourself with a brand and website If...
Things you didn’t know a Virtual Assistant could do – better business impressions with document formatting
First impressions matter when you’re running a business, but all too often we neglect the formatting of our documents. Huh, formatting? Formatting is the visual appearance of a document and includes things like: Font style Emphasis of key points Borders and graphics...
How to get past the stumbling blocks of starting a start-up – part one
How to get past the stumbling blocks of starting a start-up - part one Starting a new business can be an exciting time and, dare I say it, one filled with confusion. There’s so much to think about, to plan and put into place that it can easily feel overwhelming. It’s...
Why Leaving Your Accounts to the Last Minute Could Cause Your Small Business to Fail
Doing the accounts can be a dull and tiresome process, not to mention difficult if numbers aren’t your strong point. So, like many other business owners, you probably leave them till the last minute and panic when it comes to self-assessment time, or send them off to...
The Gorilla in the Room – Getting Started with GDPR Preparation
The introduction of GDPR might seem like a long way ahead, but May 2018 is rapidly approaching. If you haven’t heard of GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation, you need to get up to speed, quickly. Head over to the ICO website now to find out more (don’t worry,...
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