Anna's global Lifeline; Business Report.FROM Kenilworth to Kenya, setting up as a virtual business has helped a Leamington company win and deliver contracts across the globe. Anna Isaacs, a PA with more than 20 years' experience, founded Office Lifeline in 2007 and using the latest technology, she can works as a PA to a number of worldwide clients at the same time. Anna and her team look after a wide-range of clients from the Midlands and the South East to as far away as Kenya and Monte Carlo Monte Carlo (môNtā` kärlō`), town (1982 pop. 13,150), principality of Monaco, on the Mediterranean Sea and the French Riviera. , by providing them with virtual PA and office support. Office Lifeline can be managed from virtually anywhere and, because of this, its four associate PA and typists are able to work from their homes in Rugby, Warwick, Stratford and as far away as Canada. The business was helped by the National B2B Centre at the University of Warwick In the 1960s and 1970s, Warwick had a reputation as a politically radical institution.[3] More recently, the University has been seen as a favoured institution of the British New Labour government. with the design of its website, and was advised on suitable technology including VHQ VHQ Virtual Headquarters VHQ Vertigo Handicap Questionnaire VHQ Very High Quality Web Office, Voice over IP telephony and Microsoft Groove. The software allows it to provide all the services of a normal PA, such as handling calls, monitoring e-mails, managing diaries and typing-up documents, all in a virtual office. Anna said: "I realised that there were lots of companies out there that would benefit from my experience and expertise as a PA. "The beauty of the virtual model that I have now set-up, is that I can call on just the right skills from my team, at the right time to meet the needs of my clients. Both my team and my clients can all access Office Lifeline systems at anytime using the internet, which is how I work with a PA in Canada. "The seven hour time difference means that she can type a document up while we're all asleep and have it done for the client first thing in the morning. The National B2B Centre is part of WMG WMG Warner Music Group WMG Wireless Messaging Gateway WMG Williams Media Group WMG Where's My Glasses? WMG Woah My God WMG Wireless Marketing Group WMG Wisconsin Musical Groups WMG Windows Metafile Graphics WMG Wireless Media Gateway at the University of Warwick and funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Advantage West Midlands and the West Midlands Mobile and Wireless project. CAPTION(S): INTERNATIONAL RESCUE... Anna Isaacs can help businesses with their PA needs around the world. |
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