Vernon's Virtual PA - Secretarial and Admin Services for companies and organisations across the UK

PA Services for the busy executive

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About Us

About Us

Vernon’s has been established with the specific purpose of providing remote PA/secretarial services.  Our key principles are to provide a swift, efficient, reliable, accurate, confidential and cost-efficient service to the client.

Modern business practices often no longer require a PA/secretary insitu.  Through modern communication and IT infrastructures it is now possible and highly beneficial to outsource the PA/secretarial functions within an organisation.

  • Flexibility - PA/secretarial services provided to meet your needs/timescale, ie work undertaken outside of the normal working day/week
  • Considerably increased benefits - the ability to dramatically reduce business overheads
  • You only pay for the time and services you actually utilise, with no commitment to provide regular work to Vernon’s Virtual PA
  • References available on request

What we do

Vernon's Virtual PA is not an agency offering temporary staff.  Rather Vernon's may be regarded as a valuable addition to your support staff team, minus all of the associated employer on-costs.

Vernon's has been set up with the express purpose of assisting business through the provision of remote secretarial/PA services on a 24/7 basis (including bank holidays).


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Exactly how does this work?

  • Secretarial work is primarily undertaken using digital dictation received by Vernon's/returned to your company via electronic mail or Dropbox.
  • Normal turnaround times – we will ensure to return your work within 24-hours from time received for transcription of digital dictation and/or copy typing. Urgent work – please identify this to us before sending the work through and we will both advise on projected time of return and do everything possible to return this to you as quickly as possible dependent on the length of, for example, the digital dictation voice file (as a guide, 15 minutes’ of dictation will on average take one hour to transcribe).
  • A copy typing service is also provided – documents received in pdf format and produced in, for example, Word or Excel to your requirements.

What about confidentiality?

  • Vernon's current client list includes independent financial advisors, countrywide surveyors' practices, whilst also having historically undertaken work for a small locally based charity and solicitors' practices. Thus, Vernon's is well versed in the need for, and requirements of, maintaining strict confidentiality and the protection of data. (Please see also our terms and conditions via the link below).





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How can this be an effective way of operating for your business?

  • You demand, Vernon's supplies! Flexibility – provision of secretarial services to meet your office needs/timescale (ie work undertaken outside of the normal working day/week).
  • Considerable cost benefits – the ability to dramatically reduce business overheads: no recruitment fees; no employer on-costs, advised to effectively double an employee's basic salary per year, (ie employer's National Insurance, annual/sick/maternity/parental leave, staff benefits' packages, compulsory pension provision (NEST workplace pension), office accommodation and equipment).
  • No agency fees payable, in addition to remuneration, for the services of an agency temporary secretary.
  • Vernon's Virtual PA will work closely with you so as to understand and replicate your house style, thereafter, Vernon's will undertake to produce work in your preferred format on a consistent basis.
Julie Wagg AInstAM

"I have worked alongside Ruth for a number of years now and have always found her willing to go the extra mile to produce excellent work tailored to her clients’ individual requirements"

Julie Wagg AInstAM

Tony Laverick MCSI FPFS

I have used Vernon’s PA for over a decade now and always found the service speedy, without any loss of accuracy. This attention to detail, added to a welcome work ethic and helpful outlook, are big plusses for any business looking to outsource secretarial work, without the hassle of employment.

Tony Laverick MCSI FPFS

Getting Started

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More Services

In addition to the services detailed above, we are also able to provide the following services:

Surveying

Our extensive experience in the surveying industry enables us to provide:

  • Reports – homebuyer (including Onesurvey, RICS I-Surv); building and full structural surveys; valuation ‘Red Book’; structural engineer; planning (support documents to planning applications)
  • Commercial – schedule of condition; schedule of dilapidations; pre- acquisition surveys
  • Party wall and neighbourly matters
  • Expert witness

Word Templates

Microsoft Word expertise in creation of:

  • Complex Tables
  • ‘Building blocks’ – a means of creating standard paragraphs required to be used in many documents, ie to meet specific industry compliance requirements, meaning these do not have to be dictated each and every time required
  • Production of reports utilising auto-numbering, photographs/illustrations inserted, auto-table of contents

Local Businesses

For any business / NGO / charity within a 25 mile radius of Bodmin we can provide:

  • preparation of agenda and all papers (including despatch if required) in liaison with relevant senior officer(s) and chairperson
  • attend meetings, take notes, produce draft minutes, seek chairperson’s approval and undertake any follow-up work (if required)