Don't get burnt on Burns Night

Tonight sees people celebrating Burns Night, but make sure you don't get burnt by the Taxman by completing your on-line tax self assessment by Midnight on Tuesday 31 January! If you need help getting all your paperwork together at this last hour call in the help of this freelance secretary who with her hourly rates and love of all things administration will get you sorted.

When you have done your tax return and while you are still surrounded by all those receipts and papers:
(1) Do a sort and pull together all the papers needed for next years tax (they will be close at hand now but hide around November time!)
(2) Have a good clear up and keep only the records that you need to retain.

Sound easy? Well it will with my help. Get in touch - there is nothing to lose except disorganisation!

Bring out the Dragon in you!

Today is the start of the Chinese New Year - The Year of the Dragon. After the placid year of the rabbit bring some fiery dragon action into your life.
The Dragon is one of the most charismatic characters of the Chinese zodiac chart. Dragons are seen as the doers of the world. Bring out the dragon in you – don’t just let things happen to you – make things happen. Demand a change!

Get ready for the year ahead by bringing some “fire” into your year. Think about how you can change the way you deal with your paperwork - if you do not have any full time secretarial help and cannot afford it then I am a very affordable alternative. Payable by the hour I will work whatever hours are needed - no holiday pay, sick pay or agency fees!

By the way my Chinese horoscope is the Monkey – “Very clever, but mischievous. Love a challenge and can wriggle out of difficult situations by thinking through difficult problems. Highly successful and well-liked”

Paper Fighter for hire - hourly rates

When the clear desk policy was introduced this led to paperfilled floors – there will soon be a clear floor policy and that is going to be a hard one to top!
BUT a “paper ordered office” is achievable with my help. Don’t let your paper piles get the better of you – ACT NOW!

Call for the help for the help of a Paper Fighting Expert ... ME!
With my years of experience, hourly rates, holepunch and rubber finger tips you will be amazed at how good your paper will look ... act ... and feel!
- You will be able to lay your hands on that particular piece of information quickly
- No more frantic searching through piles of paper
- No more missing important events because you cannot find the information

Just think how easy it will be and everything will be in its rightful place and in easy reach ... so email or call me ... then this Expert Paper Fighter will go to work!

Do you have a paperless desk ...

... if so how does the floor look?

Do you shudder at the prospect of a paperless desk?
Did you know the definition of a “paperless office” is a work environment in which the use of paper is eliminated or greatly reduced. This is not always possible since paper files are required to be kept for certain periods or types of documentation.

This does however mean that some people choose to see the floor area as a solution to their problem – the desk is clear however the floor area is now not!

STOP – call in the help of someone who knows how to stop this cycle of paper chasing from desk to floor and back again!

Twelfth Night - Goodbye Santa and Hello Tax Man

Its Twelfth Night when all the Christmas decorations should be taken down and put away ... and its now to turn thoughts to the year ahead and the coming of the Tax Man! Your self assessment papers need to be with the tax office by the latest 31 January 2012, but how happy and relaxed would you be if you were able to present them earlier than this? My own tax paperwork will be ready to give to my accountant on Monday since all my paperwork is neatly filed and easily accessed. My accountant was delighted with how my tax papers were presented last year and wished his other clients gave their paperwork in the same condition. This is a service I offer to whoever wants it and this will not only make accountants happier people, but make everyone’s life happier!

So once you have put away your Christmas decorations and realised that the remaining paper and piles are your receipts which need to be sorted ... utilise the help of a Freelance Secretary. A freelance secretary is exactly that ... FREELANCE! A secretary with hourly rates who just comes in, helps with the workload and leaves when it is done – no need to pay for any down time like with permanent staff who are paid to sit around when there is not enough work to do! Keep me in mind and drop me a line if you want to chat about how I can help you in the future. Don't drown in your workload - let me help.

HAPPY NEW YEAR with your New Year Resolutions?

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all my existing and future clients - those who know exactly how much difference I can make to their lives and those who will learn that this year.
Today is the first day of a New Year and its once again time to make New Year resolutions.
Do you find yourself making the same resolutions? A way of making sure you make new resolutions is to take a look back at what you have done and make resolutions based on this. One easy resolution is to resolve to have a different way of living this year - everything where it should be which will make any other resolutions easier to keep ... this is something I can do. So New Year Resolution Number one is “Get in touch with Freelance Secretary Christine Scally" and see how easily the other resolutions are to keep.