The Busy Bee Blog

The Lisbon Lowdown – how I made it possible to take a month-long working holiday and everything I learnt along the way
To give you some context, if you have managed to avoid the Lisbon spam on the Planner Bee VA Services social media, back in September 2022 I booked to move to Lisbon for a month-long working holiday in April/ May 2023. I have always been a lover of travelling, so when my friend invited me to join her as she

Introduction to VAT for Small Businesses
Today’s blog post has been contributed by the wonderful Cheryl Sharp from Pink Pig Financials. Cheryl and I first met at a Masterminding Day in London, earlier in 2023. As a highly successful Businesswoman and Accountant, I reached out to Cheryl and was thrilled when she agreed to put together an article explaining VAT for small businesses… Introduction to VAT

23 Digital Tools your Small Business Needs in 2023
2022 brought artificial intelligence into the mainstream and digital tools and AI are not going anywhere. As a Virtual Assistant Service, we have supported more than 30 small businesses and we have drawn on all of this experience to compile a comprehensive list of the top 23 digital tools your small business needs in 2023. From AI programes to digital

The decline of copywriters in 2023 and the rise of AI generated content
Chat GPT, the newest AI platform, is everywhere at the moment. This all singing, all dancing AI platform can write content for small businesses that you can use for everything, from social media posts to blogs and emails. Simply type in your question and Chat GPT will use algorithms and artificial intelligence to provide content to answer this question, instantly

Growing a Sustainable Business – 7 Lessons I have learnt in my first year running an eco-friendly Virtual Assistant Service
Although I have been working as a Virtual Assistant for 18 months now, it wasn’t until September 2021 that Planner Bee VA Services was officially formed. And what a first year it has been! Over the last year, we have supported more than 25 small businesses, written hundreds of social media posts, blogs and emails and have provided more than
