Hire a Dedicated Virtual Assistant for Your UK Business

A full-time UK-based virtual assistant typically costs over £39,000 a year once you add salary, employer National Insurance, pension, recruitment and overheads. With Aspire Offshore, a dedicated virtual assistant starts from around £11,400 a year (£950/month, all-inclusive) — a saving of up to 66%. You pay one fixed monthly fee and we handle recruitment, equipment, HR and ongoing management.

An offshore VA takes the day-to-day admin that eats your time and becomes a dedicated extension of your team — managing your inbox, running your calendar, updating your CRM, booking travel, preparing research and scheduling social posts. Because they work full-time and exclusively for you, they truly own the work rather than picking it up when they find a spare hour.

For most growing businesses, yes. If you're spending hours each week on email, scheduling, data entry and repetitive admin, a dedicated VA frees that time to focus on clients and revenue. With Aspire you get a full-time team member for a fraction of a UK hire, with recruitment, HR and equipment handled. The real question isn't whether you can afford a VA — it's whether you can afford to keep doing the admin yourself.

A freelance VA usually juggles several clients at once, works their own hours and can disappear when something better comes along. A dedicated virtual assistant works full-time for you alone, on your hours, inside your systems, managed and backed by Aspire. You get consistency, accountability and someone who actually learns your business — not a stranger picking up tasks between other jobs.

Yes. Your dedicated VA works full-time UK hours — standard is 9–6 with a one-hour lunch — so they're available right through your working day, joining your meetings and using your tools like any in-house employee. And if your business doesn't run on typical hours, your VA can work whatever full-time hours you need.

Most clients have their dedicated VA in place within 3–4 weeks of the first consultation: we learn your brief, find and screen candidates (our first two interview rounds plus skills tests), you take the final interview if you'd like, and we handle onboarding. For urgent needs we can often move faster if a suitable pre-screened candidate is already available.

Yes. It's entirely legal for UK businesses to hire offshore virtual assistants. With Aspire, your VA is employed and managed through our offshore delivery model — so you don't deal with UK employment contracts, payroll, pensions or visa sponsorship. We handle HR, compliance, equipment and management; you receive one simple monthly invoice.

Yes — data protection is a priority. Every VA signs a strict NDA, receives GDPR and data-security training, and works under role-based access permissions you control. Our team operates from an ISO 27001-certified offshore facility, so you can delegate confidently knowing your information is protected.

Every candidate goes through a multi-stage process: we assess technical ability and relevant experience, communication skills and English proficiency (C1/C2), and how well they'll work day-to-day with a UK team. Only the strongest candidates are put forward, and you take the final interview so you always make the call on who joins your team.

We specialise in full-time, dedicated virtual assistants. A full-time model lets your VA become fully embedded in your business, learn your processes and deliver consistent day-to-day support — working exclusively for you rather than splitting time across clients. This dedicated approach produces stronger results and better long-term outcomes than part-time or shared support.

Every placement comes with a 90-day guarantee. If you're unhappy with anything in the first 90 days, we'll find a replacement within two weeks at no additional cost, with your dedicated account manager supporting you throughout. We work hard to match you correctly from the outset, but you're never locked into the wrong fit.

Start with the recurring, rules-based work that drains your week: inbox triage, calendar management, CRM updates, data entry and lead follow-up. Once your VA has those running smoothly, most clients expand into research, reporting, travel, social scheduling and first-line customer replies. During onboarding we'll make sure your VA fully understands the role and link them properly with your team so they're working together from week one.