There is a strange pressure in business sometimes to treat everyone doing something remotely similar as “the competition”.
Guard your clients. Keep your contacts close. Pretend there is not enough work to go around.
Honestly, we have never really believed in that.
Because real business is usually far more collaborative than people realise.
Everyone has different strengths. Different ways of working. Different types of clients they support best. And sometimes, the best thing you can do for a customer is say, “Actually, we know somebody brilliant for this.”
That is exactly why we wanted to shine a light on a few fantastic VAs and admin support businesses we genuinely love working alongside.
Jen Heppell, Landscapers VA
Some businesses try to be everything to everyone.
Jen Heppell went in the complete opposite direction, and we love that.
Landscapers VA is built specifically for UK landscaping businesses, which means Jen and her team genuinely understand the pace and pressure that comes with running a trade business. Missed calls while you are on site. Quotes sitting unsent. Leads going cold because the day got away from you. A diary that looked organised on Monday and chaotic by Thursday.
That level of specialism makes a real difference.
Jen and her team support landscapers with lead management, quote chasing, inbox management, bookings, bookkeeping support, recruitment, and client communications. It is proper behind the scenes support for businesses that are too busy building incredible outdoor spaces to spend their evenings buried in admin.
This is another brilliant example of businesses working together rather than competing. While Jen’s team keep landscaping businesses organised and moving forward, we help by taking messages for her clients, making sure important enquiries are captured while they are out on the tools. That gives Jen and her team more time to focus on the higher value support that keeps their clients growing.
If you are a landscaping business owner needing support, contact Jen and her team here:
https://landscapersva.co.uk/contact
Daisy Smith, Taskoria
Daisy Smith and the team at Taskoria are another brilliant example of why collaboration beats competition every time.
Taskoria offers flexible virtual assistant support designed around what businesses actually need, whether that is operational support, lead generation, telesales, executive assistance, recruitment, inbox management, or simply an extra pair of safe hands when things get busy. Daisy’s background as an MD and Operations Manager really shows, because the focus is always on practical support that genuinely moves businesses forward.
What works so well about our relationship is how naturally our services fit together. While Daisy’s team are busy following up leads, managing projects, supporting operations, and helping clients stay productive, we help by taking calls for Taskoria’s clients, capturing the important details from new enquiries, and making sure no opportunities disappear into voicemail while everyone is busy doing the real work.
That means Daisy and her team can focus their time on the higher value work they do so well, turning those leads into conversations, opportunities, and real business growth.
It is exactly the kind of partnership we love, businesses supporting each other to give clients a stronger overall service.
If your business needs flexible operational or virtual assistant support, you can contact Daisy and the Taskoria team here:
https://www.taskoria.co.uk/contact-us
Bex Midgley, Princess P.A.
If you have ever looked at your to do list and wondered whether it has quietly started reproducing overnight, Bex Midgley would probably be your kind of person.
Bex is the founder of Princess P.A., a straight talking admin support business built around a very simple idea, business owners should not be spending their evenings drowning in invoices, chasing payments, or trying to remember whether they actually replied to that email from three days ago.
Her business has been running since 2016, growing largely through word of mouth, which tells you quite a lot in itself. People do not keep recommending someone unless they genuinely make life easier.
What we especially love about working alongside Bex is how naturally our services complement each other. Many of Bex’s clients are in the trades, busy people who are out doing the actual work while the phone keeps ringing in the background. That is where we often step in, handling calls professionally in their company name, booking appointments, confirming boiler services, and making sure opportunities do not get missed.
Then Bex and her team take it from there, handling the back office support that keeps everything moving. From invoicing and credit control through to CRM updates and all the admin jobs that somehow keep getting pushed to tomorrow, it is a genuinely brilliant example of businesses supporting each other rather than trying to do everything alone.
If your business needs reliable admin support, credit control, or someone to bring order to the chaos, you can contact Bex at Princess P.A. here:
https://princesspa.co.uk/contact.html
Better Together
At the end of the day, good business is built on relationships.
Not gatekeeping.
Not pretending we can all do absolutely everything ourselves.
Just good people supporting other good people and helping clients get the best support possible.
We genuinely believe there is room for collaboration in this industry, and these are exactly the kinds of businesses that remind us why.
So here is to the VAs, admin support teams, and behind the scenes superheroes helping small businesses stay sane, organised, and moving forward every single day.