Our clients
Our Team
Jen
Virtual Assistant and FounderJen Workman founded Business Owl to provide professional remote business support to the legal sector and small businesses. Jen brings skills gained as a Legal Executive together with high level PA experience and hits the ground running when it comes to supporting sole practitioners, boutique law firms and other professionals. She is an approved member of the Society of Virtual Assistants; Runner-up, Outstanding VA 2022 and Virtual Assistant of the Year North East England 2021.
Danielle
Virtual AssistantDanielle has a legal background spanning 14 years, primarily within Private Client departments, firstly as a Legal PA and more recently as a Paralegal. She enjoys using her legal knowledge and experience in her role as Virtual Assistant. Danielle is extremely organised, efficient and able to work under pressure. She is quick to learn new systems, embraces new challenges and gives 100% to whatever she does.
Our Employees
Liz
Virtual AssistantLiz has 20 years’ experience in supporting law firms plus a variety of other sectors including education. She particularly enjoys e-mail and diary management, data entry and general administration duties. Liz prides herself on providing excellent customer service and communicates well with clients. She does all of this with a good sense of humour which is greatly appreciated by everybody that works with her.
Tina
Virtual AssistantTina has a wealth of administrative experience and chooses to specialise in transcription work. She produces highly accurate documents which are often of a technical nature, from audio transcription files or handwritten notes. All documents are formatted to individual requirements and proofread. Tina provides valuable support by turning your documents around in a timely manner, leaving you free to focus on chargeable work.
Meet the Client
Rachel Roche, Roche Legal
MD, Roche LegalMeet client Rachel Roche, Managing Director of Roche Legal. Our Founder Jen Workman began supporting Rachel in September 2019 after she was recommended to her by various mutual contacts on LinkedIn. Jen’s role within Roche Legal is Virtual Practice Manager. Rachel talks about why she decided to work with a Virtual Assistant and about her experience so far.
Happy People
David Baskerville
Baskerville Drummond LLP
Dr Matt Sawyer
SEE Sustainability Limited“I cannot recommend Michelle highly enough. She recently project managed our internal CRM project, which was complex, integrating many different internal systems and communicating with all stakeholders. Michelle is down to earth and finds pragmatic solutions when problems arise. I am looking forward to working with Michelle on future projects. Thank you.”
Nicola Moore-Miller
Nicola Moore-Miller, Global Chief Executive Officer, Jayva Global
Brigitte Hackney
Brigitte Hackney Health Practitioner
Alex Burbidge
Pro Safety Management“I’ve been working with Jen and Business Owl since before the pandemic. I was drawn to Jen’s warm approach when we had an initial discussion over the phone about how she could help me as a self employed private client lawyer in Switzerland. Jen is very thorough with a great eye for detail. She is knowledgeable with a high level of technical ability, frankly, one of the best assistants I have ever worked with. Jen is truly a safe pair of hands. I would highly recommend Jen and Business Owl to any one looking for a top notch assistant.”
Victoria McLagan
English Wills and Probate Switzerland - EWPSBlog
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