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• Chairman of Market Harborough Business Club and friend of Many Hands Make, Steve Castledine, was interviewed on Harborough FM. We tried to record his promotion of MHBC but guess what – BT Business Broadband dropped out half way though the interview - aaaahhhh. The funniest thing was me trying to tune the radio to Harborough FM in a scramble. Harborough FM have kindly promised a recording.
• I foolishly made an appointment to order new varifocal sunglasses – heralding the advent of driving rain. Sorry everyone.
• Otherwise in the virtual world of Many Hands Make we’ve had some new enquiries – an encouraging sign! We continue to try and make good use of social media.
• Rachel has almost finished entering data to build a customer database for a client which will hopefully win repeat and new business for them
• Pat has run weekly payrolls and will be advising all payroll customers of payments due to HMRC this month
• Management accounts for May for various customers are in progress
• Many Hands Make are in training so we’re trying to go for a walk every day before lunch – so if you call us please leave a message because that’s what voicemail is for. Mobiles will be answered possibly with huffing and puffing!
• Many Hands Make’s fundraising for the Race for Life has topped £900 - see our Cancer Research UK page for the latest total and to sponsor us – or complete one of our sponsorship forms here at Barking House on the green mile (Farndon Road) or at the Swimgym on the Riverside Industrial Estate - Market Harborough

Choose Many Hands Make – your virtual office based in Market Harborough for bookkeeping on Sage or spreadsheets, payroll, order fulfilment, typing and word processing or any other admin requirements

Many Hands Make – for virtually all your admin requirements.

Headline news – Rachel has gained a Chocolate Fondue Fountain and the riot predicted may take place at the Many Hands Make coffee morning on 25^th June, proceeds going to Cancer Research UK.

Otherwise in the virtual world of Many Hands Make it’s been an odd couple of weeks.

• Rachel and family hit Kefalonia for a week avoiding plague, pestilence, strikes and volcanic ash thereby reducing the Many Hands available in our virtual office
• The manufacturer of a product despatched by Many Hands Make on behalf of a client decided to change the name, pack size and quantity of the product without warning (they’re German hopefully we’ll get our revenge). This lead to a mailshot containing product information and luckily Many Hands Make – your virtual office promote mailshots as one of their services.
• Pat and Rachel have both attended local networking events here in Market Harborough, made new contacts, had a good laugh, and hopefully gained another payroll client
• Rachel has started entering data to build a customer database for a client which will hopefully win repeat and new business for them
• Pat has run fifteen payrolls, some monthly, some weekly and a couple of four-weekly
• Google Analytics show that Many Hands Make – your virtual office use of social networks has increased hits on our website
• The cinema project in Market Harborough has been successful – well done guys
• Many Hands Make’s fundraising for the Race for Life continues - see our Cancer Research UK page for the latest total – or complete one of our sponsorship forms here at Barking House on the green mile (Farndon Road) or at the Swimgym on the Riverside Industrial Estate - Market Harborough

Choose Many Hands Make – your virtual office based in Market Harborough for book-keeping on Sage or spreadsheets, payroll, order fulfilment, typing and word processing or any other admin requirements

Many Hands Make – for virtually all your admin requirements.

Many Hands Make is 4 years old

Many Hands Make – your Virtual Office based in Market Harborough is 4 years old this month.

There is an English Proverb which says ‘great oaks from little acorns grow’ and that is certainly true in our case.  From a very basic idea after a conversation with someone that needed holiday cover for their business, Many Hands Make was born.

We would like to thank all our clients, past and present, for helping us to make Many Hands Make – your Virtual Office a success.

As a bit of fun, we have also looked at other important events that happened in May 2006:-

• 07 May 2006 – Snow Patrol were number one in the album charts with “Eyes Open”
• 12 May 2006 – Harborough Mail headline – ‘Quacking End to Drain Drama’ about eight one day old ducklings that were reunited with their mother after falling down a drain
• 13 May 2006 — Liverpool win the 125th FA Cup final beating West Ham 3-1 on penalties following a thrilling 3-3 draw after extra time.
• 19 May 2006 – Harborough Mail headline – ‘Where the Dinosaurs Roam’ about a family of dinosaurs that descended on Harborough as part of the Jurassic Leicestershire event.
• 20 May 2006 - Finnish monster rock band Lordi win the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah"
• 28 May 2006 — Cheltenham Town win promotion to the League One by defeating Grimsby Town 1-0 in the League Two play-off final.
• 30 May 2006 – Harborough Mail headline – ‘Gear up for Noisy Assault on Traffic Hell’ about traffic congestion in Market Harborough (no change there then)
• Gnarls Barkley had the number one spot in the singles chart throughout May 2006 with “Crazy”

Don’t forget, if you require any help with book-keeping, secretarial services, payroll or any other admin, Many Hands Make – your Virtual Office is here to help. Contact Pat or Rachel via our website or Twitter (@manyhandsmake), call 01858 465376 or email enquiry@manyhandsmake.co.uk

As we all know word processing software is not a cheap purchase for any small business consequently Many Hands Make – Your Virtual Office would like to make you aware of Google Docs as a free alternative www.docs.google.com.  All you need is a Google account.

• You can also create spreadsheets and presentations as well as word processing documents
• The format and toolbars of the Google documents are very familiar
• When documents are saved they can be sorted into folders and accessed again by just logging into your account
• Documents can be saved to your computer or desktop
• Using the ‘download as’ option you can save as a HTML, OpenOffice, PDF, RTF, Text or Word documents
• Share documents by giving users a link to follow or attaching the document to an email

As a Virtual Office, Many Hands Make are always on the look out for user friendly, preferably FREE resources to help clients and Google Docs is definitely one of those.

Have a look and see what you think!

Many Hands Make – Your Virtual Office based in Market Harborough is always on the look out for ways in which we can streamline the way we work with our clients and consequently came across Microsoft Office Live Workspace.  This is an excellent way of sharing documents with clients, work colleagues or friends by creating your own online workspace and best of all it’s FREE.  To get started all you need is an internet connection, web browser and a Windows Live ID.  You control who can access your workspace and whether they can just view or edit documents.  Just follow the link for more information on Microsoft Office Live Workspace

Many Hands Make will definitely be taking advantage of this virtual facility

Many Hands Make – Your Virtual Office is going to an exhibition in Edinburgh this weekend. 

We have been extremely busy organising an exhibition for a client  which has involved liaising with the venue, exhibitors and dealing with enquiries from people who would like to attend.

This is just one of the services that Many Hands Make in Market Harborough can offer.  If you think that Many Hands Make can help with any of your admin or accounts just give us a call on 01858 465376 or alternatively email enquiry@manyhandsmake.co.uk

There are many benefits to having a Virtual PA at Many Hands Make in Market Harborough and you may be wondering how a Virtual PA can benefit your business in the current climate.  So with this in mind we have listed some of the advantages below and all will become clear.

• No need to take on an additional employee and therefore no worries about holiday pay or employers N.I.
• A Virtual PA is cost effective and flexible as you only need to use the service as and when required.
• It leaves you to concentrate on the more important task of running a successful business.
• Services cover anything from secretarial and admin to book-keeping and invoicing.
• Services charged at an hourly rate, so you get what you pay for
• No need to worry about having the right equipment as we have our own fully equipped office
• You can also have a virtual office address so that you don’t have to use your home address

If you now think that you could use a Virtual PA, then call Many Hands Make in Market Harborough on 01858 465376 and they will be happy to discuss your requirements.

Many Hands Make….. for virtually all your requirements

From April businesses with a turnover over £100K must submit their VAT returns online. If you need help with registration or any other issues please contact Many Hands Make… your virtual office.

Many Hands Make have gained more hands, two to be precise, belonging to Verity our virtual office imp. Verity reveals herself when she gets bored, just to cause a bit of mischief and keep Pat and Rachel on their toes.

This week went along normally – Pat preparing management accounts, Rachel out on Tuesday minuting a meeting then on Wednesday starting a database cleansing project at a client’s premises. Verity thought that was too quiet, so on Thursday when Pat and Rachel went to visit Mike and Paul at MP Accountants she caused the navigator to miss Lamport Manor entirely and they drove to  Old before turning back. Not too much disruption as coffee was still available. Although Many Hands Make….. your virtual office and MP Accountants (clients are people not commodities) have no clients in common they like to keep in touch and share local information and events.

So on Friday, with the prospect of spending all day alone with Pat while Rachel continued her database project, Verity the virtual office imp interfered with the Market Harborough Business Club breakfast meeting. The meeting started promptly in a businesslike fashion but then Verity the virtual office imp interacted with Fergus the MAD Photography fairy and wham bam alakazam it degenerated into laughing, joking, sideswiping FUN! It was so good we all undertook to meet again next Friday.

So another week over in Many Hands Make… your virtual office. Verity has not yet reappeared so no doubt the virtual office imp is plotting something for next week.

Are you feeling the pressure with running a business and getting ready for Xmas?

Well Many Hands Make – Your Virtual Office is here to help!

Let us organise your Xmas card mailing.  If your mailing list is on a spreadsheet we can mailmerge from that, or if you haven’t got as far as a spreadsheet we can create one for you.

Give us a call on Market Harborough 01858 465376 or email enquiry@manyhandsmake.co.uk and we will be happy to discuss this with you.