Blog | BOSS Business Office Support Services

Nov 12, 2018

Tools of the Trade

In days gone by, office work used to be fairly straightforward. The key skills needed to be successful were a good grasp of the English ...

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Oct 8, 2018

So what do you do then?

I'm a big fan of networking. I know there are many people who couldn't think of anything worse than walking into a room full of people, ...

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Sep 12, 2018

Letting go...or autumnal tidy up

Some people love the oncoming autumn days - walking along countryside paths with golden leaves, cosy pubs with fires blazing, getting out...

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Aug 13, 2018

Big boats, little boats - Part 2

Last August I wrote about 'Big boats, little boats' having just watched the start of the iconic Fastnet Race from Cowes, and now that thi...

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Jul 3, 2018

I'm Back!

The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed that there was no post for June - and that's because I spent a good part of June enjoying th...

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May 16, 2018

Be your own boss

Last weekend I walked 22km and did 38,000 steps – all in a good cause for the Mountbatten Hospice here on the Isle of Wight. Every year i...

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Apr 10, 2018

A Trilogy of Social Media

I knew when I took the first steps towards running my own business that, whilst I had all the skills needed to provide first class secre...

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Mar 7, 2018

Sun and Snow

Within a space of a week we've had temperatures ranging from an unbelievably cold -4C up to an almost balmy 10C today and in between som...

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Feb 7, 2018

Spring is in the air

There is a definite feeling that Spring is in the air and just around the corner. Although it's cold, we're lucky in Ventnor as we have ...

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Jan 7, 2018

Happy New Year

Well, here we are, now into the second week of the New Year - and the good thing about January is that the days start to get longer again...

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Nov 13, 2017

Celebrating our 3rd Birthday

We've got something to celebrate! Yes, BOSS Business Office Support Services is 3 years old this week - and it all began with finding and...

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Oct 9, 2017

Supporting small businesses

Many people who take the first steps towards establishing their own business are usually experts in their field - they are in their eleme...

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Sep 11, 2017

All things technical

It's not until you start to run your own business, that it becomes apparent that no matter what skills and experience you may have in th...

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Aug 24, 2017

Big boats, little boats

Big boats and little boats - the Royal Ocean Racing Club's iconic Fastnet Race took place this year, and for many this is the pinnacle of...

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Jul 10, 2017

Happy Holidays

We're now well into July and many people are thinking about the summer holidays - living on the Isle of Wight our summers are sometimes l...

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Jun 2, 2017

It's all about the networking

It's easy to spend a small fortune on advertising and there's plenty of opportunities out there to market a business using expensive meth...

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May 2, 2017

Back to work!

April came and went so quickly that the time to blog just seemed to disappear. We enjoyed a break over the Easter holidays and then a fa...

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Mar 6, 2017

Into Springtime

The Met Office tell us that, in the Astronomical calendar, Spring begins on the 20th March, and that 1 March is the meteorological start ...

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Feb 8, 2017

21st Century Audio Typing

During this month, one of the tasks I've been working on are audio transcriptions of interviews for a client who is undertaking a PHD - i...

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Jan 3, 2017

Happy New Year - into 2017!

We're into 2017 - and on 5th January 2017 the BOSS IW office will be celebrating two years of business! They say time flies as you get o...

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