“I am a one man band and I am a chartered surveyor who works in the residential sector, and I carry out RICS Home Surveys (which are building condition surveys) and valuations. For some time I have been struggling with the volume of admin & organisation which I need to do every day which typically involves providing quotations to clients, contacting clients, contacting the estate agents to arrange inspections, contacting my clients to sort the T&Cs and paperwork out, quoting for new work, organising my diary, compiling a schedule of jobs etc. This would typically take me in the region of 1-2 hours per day, and I would have to do this after doing a full working day. Exhausting stuff! I decided I needed some help, and took the plunge in looking for some support to help to relieve my burden. Along came Maxine. I have been using Max for around a year now, and I wish I had done it earlier. Max is very organized, very efficient, friendly and easy to contact. Anyone who is self employed and works alone, needs a Maxine in their life! I can’t recommend her enough””
— Paul Dean, Owner / Director, Cheshire Property Consultants Ltd
“Maxine is a joy to work with. She is responsive to requests and what I particularly like is she will offer her thoughts to requests or suggestions on what I can expand on that will offer extra added value. I would not hesitate to recommend her services.”
— Donna Robertson, Owner / Director Squared Insurance
“I approached Maxine to assist me with personal admin tasks one of which was writing my CV. I wanted to try to make myself a bit more marketable should I be in the position of looking for a new job. I am extremely impressed with the work she put into this, not only did she assist with the format and the wording, she also helped me to see that many of the skills I have can be used in a variety of different roles across many different industries. In turn this helped to highlight the gaps in my skill set, and I am now studying to fill these gaps. In summary, I was very impressed with Maxine’s diligence and commitment to helping me as this has increased my confidence which, I feel, helped me significantly.”
— Danielle Ayrton-Jones
“I commissioned Maxine’s services to completely streamline back office admin activity that are key to the functionality of the running of the pub, which are often neglected due to the nature of the business service. Maxine created an operations manual with the view that all systems that were put in place were documented in the manual. Meaning we never fell behind in a task and met our legal requirements with ease. I would 100% recommend her services to any business that is looking to streamline tasks.”
— Louise Bettinson, Landlady and Business Manager of The Jolly Millers Public House, Kent
“Maxine came recommended to me through an acquaintance in the building industry. Being a sole trader, I was falling behind in essential admin and business activity but also finding I was then forgetting that I needed to do something or had a meeting. Maxine spent a day with me and after that presented me with a suit of documents and templates that I could easily amend. She also created a business bible for me so that I could keep track of documents, clients, set up a calendar reminder system and showed me how to maintain the diary booking system. I continue to use Maxine on an ad-hoc basis when business is busy as a virtual assistant for all of my communications and invoices. I now wonder how I ever ran a business without her support.”
— Richard Casling, Master Builder Tradesman
“Having used the professional services of Maxine Gridley, I can highly recommend to any business or individual who needs help to write company policies and procedures. The whole process from start to finish was efficient and stress free with end to end results being beyond my expectations and of high quality. I will be utilising the service of this company on a regular basis for similar projects to expand my business.”
