About Us and how we can help

We are a member of the following:

• Buy With Confidence - DCC Trading Standards
• FSB - Member of Federation of Small Businesses
• AUKVA - Member of the Alliance of UK Virtual Assistants
• VASG - Virtual Assistants Support Group
• IAVA - International Association of Virtual Assistants
• 4Networking - a UK business network group
• WIBN - Women in Business Network

Company Profile

Our company name is Beck & Call UK, prior to this Darmanie Office & Concierge Services, served as our former name, which has been in operation since June 2003. We also ran a similar company in Canada since 1996. Therefore we have had a total of 13 years experience in this industry. We have an office in Central London, and our Southwest Office is conveniently located in Exeter, Devon. We also have an office located in Toronto, Canada, which means we can help locally, nationally and internationally.

Linda Humphries, Director

Linda Humphries (the Director of Beck & Call UK), who is a diplomatic professional Office Manager, with 25 years experience in all aspects of office administration, has a strong business sense, enterprising attitude, and effective problem solving skills.  She brought over this experience in office management from Canada to the UK.

Her career in Canada started with her role as office and facilities manager with a top assurance company in Toronto, where she not only employed and managed temporary staff, but was also responsible for managing staff benefits and facilities management.  As her career progressed, she worked in a similar capacity with several other companies in the Toronto area, some of the industries included legal, property management and the media.

Having gained practical experience and strong business skills, and upon the urging of several colleagues who saw her potential, she subsequently decided to start her own business as a professional Office Manager/PA, managing 3 staff members (Admin, Sales and PR).  This business she ran along side another business as Chief Editor of her own full-colour print magazine geared to small business entrepreneurs, managing to obtain $10,000 in advertising dollars for the first issue.

Her current list of clients come from various industries such as government, legal, accountancy, charities, the media, networking groups, directories, insurance, and various SME businesses.  Linda has always been interested in helping busy professionals get organised and reach their business goals, and is a strong believer in using time efficiently. She is dedicated to helping busy professionals work smarter focusing on incoming-producing tasks, rather than on admin processes

Amanda Pope, Associate

A highly experienced, Professional Office Manager with a wide range of skills. Her administrative career began 26 years ago when she worked as a Junior Secretary with a firm of Solicitors. Through a variety of job moves, she rose to the position of Director’s Secretary and it was there she spent her longest period of employment of nine years. In 1998 she moved to Mansell Construction Services and in addition to being PA to the Managing Director, she was also the Office Manager providing a full range of services including managing a team of Administrators. She subsequently moved on to work for the London Underground, responsible for a team and budgets.  There she undertook a key support role following the London bombings. In these tragic circumstances, she took control of the administrative aspects, including finding accommodation and support for engineers working around the clock to return lines to normal.  Her latest employment was with the Hampshire Chronicle. Here, she initiated the reorganisation of two offices to provide a single, more efficient working culture, resulting in reduced costs.  Amanda is a conscientious and self-motivated with strong communication and time-management skills, she is the ideal right-hand person to solve any office problem and ensuring things run smoothly and efficiently 

Rebekah Gardner, Coordinator (London)

Rebekah Gardner, who assists with the running of our London operations, has 5 years experience working in various PA, management and administrative roles. Having worked both within the legal and accounting sectors, she is able to bring a professional approach to fulfilling the needs of, and supporting growth in businesses. She also speaks Spanish and French. 

Mavis Wilkin, Manager (Toronto, Canada)

Mavis Wilkin, who runs the Toronto office, brings over 10 years of experience in Customer Service in the banking industry and other areas. Herself, now coming from an entrepreneur background, having run a successful business in Toronto, brings to the table practical business advice,  personal experience and support in a number of areas including Finance and Accounting, Administration and Networking.

Other Associates

All our staff, and associates are professionals in their field, with several years experience. All are experts in various fields like: bookkeeping, marketing and promotions, telesales and telemarketing, office administration and event planning, but all are trained to assist with any request.

Suppliers

We only use professional and reputably suppliers to handle any of our outsourced projects.

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