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Life in fast lane for entrepreneur

Pictured above: Businesswoman Kelly Oliver-Wilcox, of Pocket-PA, is providing business support services for the MSS Colchester Kawasaki British Superbikes team and other companies

 

A young Midlands entrepreneur is accelerating on a fast track to success after securing the Kawasaki British Superbikes race team as her first major client.

Kelly Oliver-Wilcox has teamed up with Nick Morgan, team principal of MSS Colchester Kawasaki, to provide him with essential business support services after she launched Pocket-pa - a new virtual assistance company.

As a life-long fan of motorsport, the 29-year-old businesswoman is excited at the prospect of working alongside Nick and his team, including top riders Simon Andrews and Gary Mason, as her new venture begins to get into top gear.

Kelly, from Telford, Shropshire, said: "I'm a massive fan of British Superbikes and it's a fantastic thrill to have Nick and his team as my first client. I am very excited to be providing them with all the business support they need.

"Nick has earmarked numerous projects for me to handle, including drawing up itineraries for race meetings and a lot of activity surrounding the team."

Nick said: "Pocket-pa joined forces with the MSS Team mid-season at Mallory Park back in June and since then the relationship has gone from strength to strength. It has been a pleasure to work with Kelly and we have undertaken some major projects in the last four months with some very successful outcomes."

Kelly's Pocket-pa services include event planning, corporate hospitality, The Pocket-party Planner, research, compiling databases, scheduling, book-keeping, word processing, preparing Powerpoint presentations, translation services and a concierge service. She has over eight years' extensive PA experience at director level, with excellent organisation and planning skills. For the past three years she worked as bid manager for a FTSE 100 company winning tenders with bid values of over £5 million.

Kelly said Pocket-pa virtual assistance provides a fully comprehensive, online, flexible entrepreneurial business service tailor made for each individual client. The versatile support is of exceptional quality at an affordable price. She is also developing the events side of the business, launching Pocket-party planner. She has built a team of experts to work with clients to ensure their corporate and social events are a stress-free success.

Since launching Pocket-pa business has grown rapidly and Kelly has secured two more key clients. Bibby Wines (UK) Ltd, which has a vineyard in New Zealand and a base in the UK, is a thriving family-run fine wine company. Kelly is working alongside directors Andy and Cilla Bibby providing support services at a key moment in the development of the business.

Andy said: "When we met by chance at a wedding in Devon, I knew then Kelly had the professional ability to help us grow Bibby Wines with integrity and the will to succeed.  Cilla and I are both delighted with the support Kelly has given us thus far and hope we can strengthen that relationship whilst Bibby Wines continues to increase its sales momentum in the UK, Ireland and Scandinavia."

She is also providing vital support for Leamington Spa-based international motivational speaker, performance coach and best-selling author Bernie de Sousa, of the Global Coaching Company. Kelly has become part of his events team running his business seminars, meeting and greeting guests, taking payments and selling tickets for future events.

Bernie said: "The benefits that our company has gained from working with Kelly are many, including having the professional confidence to share our top clients with her, her excellent support service at our events, the professional and punctual way in which she handles our writing needs and her discipline in working to deadlines."

Kelly added: "I never dreamed that business would take off so quickly. It is a real privilege to work with my clients - I find them inspiring and motivating and I know that this is just the start for Pocket-pa."

 

 

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Article published by Midlands Business News on 2 November, 2010

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