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Awards, Press and Podcasts
A wee roundup of where BeelieVA has been popping up. An award win, a stack of finals, podcast chats, a stage or two and a book with my name in it. I’ll keep adding to this as more happens…..
Journalist, podcast host or event organiser? I’d love to chat about running a business with a neurodivergent brain, building a VA business that lasts, and the systems that keep it all ticking along.
Awards
Winner, finalist and very proud
Every trophy, final and shortlist so far. Proper pinch-me stuff for a business that started as a side hustle.
Winner, 2 July 2025
Scotland Prestige Awards 2025/26
Virtual Assistant Service of the Year
The judges picked BeelieVA as the strongest of more than 20 entrants. Still grinning about it.
Fingers crossed
Two finals still to play out.
Finalist, results on 16 November 2026
Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2026
Services Entrepreneur of the Year (Scotland)
Results are out at the gala on Monday 16 November. Fingers, toes and antennae crossed.
Finalist, public vote open
Female Founder Awards Scotland 2027
Industry Award: Consultancy
The public vote is open until 14 February 2027. A vote for BeelieVA would make my year…..
Vote HERE
(Industry Award/Consultancy/Ina Jeffrey)
Finalist and shortlisted
Shortlisted in 3 categories
National Diversity Awards 2026
Shortlisted in three categories at the National Diversity Awards (Positive Role Model, Entrepreneur of Excellence, Community Organisation), which recognise people and organisations across the UK championing equality and inclusion.
Finalist
UK StartUp Awards 2026 (Scotland)
Professional Services StartUp of the Year
Finalist
Female Founder Awards Scotland 2026
Consultancy & Story Award: Resilient Female Founder
Finalist
Digital Women Awards 2025
Virtual Assistant of the Year
Finalist
Woman Who Solopreneur Awards 2025
Nominated in July, into the final by September.
Media and speaking
Podcasts, Stages and Pages
My book, out now
This was not (on) the Plan
You don’t hate change. You hate the change you didn’t choose.
Why can we chase massive changes with pure excitement, then get knocked sideways by tiny ones we never chose? My book unpacks that contradiction for neurodivergent business owners.
Launched at the National Neurodiversity Show on 11 September 2026.
Contributing author, October 2024
Beyond the Ordinary
One of 30 women sharing our stories in Mandy Nicholson’s Beyond the Ordinary: Discover the Power of Creative and Neurodiverse Women. My chapter is all about my journey through life, grief, depression to clarity.
In the press
Feature, 23 October 2026
Success Beyond the Conventional: The Founder Making Her Mark in Business
My first press feature! How BeelieVA grew from general VA work into support for neurodivergent business owners.
“I can figure out how you work and what works best for you.”
On the mic and on the stage
Speaker, 11 September 2026
National Neurodiversity Show
We exhibited at this amazing event and I also took to the stage with my talk This Was Not (on) The Plan, on the same day my book launched.
Podcast guest, September 2025
Nerding out on Neurodiversity
Episode 25, Bee-lieve in Yourself. Bringing order to overflowing inboxes and busy workloads, the BeelieVA way.
Podcast guest, January 2025
The Wilderness of Creativity
I sat down with Lucy Colgan for the I’m a BeelieVA episode. Grab a cuppa and have a listen.
Radio show guest, October 2024
The Keith Blakemore-Noble Radio Show
The One with Ina Jeffrey. From corporate life to BeelieVA, plus my chapter in Beyond the Ordinary.
Video interview, October 2024
The Phoenix Experience
Corporate life to business owner. Moving from Germany to the UK, wild swimming, painting and joining a choir all got a look in.
Video and podcast, May 2023
BrandsTalk with Dr Brigitte Bojkowszky
The Inbox Wizard’s Guide to Conquering Overwhelm. German efficiency meets virtual assistance, and the whole chat is auf Deutsch.
Fancy having Ina on your podcast, stage or page?
Send me a message with the details and let’s have a natter. And if you’re here for business support rather than a microphone, book a free 20 minute clarity call instead.