When did being busy and stressed become such a badge of honour? When did we start competing over who has more on their plate? And when did we start using “busy” and “stress” as an excuse for inconsiderate and downright rude behaviour? All questions asked by Leandra Brady-Walker in her latest blog on TheInfluencer.com, after […]

The 2016 Salary Guides from Robert Half reveal US starting salaries for professional occupations are expected to increase an average of 4.1 percent next year. The creative and administrative professions each registered projected starting salary gains of 3.8%. Overall starting salaries for administrative professionals are expected to rise 3.8% in the coming year. As business […]

According to the results of an international survey by Ipsos MORI in partnership with the The Behavioural Insights Team, feigning illness to take a day off work is much less common than people think. Averaging the results from the six countries (the UK, US, Canada, Australia, France and Germany), the average guess was that 52% […]

The average Briton now spends one in six of their waking hours online, as we spend more time using social networking sites. A study of 73,000 people found that UK citizens spent an average of two hours, 51 minutes on the web each day in the first six months of the year. And while many […]

The Venues & Destinations Summit offers personal assistants and event planners the ideal opportunity to source ideas for new locations during a single day out of the office. Molly Dyson finds out what’s in store Most busy PAs will at some point in their career face the difficult situation of needing to source a new […]

The UK has a thriving ‘staycation’ economy according to a new survey from Barclays Business, with more than three quarters of UK adults (77%) saying that have been on, or are planning, a staycation in Britain. The research revealed £22.5billion is spent on UK staycations every year, with Brits spending an average of £575 per […]

The office environment is the perfect breeding ground for conflict. Most employees will clash with a colleague at some point in their career, so it’s important to know how to find a resolution that ensures both sides of the argument are heard. Here are the three As of conflict negotiation, according to blogger Tim Schurrer. […]