The Meetings Industry Association (mia) has reacted to the Prime Minister’s Plan B announcement. Kerrin MacPhie, Chief Executive of the mia, said: “Based on the latest scientific data we understand that the Plan B restrictions will need to be put in place, to help reduce the transmission of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. “However, this […]
Friday, December 10, 2021
Meetings Industry Association reacts to the Government’s Plan B
How to support staff and colleagues during the festive season
The NHS Confederation has warned that mental health problems are growing at an ‘alarming’ rate in England, with one in six adults having experienced some form of depression in summer 2021, exacerbated by the pandemic. Mark Fosh, Divisional Director at Howden offers: “The festive season is meant to be a wonderful time of year; however, it […]
Register today for the PA Show 2022 and get up to 35% off
You can now register for the PA Show 2022, which takes places on March 8th & 9th at ExCeL in London, with a 35% discount available to all PA Life readers securing their tickets before December 10th. The PA Show is the largest gathering of Executive Support Professionals in the UK, bringing together 1,000s+ of the community […]
“It wasn’t me”: Cover-up culture leading to accidental information loss
As remote working remains the norm during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, research reveals that UK office workers are accidentally deleting vital business information from shared, cloud-based applications such as Office 365 or Google Drive. And many are opting to keep quiet rather than owning up to their mistakes. The research from Veritas Technologies, which interviewed 2,000 UK […]
Getting away from it all this Christmas? You’re not alone
After the discovery of the new Covid variant, Omicron, the government announced that all international arrivals to the UK would need to isolate until they receive a negative PCR test, which can be taken two days after landing in the country. And a study of 1,000 adults planning to go away for the festive season, […]



