The PA Life team has selected its top five serviced apartments across the country in its latest round-up. No.8 Waterloo Street Serviced Apartments Waterloo Street Serviced Apartments are housed within a stylish Grade II listed building, in the heart of Birmingham’s City Centre. This Iconic Art Deco property has been refurbished to a very high […]
Tori Just, director of entertainment supplier Just Talent, shares all on her time in the business. How did the business start? I started off as a dancer, but when clients requested me and I wasn’t free they would ask if I could get someone else. This started happening on a regular basis every weekend. I […]
30 Euston Square has enjoyed a record high in business growth and return bookings in 2017. The grade II listed conference saw a 12.5 per cent increase corporate direct bookings, which was reflected in a wider 11 per cent growth in the number of events held at the venue. In addition, of the 1,735 enquiries […]
Capita Travel and Events has joined forces with female business traveller safety solutions provider Maiden Voyage, to certify and showcase hotels that are ‘female friendly’. Maiden Voyage sets the standard for female friendly hotels based on a strict set of criteria that looks at comfort and safety. As employers become more aware of their duty […]
New research carried out by Perkbox has found that men from Cardiff aged between 25 and 34 who work in finance with over 250 employees are the most stressed. A study of 3,000 UK employees as part of the 2018 UK Workplace Stress Report, found that 46 per cent experience stress related to families, while […]
Medical conditions are being used inappropriately in the workplace and at home Bupa has warned, despite the UK taking strides to combat this. The healthcare provider has found that 49 per cent of adults are using words such as schizophrenic and autistic to describe themselves incorrectly. The research raises concerns around mental health terms being […]
The Meetings Show has welcomed seven new sector leaders to its advisory board. The board consists of well-known experts from both the buyer and supplier sides of the industry, who bring together their experience, ideas and strategic leadership to help develop the show. Joining the 12 existing board members are: Therese Dolan, events senior manager […]
Teens and young adults are ditching Facebook in favour of services such as SnapChat, while over-55s are choosing to use the social network more and more. According to a new report by eMarketer, in 2018 2.2 million 12 to 17-year-olds and 4.5 million 18 to 24-year-olds will regularly use Facebook in the UK, 700,000 fewer […]
UK employers believe there will be no impact on disability employment following the UK’s exit from the EU next year, despite warnings that those with disabilities will be affected. According to a survey of 1,611 people, run by Business Disability Forum with YouGov in January 2018, many businesses feel nothing will change while three-quarters of business […]
The Apprentice winner Ricky Martin and his PA Sandy Chander will be taking to the stage at office* later this month. Martin who won the BBC show in 2012 and is now the founder of Hyper Recruitment Solutions, will be gracing the Keynote Theatre on Wednesday 28 February, alongside Chander. During the session, the duo […]
Prestige Business Travel has joined the first of the PA Life Masterclasses, which has a key focus on business travel. As a roundtable sponsor of the Masterclass, the company will host a roundtable session dubbed: Your traveller, their risk, your responsibility, at Skinners’ Hall in London on March 13. Company director’s Sarah Blake and Louisa […]
If you enjoy putting together a spreadsheet and using three different colour highlighters during your working day, you could earn yourself the title as ‘office geek’. Researchers who polled 2,000 office employees found that half consider themselves to be someone who takes pride in having nice stationery and a tidy desk. The study found 29 […]
The PA Life Summit is returning once again this year, where senior and board-level PAs will discover new opportunities to help respond to their daily challenges. The ‘must-attend’ event will take place on Monday 10 September, 2018 at Altitude 360 London, where guests will be able to experience a day of private meetings with corporate […]
Get the recognition you deserve by keeping your business travellers happy – discover stunning serviced apartments with Red-Naxela, let Capita Travel & Events do all the hard work for you or get a 60-minute business travel makeover at the Business Travel Show next month. Red-Naxela Serviced Apartments Have you noticed how serviced apartments have been […]
The first of the PA Life Masterclasses is due to take place next month, with headline sponsor Capita Travel and Events set to host the opening presentation. Taking place on March 13 at Skinners’ Hall in London from 1pm to 8pm, Sam Welch, director of proposition at Capita, will discuss how PAs can get what […]
With the Business Travel Show weeks away, PA Life has joined forces with eforea spa to offer attendees to the expo the chance to win a spa day and afternoon tea. Attendees will all be able to enter for a chance to secure the prize simply by dropping by the PA Life stand: B482, and […]
As we continue to keep you informed on what’s happening in the events world and keep up to date, don’t forget to check us out on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. 1. Dirty desks and smelly lunches top list of office annoyances Workers have revealed their top ten bugbears when it comes to office annoyances, with dirty […]
Anna Walmsley, owner of DCM VIP Event Management in the South of France, reveals her top tips for companies looking to hold an overseas meet-up. More and more companies are reaping the rewards of taking their employees abroad for seminars, exercises, business or incentive trips. It is an attractive treat that will encourage employees or […]
