Church House Westminster is hosting a series of webinars looking at the new golden age of events – the next takes place on Tuesday April 27th at 10.30 and is free to attend. Register here. This interactive session is being hosted by Helend Saxton of Teams Unpuzzled and will look at the importance of team-building […]

As many venues prepare to reopen their doors for business, Venues of Excellence launched a six-month membership offer to give venues an extra sales and marketing boost. Events @ No 6 opened its doors in 2019 as an innovative new venue in the bustling Aldgate, in the City of London with facilities for 2 to […]

As businesses start to reopen and staff return to the workplace, Kayleigh Frost, Head of Clinical Support at Health Assured offers some advice on how to avoid stress in the workplace… It’s been quite the year for everyone, and while things are beginning to look a bit better, the added pressure of returning to work may […]

Advice by Kate Palmer, HR Advice Director at Peninsula… As businesses start to reopen, employers must keep on the lookout for issues that could arise among staff. For example, some may be bitter that they worked throughout the pandemic while others were furloughed – which they could view as staff being given a free holiday. […]

PA Life has teamed up with the PA Show to give readers the opportunity to claim a 10% discount on all conference sessions. Simply click here to register and use the code – PAShow11 The PA Show once again takes place at ExCeL London on June 22nd & 23rd and features an exhibition area, plus […]

Business and academic travellers are navigating a changed world with new rules and societal norms because of COVID-19. With international travel from the UK due to resume on May 17th, World Travel Protection, one of the largest emergency assistance organisations in the world, advises ten changes for travellers to be aware of… Countries are Different […]

Some 84% of large businesses and organisations in the UK have lost working days due to a lack of effective contact tracing, according to a new study. The resulting lost productivity is estimated to have cost the country’s economy over £11b in the last 12 months – equivalent to 4.3 million working days. The study, […]

For National Stress Awareness Month, Benenden Health’s Head Matron Cheryl Lythgoe provides insight into how employers can effectively manage employee stress amid the COVID-19 pandemic… Workplace stress is the harmful reaction that people have to undue pressure and demands placed on them at work, with research last year revealing that the jobs of nearly half of all […]

Long Covid could have a big impact for employers for many months to come. It is a relatively new illness that is not yet fully understood and may keep employees from returning to work for indeterminate amounts of time. It is the mortality rate that has grabbed headlines, with Covid-19’s biggest effects seen among older […]

Following the largest ever meta-analysis of wellbeing studios from around the world, researchers have discovered the key to building personal wellbeing. The analysis by teams at SAHMRI and Flinders University in Australia included 400+ clinical trials involving more than 50,000 participants. Researchers divided people into three main groups – those in generally good health, those […]

The Office for National Statistics has released its findings into homeworking trends in the UK over the past 12 months. We hear from a selection of industry experts, consultants, and authors about the five key learnings from this latest report, and what this means for businesses battling to recover from the effects of a global […]

Did you know that listening to music has both a mental and physical impact on your body? While most of us listen to music for entertainment, we should also know that it can help boost your overall wellbeing. From reducing stress and improving cognitive performance, to encouraging and inspiring creativity, the power of music is […]

PA Life speaks to Andy Poar, Managing Director of personalised edible gifts company Eat My Logo… Tell us about the background to the company. Eat My Logo is a family-run business run by myself and my wife Ruth. The business came about by accident, really. About six years ago, Ruth had a celebration cake shop […]

As April is Stress Awareness Month, Instant Offices researched how the last year has affected employee mental health – but also what business and individual employees can do to improve and support mental health. As remote working has been the new normal for the last year, self-isolation and health-related anxiety have created a general sense of unease for many […]

From better work-life balance and wellbeing to zero commute time, working from home is said to have more than a few perks. According to a recent study by Instant Offices, Britons who have been working from home have accumulated 1.2 billion extra hours which means a mammoth figure of £21.9 billion worth of unpaid overtime is lost. […]

With the effects of the pandemic and stressors surrounding Covid-19, stress-related absence is up 64% from 2019, and there has been a 39% increase in leave due to stress year on year. Short term stress can be good in small doses, as it can focus the mind, provide motivation and energise the body, which helps […]

Another week, another survey into employee attitudes to working from home/returning to the office… And this time, we learn that nearly all employees who are working from home (97%) prefer to keep working from home, even when offices are open, according to respondents in the third round of a joint research conducted by Nyenrode Business […]

Nominations are open for the sought-after West Midlands PA Awards 2021, recognising the region’s business support community. Founded by PA Forum, the awards are now in their fourth year and celebrate the successes and achievements of executive, personal and virtual assistants across the West Midlands. As the process begins to determine the winners for the awards ceremony taking […]