We sat down with Laura Jones, a Senior Executive Assistant who thrives in her current role within a data-driven, commercial environment. She’s also a member of the PA Life Club, valuing the sense of community and shared learning within the profession…   Congratulations on winning the Team Leader Star at the PA Life Star Awards 2025! ⭐PA Life Star Awards 2026 […]

As many as nine in 10 firms fear in-house systems can’t keep pace with executive pay demands according to senior HR and compensations leads. Executive Assistants are often heavily involved in the coordination, administration and communication around their executives compensation and benefit packages… Managing executive compensation is a growing challenge for financial services firms, with […]

New data revealed by Business Travel Show Europe ahead of its 24-25 June show at Excel London shows worrying decline in support for minority corporate traveller groups. The group sends an urgent message to corporate travel buyers to prioritise inclusive duty of care as progress in this has stalled… Corporate travel programmes are failing to […]

PA Life wellness columnist Julia Green, Sales & Commercial Manager at Center Parcs Conferences & Events shares great ideas for happier family summers. You can also find Julia’s wellness advice in PA Life magazine… There’s something about summer that brings both joy and pressure in equal measure. Longer days, school holidays, the promise of memory-making. And, […]

Senior assistants don’t just manage tasks; they sit in the middle of tensions. As an Executive Assistant Coach, Anu Timmerbacka helps professionals to manage any situation with clearer and more confident and conscious communication that has far reaching benefits for all parties…  As an EA you need to make decisions in situations that are often tense and demand […]

EAs and PAs, we bring you interesting findings. AI is in fact escalating the need for face-to-face meetings, and events too, in contrary to what many business leaders would think, according to new research commissioned by The Meetings Show… Challenging assumptions about the role of technology in improving efficiency, almost two-thirds of business leaders (62%) […]

We’ve all seen the ripple effect: a flight lands on time, the hotel is five-star, and the presentation is flawless. But then, the car is five minutes late, or the chauffeur is circling the wrong terminal. Not the executive travel experience you as an EA or PA was planning… In that five-minute lapse, the “flow” […]

PA Life Club’s visit to Destination Silverstone, and to be amongst the first to experience what the new art Hotel Escapade Silverstone has to offer was nothing short of exceptional. The hotel has plenty or individuality enriched with great design and art, and offers serene residences, a spa, gym, restaurant and bar – overlooking the […]

We put a spotlight on Dublin – and the NYX Hotel Dublin Portobello, as a design-led hotel in the centre of the city. Also published in PA Life Summer 2026 Issue’s Meet in Ireland guide, part of our recent Meet In guide featuring Northern Ireland, Belfast in particular… For PAs and EAs planning meetings and […]

In this Meet In Northern Ireland guide, we feature Belfast, and have picked some of the best of the standout city-centre venues. The city offer seamless access and a warm welcome to impactful meetings and events…  For PAs and EAs planning meetings and events, Northern Ireland offer a compelling blend of accessibility, personality and professional […]

As a personal or executive assistant, you may not instantly recognise yourself as an event planner. But but when you consider the meetings, Christmas parties, incentive events and galas you’re often tasked with organising, it’s a role you’re already performing. And in the same way that you wouldn’t necessarily label yourself as an event planner, […]

If you’re an Executive Assistant or Personal Assistant, your role is fast-paced, varied and often unpredictable. One minute you’re coordinating travel, the next you’re managing diaries, preparing presentations, or solving last-minute crises. With so many priorities competing for attention, it’s easy for certain tasks to slip quietly to the bottom of your to-do list knows […]

In our recent PA Life Summer 2026 Issue we talk to Claudine Martin, a driven executive support professional who’s spent close to 17 years in the British Army, majority of this time as a soldier. She was even deployed in Iraq for 6 months before requesting to work as a PA at the MoD…  Since […]

Wimbledon Village has embraced a much awaited new fine-dining restaurant Orion, the creation of Chef Alex Webb, winner of the Masterchef The Professionals in 2020. PA Life was invited to savour the flavours from their spring menu… Orion opened its doors in October last year in this leafy SW London enclave and has fast become […]

We all remember conferences that, at 5 pm, decamp to the bar for a post-event drink and lively conversation over the day’s activities. Not long after, a pre-dinner drinks reception follows, and then your choice of red or white wine with your meal. Not to mention the post-dinner cocktails at the bar!  These may have […]

As an EA or PA, you need to know which airlines to book your executives and teams on. You may be surprised by the results of a recent survey which asked travellers who they trust… Ryanair tops the list of the least trusted airline The budget airline Ryanair is revealed as the least trustworthy airline […]

The London Christmas Party Show 2026 is just around the corner, taking place on 16-17 June at the industrial-chic Shoreditch venue, Protein Studios.  A key date in the diary for anyone responsible for planning corporate events, this is where festive season inspiration begins in earnest. Created exclusively for PAs, EAs and event professionals, the two-day […]

PA Life had a pleasure of joining EAs, PAs and other event organisers at a recent relaunch of the Tower Suite – the Tower Hotel by Thistle’s dedicated events space… It was exciting to see how the Clermont Hotel Group (CHG) has reimagined The Tower Suite, the event suite at this landmark hotel. And we […]