Make your summer function go off in style with an enchanting soirée at BMA House. Book a Midsummer Night’s Party at the Bloomsbury venue by 31 May and one in every ten of your guests will go free of charge. Able to cater for as many as 320 guests, BMA House is the ideal venue […]

Rosé wine has to be the quintessentially summer drink, so it’s good timing that Inn the Park has launched its new expertly handpicked rosé wine menu.   Its sommeliers have tried and tasted 12 crisp rosé wines, including a sweet and fizzy Spanish Cava Rosado, a familiar Sancerre from the Loire and a fruity Madregale […]

Administrative professionals have a difficult job that includes a huge range of responsibilities. As somebody who supports a manager, it’s important for a PA to possess high self-esteem and there are three aspects of their professional abilities in which confidence is a must. SkillsPAs are given the unique opportunity to develop a broad range of […]

Last year’s Office show once again offered PAs a huge range of products and services. With so much to see, it would’ve been easy to miss something, so PA Life has picked a few of its favourites to provide a flavour of the two-day event AMSThis company has been developing machines that make mass mailing […]

If you feel your emails are running amok, its time to tame them. Here are some quick tips and techniques for getting your inbox under control When your inbox is peppered with emails you haven’t read or replied to and you can’t find what you want even though you know it’s there, it’s easy to […]

Taking notes and minutes at meetings is a core competency that admin professionals need to develop and Angela Garry’s session at the next PA Life training day will ensure that your skills are up to speed. As well as having 17 years’ experience of PA roles, Angela now runs a successful training company called Pica […]

London restaurants are going up in the world – quite literally, writes Colette Doyle. Long-time stalwarts such as the Paramount at Centre Point have been joined by newcomers including Sushisamba at Heron Tower and Aqua at the Shard. And now there’s City Social, (pictured) located on the 24th floor of Tower 42, close to the […]

Ensuring the safe journey of your executives is at the forefront of most PAs’ minds. Choosing the right travel management company (TMC) can be integral to that and offering complete visibility of travel arrangements is a key attribute for a supplier. Here, Good Travel Management explains how it can help those PAs booking travel from […]

The role of the PA has always been one that requires a certain amount of self-confidence. With such a wide variety of tasks to handle on a daily basis and the need to concentrate on them in order to be successful, it’s important for management assistants to know how to be assertive when they feel […]

Personal assistants spend a lot of time at work so being in a role you enjoy helps make the day seem more bearable. Here are some helpful hints for finding your ideal job, as well as a few top tips for ensuring you get hired. It’s important to ask yourself some questions in order to […]

The art of delegation can be difficult to master, but it is a vital workplace skill. Effective delegation can save you time, energy and stress while building a strong, successful team who feel valued. People often avoid delegating tasks, because they struggle to relinquish control or don’t have faith in the abilities of their colleagues, […]

What do a pyjama-wearing employee, a sleepy member of staff and a client with bad personal hygiene have in common? They all feature in the embarrassing stories collated by AirConUK.co.uk, which has been canvassing input from office workers up and down the country. One client of the air conditioning and fitting company recalls a female […]

One Moorgate Place, home to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, is not your average institute. Did you know you can hire it without being a member? That way, you can enjoy delicious food at a beautiful venue for corporate events in the heart of London. Built in 1890, One Moorgate Place […]

Wales Millennium Centre is best known as the country’s iconic national hub for the arts. It’s an architecturally innovative building and a top UK visitor attraction, but as a conference venue it is equally world class. Holding an event on the internationally renowned Donald Gordon stage in the midst of the property’s busy programme of […]

Sometimes business leaders find themselves so pressed for time that having an assistant can feel like adding another task to the to-do list, especially if he or she is new. However, agreeing on a concrete system for delegating work can relieve some of the stress. The most important point is to have a single, shared […]

History books do not give over much space to the weak and timid; instead they praise heroes and those who give their lives to a cause. The world looks up to role models past and present in the hope they will inspire behaviour that stretches us to our absolute potential. All over the world there […]

While you may be experienced at organising meetings and booking venues in locations you’re familiar with, it can be daunting when asked to organise an event overseas. Jo Egan is on hand to help you out Travel logistics When you are planning a meeting overseas it goes without saying that there will be some international […]

To achieve the positive outcomes we require from our business interactions, we need to communicate accurately and effectively. So how can you improve your interpersonal communication skills? If you are asked to name the most important tool you use in your day-to-day life you might not think immediately of your communication skills, but our ability […]