Yvette Chatwin, General Manager at 30 Euston Square provides top tips for staying safe in the allergens minefield. When it comes to allergens and the UK’s allergen legislation, it’s imperative that the severity of its impact is understood, particularly by event organisers, which is a task that so often falls to PAs. This year the […]

CWT Energy, Resources & Marine and IBS Software Services have launched a report showing how companies can cut their travel spend by up to 15% and reduce overall travel arrangement times by up to 75%. The white paper, Mining for Savings in Travel & Logistics, explores the opportunities and challenges of consolidating logistics and corporate […]

PAs and EAs have been busy already this morning at PA Life Training Day at the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel. Speakers for the first half of the day include Lindsay Taylor from Your Excellency, who’s visiting to represent the IAM; Personal Impact Specialist Jodi Goldman; Adam Fidler from Adept Executive Consulting; Bob Hallewell from Expert […]

The average Brit reckons their life is only 29% fun, a study has found. A poll of 2000 adults revealed the average Brit considers less than a third of their day to be fun, with the rest of the time taken up by work, chores and things they need to do, but don’t really want […]

Cardiff’s only five-star hotel, The St David’s Hotel, Cardiff, has been recognised as one of the best hotels in Europe to do business at the World Travel Awards. The iconic hotel, with its unique waterfront location, overlooks Cardiff Bay and competed against some of Wales’ most prestigious hotels and resorts to be names Wales’ Leading […]

Creating a successful corporate event can be nerve-wracking. But, with the right planning and support, it doesn’t have to be. Here are some top tips from Apex on how PAs can keep calm and plan on. Be strategic and set defined outcomes for your events upfront; this will make it easier to meet the expectations […]

This year, 10 November marked Equal Pay Day, the date from which British women essentially ‘work for free’ until January thanks to the gender pay gap. Research by the Fawcett Society shows women in the UK were paid 13.9% less than men in similar roles in 2016. This is a slight improvement on previous years, […]

The news that Donald Trump won the US presidential election shocked the world this week and media outlets have started speculating what the world will look like when he takes office. Now company leaders from the UK200 Group have weighed in with their thought’s on what Trump’s term could mean for UK businesses. Liz Ward, […]

It’s the time of year when weary HR managers look ahead to the Christmas meal/party/drinks and thinking ‘next year we really should try and do something different’. The team at events company Crescendo had that same thought a few months back and decided on something very different – no lavish Christmas meal, no drinks, no […]

We had a great week at the PA Expo in Liverpool making new friends and showing our support for admin professionals in the North West of England. We hope those of you we met that are reading this now had a great time too and we hope to see you all again soon. As we […]

With the Christmas season upon us, it’s time to celebrate all things festive! Enjoy your Christmas party with The London EDITION catering for all celebrations, endure some Christmas team building with Kaleidoscope Events, or experience a Christmas party at Church House Westminister for an exclusive rate. Whatever your type of celebration, we’ve got it covered […]

A survey of more than 2000 office workers by Brother UK has revealed that one in three admit to having a desk that is cluttered or a mess, and almost one in 10 bosses said a messy desk would lead them to overlook a junior colleague for promotion. Managers admitted to judging junior colleagues with […]

CWT Meetings & Events has launched its 2017 Forecast. CWT uses data and insights about all aspects of the industry to provide meeting planners essential information they need to successfully plan and budget for the coming year. From a global perspective, analysts predict GDP growth will be slightly lower in 2017, so now is the time for […]

Story Events recently conducted an online poll to decide the recipients of the six free exhibition stands at the next London Summer Event Show from 24-25 January 2017 at Banking Hall. The new initiative ‘Story Gives Back’ will represent a special area at the shows, helping to promote small or new event suppliers to the […]

New high-end urban lifestyle hotel group Principal launched last week with the first three Principal hotels in Manchester, Edinburgh and York. The launch follows a major investment of more than £200 million from Starwood Capital in its UK portfolio and sees historic, grande-dame hotels sensitively restored, remodelled and redefined. Over the course of 2017, Principal […]

BMA House gets to the fork of the matter on all things food at meetings and events. A staggering 93% of all event bookers and PAs surveyed by the central London venue agreed that poor catering ‘always’ reflects badly on an event. Food is top of the meetings agenda, with 31% agreeing it was what […]

Employee performance suffers when ratings are removed from the performance review process, according to CEB, a best practice insight and technology company. On average, employee performance drops 10% when ratings are absent from the review process, largely due to the inability of managers to effectively manage talent without ratings. Impact on employees In an effort […]

This morning brings the start of day two of the PA Expo at Exhibition Centre Liverpool. We took some time away from the PA Life stand to have a look around and find out what the buzz around the event was like. Attendees had the chance to sit in on seminar sessions delivered by the […]