Debra Clark, Head of Specialist Consulting at Towergate Health & Protection, warns employers: If you do not engage with your staff, you will lose them… This is particularly important as the economy starts to reopen and people take stock of their working lives. The comment may seem stark following such difficult times during the pandemic, […]

35% of female business founders still face gender bias when raising their business capital, while female entrepreneurs also receive an average of 5% less funding than their male counterparts. That’s according to research from Instant Offices, which revealed that although there has been encouraging growth from a mere 17% to 32.37% over the past four years, men are […]

We’re excited to welcome Marriott hotels as Gold Partner at the PA Life LIVE digital conference, which takes place on Wednesday, March 24th – secure your free place today! Offering the most powerful portfolio in the industry, Marriott’s 30 brands and 7,000+ properties across 131 countries and territories give people more ways to connect, experience and […]

Three months after its December re-launch The Hospitality Partnership has welcomed four new associate partners, who join the original six associate founder members and more than 20 associate team partners with a singular aim – to help get the hospitality sector recover. The Hospitality Partnership offer a talent bank of industry professionals covering a variety […]

Despite campaigning for gender parity for more than 100 years, research shows that 60% of managers within the industrial sector believe their industry still struggles with a lack of gender diversity. The research, which comes from multi-discipline recruitment experts Search Consultancy was conducted with 1,000 managers and asked respondents to rate how they believed their […]

Our partners at Hope Health are delighted to offer PA Life Club members an exclusive complimentary workplace wellbeing virtual session! The virtual Lunch & Learn session chosen by you is Enhance Your Energy – How to eat for better energy & productivity and will take place at 13.00 on Tuesday 9th March 2021. This session will be delivered […]

Schools may be going back and the UK may be bracing itself for the easing of Covid restrictions by 21 June, but the long tail of Covid is still causing the majority of business owners concern. New research from Hitachi Capital Business Finance reveals that 44% of UK small businesses are still concerned about the […]

ENGAGE STAFF, MOTIVATE TEAMS WITH STREAMED ENTERTAINMENT! ‘Laughter is contagious. The more laughter you bring into your life the happier those around you will feel’, Help Guide. At Take the Mike, we believe a good laugh boosts the immune system, energising during lockdown! IN IT TOGETHER, LAUGH TOGETHER! We’ve a line up of west end […]

As the hospitality industry gears up for a busy summer the award-winning and privately owned Carden Park Hotel in Cheshire has revealed its new fine dining restaurant, ‘The Vines’, which will welcome diners in May 2021 when the hotel reopens. The Vines is part of a £250,000 refurbishment, which the hotel says will bring elegant, […]

onefinestay has unveiled fully flexible services and pricing for longer stay guests in London, including the opportunity to book exclusive homes for stays ranging from 30 nights to six months. onefinestay’s longer stay benefits have been designed to alleviate the many frustrations and complexities guests experience when seeking a home rental for extended periods of […]

98% of women want men to help address gender inequality issues, yet less than half of men indicated being ready to help. That’s according to a study conducted by LEWIS in support of the global HeForShe movement, showing the impact and perceptions of gender inequities during the pandemic across 13 countries. The report reveals women are looking for active support […]

There’s plenty of information out there at the moment about looking after our mental health in lockdown and trying to maintain a normal and healthy lifestyle, but what about after lockdown? Back to work anxiety was bad enough for some of us on Sunday nights after a weekend of leisure time and lie ins. But […]

The international Smart Advancing Women (iSAW) organisation will launch a global platform for professional women, LIFT (Learning and Intelligence For Tomorrow), on March 8th to coincide with International Women’s Day. Powered by Unily, LIFT is described as an ‘innovative learning and intelligence habitat for women to collaborate and hone their professional and technical skills and personal […]

When the Coronavirus Pandemic hit the UK in March 2020, overnight business saw dramatic changes and part of these changes were the need for employees to work from home if they could. For some employees working from home was a new concept, as they would not have worked from home previously, for other employees they […]

Research shows IT teams are increasingly concerned about security and scalability of the remote work tools adopted early in the pandemic to address the sudden shift to remote work. As a result, 65 percent of those surveyed are actively consolidating remote work tools, citing the need for ease of administration, ease of use, and scalability. […]

Only 44% of employers have a formal wellbeing strategy, despite significant investment in health and benefits by employers. In addition, 22% said they did not intend to have a strategy within the next 12-18 months. That’s according to Aon’s UK Benefits & Trends Survey, also showed that only 9% of employers are actively measuring the return […]

Psychologist Dr Becky Spelman gives her top tips on how to foster a healthy digital diet for positive mental and emotional wellbeing… Last year saw more than 140,000 digital magazine issues distributed and read 99 million times on Readly, the digital subscription app. Following a year of doom and gloom, how can we ensure what […]

Brits have learned to give themselves more ‘me-time’ during the pandemic, with watching a film and decluttering the house among the top ways to unwind. Research polling 2,000 adults found 72 per cent regularly manage to enjoy some alone time, with soaking in some suds, taking a nap and listening to music also popular ways […]