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Stuart O'Brien

Register today for the PA Life Summit

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Register today for your free guest pass to attend theย PA Life Summitย this September – it could help you reduce expenditure by matching you up with innovative suppliers who match your requirements. You can also benefit fromโ€ฆ A bespoke itinerary of face-to-face meetings with suppliers based on mutual interest. No hard sell, and no time wasted. […]

Working from home needn’t hold you up – PA Life’s Online Courses are here to help!

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PA Life has teamed up with leading online learning specialist New Skills Academy to help you upskill throughout the lockdown via a high value, low cost courses bundle. Available via the PA Life website and specially curated by an expert team, there are more than 100 courses available to help develop your career โ€“ and […]

Psssst… pass it on to your events team

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By Jane Kelly, Creative Output If you are the right person brilliant, if you are not psssst… pass it onto your Events Team. Creative Output are a 24/7 go to production event, conference, award ceremony, HNWI meetings, company away day, product launch team. So, if you need ideas, designs, visuals, furniture hire, graphics and staging we are the […]

VIDEO: Top tips for your physical & mental wellbeing during lockdown

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We’ve teamed up with life coach Faye Kilgour to offer you some top tips for looking after your physical and mental wellbeing during this coronavirus lockdown. Faye, also known as The โ€˜What Ifโ€™ Coach, is on a mission to support individuals and groups to go from feeling overwhelmed and frustrated, to feeling inspired and ready […]

We need PAs for ourselves to get stuff done, says research

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Two thirds of adults admit to getting a sense of achievement, fulfilment and calm โ€“ from completing some simple life admin. A study of 2,000 adults found a lack of time and forgetfulness means 34 per cent hardly ever get around to completing household tasks such as personal banking, accounting and sorting the bills. Others […]

Coronavirus: Two thirds think working from home is here to stay

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65 per cent of UK office workers currently working from home due to the virus outbreak believe logging on remotely from home will become more common once the Coronavirus crisis abates. Citrix and OnePoll carried out a survey of 1,000 UK office workers between 23rdย โ€“ 26thย March 2020, with the research also taking place in Germany, […]

Searching for Hotels? The PA Life Recommended Supplier Directory can help!

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If you’re planning beyond lockdown by researching hotels for future trips and events, then the PA Life Recommended Supplier Directory is home to dozens of trusted partners ready to help. Our list of hotels covers everything from large to boutique and airports to beach resorts – There’s something to suit every requirement! Start Your Search […]

Connect with PA Life on LinkedIn for news, events, suppliers & offers!

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Did you know you can keep up to date with everything PA Life via LinkedIn? We have a number of pages through which we post news, surveys, event updates, recommended suppliers and offers – So make sure you ‘like and subscribe’ today so you don’t miss out! Here’s where you can find us: Main PA […]

Vermilion donating 100s of meals free to NHS staff

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The team at venueย โ€‹Vermilion are providing takeaway food to frontline medical staff at their neighbouring hospital, North Manchester General Hospital. Vermilion, one of Manchesterโ€™s top hospitality venues that includes a restaurant, bar and events halls in Manchester, are helping to support the community, as their Corporate Social Responsibility for the people of their community. As […]

Coronavirus: Deliveroo for Business helping firms support staff

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Deliveroo for Business is helping companies to support their staff during this unprecedented time. Thousands of our clients across the globe have moved to working-from-home policies and are maintaining their office food perks, whilst taking greater precautions. To keep people safe while they are still in the office we recommend: Pre-packaged grab and go options […]

London Christmas Party Show postponed until late-July

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Due to the ongoing coronavirus lockdown theย London Christmas Party Show has been postponed fromย 12 – 13 May 2020ย to the later dateย ofย 28 – 29 July 2020. The move to the July date is to ensure that exhibitors and visitors still find the event a useful channel for event enquires and capturing event leads for the latter […]

Q&A with Lucy Everett, VA at Virtually Supported

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Lucy Everett is a Virtual PA with Virtually Supported. Here she talks about how she started out, the challenges of her role and the importance of technologyโ€ฆ What inspired you to start a career as a Virtual Assistant? It was something I had thought I may do when my son was a little older, but […]

INFOGRAPHIC: Ridiculous expense claims – how many of these have you dealt with?

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Following up on our look at software that helps you to process expense claims, research has been published highlighting then top 10 most ridiculous submissions. Travel & expense management software provider Sales Trip worked with financial, PA and EA thought leaders to research the trend and how businesses can deal with such claims. Here’s the […]

Coronavirus: Stay entertained at home with free karaoke from Lucky Voice

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If you’re stuck in the house and looking for something to do, then maybe try turning cabin fever to disco fever. Like all bars and restaurants, renown karaoke destination Lucky Voice has temporarily closed its venues in Soho, Holborn, Islington and Brighton. But that doesn’t mean the fun has to stop! The company already offers […]

How to: Help your business during coronavirus

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By Dr Lynda Shaw, neuroscientist, business psychologist and change specialist The news at the moment about COVID-19 is very alarming, and for many our anxiety levels are on high alert which in the long term can be at the expense of our mental and physical health.  So what can businesses do to help ease anxiety and […]

Coronavirus: Why employers need to do more to tackle presenteeism

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In the last decade, presenteeism โ€“ the act of working more hours than required โ€“ has tripled in the UK with more than 4 in 5 people observing it compared to just a quarter in 2010. As coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to spread, both within the UK and globally, employers should be discouraging, and tackling, โ€˜presenteeismโ€™ […]

Find your next Business Travel partner in the PA Life Recommended Supplier Directory

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Already planning for a life beyond lockdown? Looking for a business travel management partner for your company? The PA Life Recommended Supplier Directory is home to dozens of trusted providers ready to help. Our list of agencies covers everything from full travel management services, through to chauffeurs, helicopters and private planes – There’s something to […]

Expense claims driving you mad? Thereโ€™s an app for that…

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Are you tired of having screwed up paper receipts dumped on your desk every month? Youโ€™re not alone. We asked some PAs to recommend software that can helpโ€ฆ One of the most important assets for PAs to have on their side is time. We all need more of it. But too often time gets sucked […]