With the Event Agency Forum creeping ever closer, November 12 looks like it will be a great event for all those attending. A highlight of this year’s show is bound to be the guest speakers. With years of experience and industry knowledge between them, they will be around to influence and inform the attendees at […]

The latest company to offer a discount for PA Life Club members comes from the deliciously sweet My Baker.   My Baker is an online concierge service connecting independent bakers to clients looking to order bespoke cakes, biscuits, macarons and other based goods. The company has built a community of over 100 talented bakers, ranging […]

Steve King is director at the gifting specialists Bottled & Boxed. Here, he gives his top tips for ensuring you pick the perfect corporate gift each and every time. As a personal or executive assistant, you won’t be phased by the daily to-do lists and busy days. However, when the time comes to pick a […]

Last year, the number of graduates hired by organisations featured in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers fell by 4.9% – the first drop in graduate recruitment for five years and the biggest annual fall recorded since 2009. so far in 2018, the outlook is cautiously optimistic, with graduate recruitment among the country’s top employers […]

There are a lot of events in the industry for PAs and EAs, all claiming to offer an array of benefits, but nothing comes close to the PA Life Summit. In just under a months’ time, PAs and corporate suppliers will get face-to-face with one another at the 2018 PA Life Summit. Taking place at […]

Searcys partners with the Design Museum the same year they are awarded the title of European Museum of the Year 2018 Searcys has been appointed official caterer for the Design Museum in Kensington, a unique 1960s Grade II* listed building on Kensington High Street, in the same year that the museum is named European Museum […]

It’s become a lot more common for people to go to work whilst they are ill, taking a ‘sick day’ has become much less common. However, could those coming to work instead of taking a sick day actually harm your company more? Research by the instant group looks into just that. The number of lost […]

We all know that office buildings aren’t the most inspirational places to be. You spend over a third of your life at work, where often creativity is rewarded. However, if you are based in an office filled with lots of desks and neutral colours, sometimes thinking outside the box and trying to motivate yourself isn’t easy. Office […]

London ranks number one for the fourth consecutive year, and Germany leads with highest number of cities featured. Cvent, Inc, a market leader in meetings, events, and hospitality technology, released its list of the top cities for meetings and events in Europe. European cities were previously included in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. […]

The average Brit spends the equivalent of four and a half months of their life talking about the weather, a study has revealed. A poll of 2,000 adults has found the classic British stereotype of nattering about the weather is true, with the subject coming up three times in a typical day. And with each […]

Employers now favour relevant apprenticeships or experience over university degrees, a study has found. Researchers who polled 1,000 decision makers found 49 per cent prefer to see experience from a relevant apprenticeship or previous position on a candidate’s CV. Just 24 per cent said they would be more likely to take on someone who had […]

It’s August, and statistically most UK holiday time is taken during this month. You’ll notice that it seems like every other email bounces back with an ‘out of office’ response. So, here at PA Life, we made new staff writer Vincenzo Ferrara search the internet, in order to find seven little out of office gems […]

As we continue to keep you informed on what’s happening in the events world and keep you up to date, don’t forget to check us out on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. 1. 5-minutes with… Paula Harding, EA at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Paula Harding, executive assistant to dean of education and senior management […]

It can be difficult to be organised all the time, even the best of us can have a laps in concentration and miss a birthday or a meeting, this article by Lauren Buck, Freelance writer, has all the helpful apps you need to stay organised and ready. As a PA, you’re often incredibly busy with […]

Motivating employees to step out of their comfort zone can benefit you as much as them, we hear from Ruth Skelton, senior manager business support and accountancy and finance, Morgan McKinley about how you can best help your employees do this. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone”. This mysterious and much talked about […]

With millions of Brits heading off on holiday this month, many will reach their idyllic beach retreat or beautiful city break, perhaps their only chance to unwind this year and stare at their smartphones.  London City Airport (LCY) teams up with Brooklyn-based start-up Light Phone to offer passengers a free phone which only makes and […]

Afternoon tea in Britain is more than just scones and sandwiches. It’s a way of life, part of the natural order, it lays deep within our bones and is as old as time itself. Or, at least we’d like to believe. Vincenzo Ferrara has been on the search for the best Afternoon Tea Choosing the […]

Mash Media has today announced that office* has been re-launched as The PA Show with immediate effect.  The show will continue to take place at Olympia London on February 26thand 27th2019 and be co-located with International Confex and Event Production Show.  The two day event is dedicated to the development and education of PAs, EAs […]