Editor of PA Life Hayley Somerscales spoke with Niamh Smithers, Senior Executive Assistant at ESW and PA Life Star Award finalist for PA of the Year 2020… During the interview Niamh shares how she became an Executive Assistant, her current responsibilities, personal development, having dyslexia in the workplace and her advice to others with dyslexia. […]

A new regional convention bureau has launched to represent Bristol, Bath and the surrounding area. The Bureau’s key objectives are to proactively promote region for business events, working with local partners to secure new business for the region. Building on the success of the existing Meet Bristol Convention Bureau, this new partnership will benefit local […]

Midlands-based Gemma McMillan is pursuing her business dreams during lockdown as the demand for Virtual Assistant services continues to skyrocket. Gemma has just set up her professional business with the award-winning Alchemy Virtual Assistance (VA) team, who have reported a record number of client enquiries from businesses globally – with numbers having quadrupled since COVID […]

Regent’s Conferences & Events reports an uplift in enquiries for summer parties as outside space becomes increasingly appealing and confidence grows among vaccine progress. The London venue, named ‘Best Outdoor Space’ at the 2019 Academic Venue Awards, is seeing enquiries coming in for outdoor events for as many as 1,500 guests. Throughout the turbulence of […]

Everyone loves to attend summer parties and outdoor events. In today’s COVID-19, world, event regulations can change overnight. This means you need to be ready for whatever is thrown your way – including cancellation or rescheduling. And of course, it’s important that you make sure your guests understand the risks involved in attending your event, […]

Global expenses app, ExpenseOnDemand, has published new data highlighting how businesses in different sectors are planning office returns in 2021. The majority of businesses across many sectors have stated offices will reopen this year with Media (70%), Charities (89%), Housing Associations (78%) and Manufacturing (89%) leading the sectors mostly likely to return to ‘normal’ working […]

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 […]

PA Life teamed up with Arctic Fox Events and Escape Team Events to bring PA Life Club Members and PA Life readers Rogue Agent. The meet up took place yesterday afternoon, and teams of six become real MI5 Operatives. Working together to decipher clues, solve puzzles and complete the mission, attendees had a brilliant time […]

There are many misconceptions ‘flying’ around on what it’s like to charter a private jet. So, London Jet Charter is here to help explain the myths and let you know whether they are based on fact or fiction… It’s too expensive Private jets have become a more affordable way to travel, and with safety concerns in […]

This week marked the beginning of February – and the start of Technology Month at PA Life, as we examine the solutions and techniques available to help us our professional lives During the pandemic, technology has never been more important, and – whether it’s navigating pro Zoom functions, sourcing new comms tools such as Slack […]

As millions of UK residents continue to work from home, Aviva is urging people to take extra care of their possessions when using summerhouses, outbuildings or sheds as workspaces. ONS data suggests around 13 million UK people became home-workers last year as a result of the pandemic and sales of sheds and summerhouses have been rising […]

Glaziers Hall work with you to deliver the right level of AV / Hybrid functionality, as it is easy to rack up costs in this area. When businesses return to the workplace or have events, it will be in smaller numbers. Bringing teams together virtually and face to face will be important – allowing people, […]

Emirates Old Trafford has launched a new, flexible, and innovative way to do events. When it comes to hybrid or virtual events, you’re in safe hands at Emirates Old Trafford. Supported by Sterling Event Group, their flexible and versatile Hybrid Event Studio offers an ‘easy-to-use’ yet impressive virtual solution. From simple, slick communications to elaborate […]

Venues of Excellence has leapt into 2021 with a new campaign to offer venues a six-month Introductory Membership, to gain an insight of all the benefits offered by full membership to the consortium. It will also give independent venues a springboard to engage with the conference and event sector as the industry reopens in the […]

RADA Business, is continuing to expand its virtual performance training by launching three brand new programmes, whilst having already moved another six online to keep up with demand. This announcement comes as many leaders continue to face significant challenges, communicating and managing their teams through uncertain times, remotely. The virtual programmes have each been designed […]

Church House Westminster is an approved Covid-Secure multi-purpose venue offering a choice of 19 versatile hybrid studios in the heart of Central London. By utilising event technology, Church House Westminster can ensure that meetings and conferences that require real-time engagement continue without interruption. Alternative event delivery methods are top of the agenda. To ensure that […]

GalleriesNow.net, the team behind the 5* rated VR exhibitions app ArtPassport, reveals an even more immersive viewing experience of the worlds best gallery exhibitions for lockdown art lovers. Although Virtual Reality has existed in many forms for years, ArtPassport has been the pioneer of VR exhibitions since 2017, connecting thousands of artists and galleries to wider […]

2021 is well and truly underway – and not quite so different from 2020 as everyone would have hoped! Now that the festive cheer has quietened away, teapigs think it’s important to keep your teams morale high… and what better way to cheer everybody up than with the gift of tea! So, if you’re looking […]