Andy Dean, Simon Stapleton and Tim Evans, co-founders of Neurotech company Truthsayers, discuss five reasons why the mental wellbeing of employees is such a key concern in the workplace… 1. Mental health is a corporate responsibility It is important for employers to recognise the role they play in managing employee mental health and the benefits […]

Merlin Events has released the latest list of approved catering partners for its portfolio of venues.  Each partner has been accredited to operate across the attractions, including Madame Tussauds, SEA LIFE London Aquarium, the London Dungeons and Shrek’s Adventure London (the Coca-Cola London Eye is not included). The new list of official catering partners comes […]

Join delegates from AIG, Facebook and Unilever at the London Venues Summit on July 8th – there are only a handful of supplier stands left! The Summit is a highly-focused event that brings PAs and event organisers together with leading venues for one-to-one business meetings, interactive seminars and valuable networking opportunities. We have 56 corporate […]

59% of UK adults experience stress in the workplace but could business technology provide a means to help reduce this figure? The combination of technology and mental health can often have negative connotations. There is plenty of media attention surrounding the negative impact the former can have on the latter. In fact, there is research […]

Nearly a third of the UK’s vegans have felt harassed at work or unfairly treated due to their veganism. That’s according to research that also says nearly half of employers don’t do anything to accommodate vegan requirements at work; and roughly three-quarters of employers say that vegans should just focus on their work and keep […]

Research has revealed that office-based workers in the UK spend close to 1,700 hours per year working at their computer screen. In addition to that, there’s all the screen time clocked up at home, watching TV or browsing on a tablet. In today’s digital age, our ‘screen’ is the main constant in our lives and […]

11 million Brits (21%) only use between one to three passwords for all their online accounts or profiles, 8% use the same password for everything and over a quarter (28%) use between four to six. That’s according to research from Insurance2go, which recently ran a poll to gain insight into why so many members of […]

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Tobacco Dock has launched of a suite of freshly re-imagined spaces in its historic vaults, called East Dock.  East Dock comprises 10 spaces offering a range of capacities from 6 boardroom style to 50 in theatre layout, which can be used as stand-alone meeting rooms or in combination to provide breakout and plenary space as […]

Over half of working Brits lunch out at least once or twice during their working week, and nearly a quarter do so three to four times a week. The research from Perkbox, which surveyed 17,736 users across the country, found that only 11% of employees never lunch out during their working week. This, it says, […]

Improved mental health, physical wellbeing, creativity and job satisfaction are just a few of the benefits that come from a healthy work-life balance. With a quarter of Brits working more than 40 hours a week, and research showing 59% admitting their work negatively impacts their day-to-day life, creating the perfect work-life balance is becoming has […]

Wouldn’t you love to have your own personal assistant? Let’s be honest – we all would. And you know better than anyone why that is. You’re the fixer, the doer, the booker and everything in-between. You help people’s professional (and sometimes personal) lives tick on so they don’t have a bother on them. Here at […]

It’s exactly as it sounds. Come enjoy a complimentary breakfast and network with fellow PAs & EAs on Thursday 16th May from 8:30am at Radisson Blu Edwardian Heathrow. Register now and be in with a chance to win some exciting prizes! To RSVP or find out more, email khanw@edwardian.com or call 07909 872 431.

PA Life readers made their way to Oxfordshire this week for a FAM trip networking event at the unique Malmaison Oxford, sponsored by Corporate Traveller. Malmaison Oxford is a boutique hotel in Oxford city centre, with 95 richly appointed rooms and suites. A former prison, the building is rich in atmosphere and history – originally […]

PA Life readers gathered for an amazing ‘Havana Nights’ themed Meet Up networking event with Thames Luxury Charters this week, complete with Caribbean-themed menu, drinks, Latin music and dancers. The event took place at a tropically-dressed Butler’s Wharf Pier, located right by Tower Bridge, where the similarly exotic host vessel, Elizabethan, and sister boats Dixie […]

This year’s tenth anniversary Conference & Hospitality Show, which took place at the first direct arena on 30th April, has been confirmed by organisers as the biggest ever. CHS19 exhibition space had sold out before Christmas 2018, while pre-registration was up 10% from 2018. On the day footfall increased by 10% YoY with a record-breaking […]

Only 3% of workplaces have policies focusing on the menopause, with almost a quarter of menopausal women calling in sick as a result of their symptoms, according to new data. Forth With Life, a company that provides blood sample analysis and bio-marker tracking to promote and support health and wellbeing, recently undertook a survey exploring […]

Data taken from a subset of 500 UK employers using the e-days absence management system shows that May is generally a low sickness absence month – with just 38.6 average sick days recorded. However, last year, on the Tuesday after the early Bank Holiday Monday this spiked to 61.1 absences and it went even higher on the […]