London’s QEII Centre welcomed more than 200 event planners to showcase its flagship evening events space this week. Following a recent refurbishment of its fifth and sixth floors as part of a £12 million capital investment project, the updated space can offer evening receptions, award ceremonies and banqueting events. Guests arrived into the Cambridge room […]

Here are some tips on how to boost your motivation at work throughout 2018 The bluest Monday of the year came and went on 15 January and according to recent reports by Instant Offices. Britons seem to be positive about their overall career and professional goals so far – with a pay rise and promotion being the second most popular New […]

Let your inbox meet the Cleanfox If you had to guess, how many emails do you receive every day? 50? 100? Is that taking into account the emails going to both your work and personal accounts? What about your Google account that you probably don’t even realise you own? The numbers add up, and for […]

Offices across the UK are so disorganised they are losing over one million hours a week searching for misplaced documents, that’s seven days a year for each worker and is costing UK businesses £20 million a year in wasted time. Research from office product specialists, Fellowes, also found that half of UK workers have documents that […]

Business Travel Show has joined forces with Corporate Traveller to host a two-part travel workshop dedicated to PAs. Due to take place on February 21-22 at Olympia London, the free workshop is part of a flexible one-day programme designed to take experienced company travel bookers, PAs, secretaries and office managers to the next level when […]

Patch Media is offering our readers up to £250 in Amazon vouchers for completing their survey on venue hunting Patch Media is conducting a short survey on venue finding sites and, as an important member of the events community, the company would really value your feedback. With an aim of understanding what you think of […]

Recruitment is expected to struggle in 2018, and Brexit could make it worse Almost two thirds of British employers believe that 2018 will see a shortage in valuable skills, which many expect to worsen after Brexit, according to a new recruitment study by specialists Robert Walters, Totaljobs and Jobsite. 65% expect the country to be […]

Do you still wear a suit to the office? PA Life readers have revealed their thoughts on formalwear in the workplace, and despite a clear winner emerging early on, the results completely changed within the last few hours. Asking our Twitter users if we’ve reached the end of the traditional business suit and how often […]

The London Summer Event Show saw record visitors attend the show last month, with an increase of corporate events buyers of 25%. It marked the fourth edition of the show, which took place on January 23 – 24 at Banking Hall, London, and the eighth event in organiser Story Events’ exhibition series. 2018’s show welcomed […]

Before our full review this Friday, resident PA Penelope Alice discusses our trip to The Listing at Cannon Green Having opened in November of last year and sat neatly beside Cannon Street train station, the restaurant and bar is surprisingly quiet and relaxing. I was worried that the spacious, industrial-chic style of The Listing mixed […]

With the 2018 show on its way, The Meetings Show has opened registration for its hosted buyer programme. Scheduled to take place Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 June at Olympia London, this year’s event will welcome over 2,000 UK and international buyers to meet with over 700 exhibitors. Pre-qualified meeting and event buyers that are […]

The average Brit feels guilty for six hours and 36 minutes every week, a study has found. Researchers who polled 2,000 adults found guilt strikes on three occasions each week, with the feeling lingering for more than two hours each time. Giving into a craving is the most common guilt trigger while not keeping in […]

Today marks National Sickie Day, where more employees around the UK are expected to phone in sick than any other day of the year. Employment law experts the ELAS Group, first identified the day back in 2011, when it was estimated 350,000 would claim they were unwell on the first Monday in February. Despite this, […]

PA Life will be hosting a panel session at office* later this month, with a key focus on self-development. Dubbed How to take control of your own development, PA Life’s editor Jade Burke will be joined on stage by panellists Catherine Arden, theatre director, trainer and speaker, Ben Bushell, PA from the Dorchester Collection Academy, David […]

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, greeting card company Thortful is offering PA Life Club Members a significant reduction on all of their products. From birthdays to anniversaries to a special someone this Valentine’s, members will receive 30% off all their cards, for any occasion, for the entire year, with greeting cards ranging from romantic and cheesy to […]

Working nine to five and spending the majority of our time in the workplace, it is easy to see why some colleagues may rub each other up the wrong way. Workers have revealed their top ten bugbears when it comes to office annoyances, with dirty desks, coughing and sneezing and lunch thieves proving to be […]

Chef Patron Aggi Sverrisson, has announced a new Taste of Iceland healthy set menu to feature at 28°-50° Wine Workshop and Kitchen, inspired by its Michelin-starred sister restaurant Texture. Available now, the menu celebrates the finest Icelandic ingredients from his homeland. The set menu will kick off with salmon gravlax, served with a delicate mustard […]

The House of Song is opening its next non-stop, late night, audience-requested live music venue this month next to Whitcomb Street, off Leicester Square, following the success of its first live music concept, The Piano Works in Farringdon. The name, Studio 88, is inspired by the plethora of creative studio spaces in London’s West End […]