The PA Life Summit is returning once again this year, where senior and board-level PAs will discover new opportunities to help respond to their daily challenges. The ‘must-attend’ event will take place on Monday 10 September, 2018 at Altitude 360 London, where guests will be able to experience a day of private meetings with corporate […]

The day-to-day running of the office is no easy job. Business-critical tasks like managing the diaries of senior team members and helping keep key customers happy require attention that time-consuming admin cuts into. The last thing PAs and EAs need is to waste valuable time finding the correct files or ensuring stationery is in the […]

In the run up to Valentine’s Day, PA Life’s Toby Cruse was invited down to The Listing, a newly opened  venue in Cannon Street that’s offering rich flavours, affordability and killer cocktails… Cannon Street, and the train stations that sit on it, aren’t known as a location of peace and quiet, so walking to The Listing on […]

The first of the PA Life Masterclasses is due to take place next month, with headline sponsor Capita Travel and Events set to host the opening presentation. Taking place on March 13 at Skinners’ Hall in London from 1pm to 8pm, Sam Welch, director of proposition at Capita, will discuss how PAs can get what […]

With the Business Travel Show weeks away, PA Life has joined forces with eforea spa to offer attendees to the expo the chance to win a spa day and afternoon tea. Attendees will all be able to enter for a chance to secure the prize simply by dropping by the PA Life stand: B482, and […]

Britain’s ‘golden triangle’ seen as the best areas to work in Britain The British cities home to the country’s top universities have topped Glassdoor’s study of the best work destinations of the last year, with Cambridge and Manchester ranking second and third, with experts anticipating a continued surge as we move towards Brexit. Golden Triangle […]

As we continue to keep you informed on what’s happening in the events world and keep up to date, don’t forget to check us out on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. 1. Dirty desks and smelly lunches top list of office annoyances Workers have revealed their top ten bugbears when it comes to office annoyances, with dirty […]

Anna Walmsley, owner of DCM VIP Event Management in the South of France, reveals her top tips for companies looking to hold an overseas meet-up. More and more companies are reaping the rewards of taking their employees abroad for seminars, exercises, business or incentive trips. It is an attractive treat that will encourage employees or […]

Caffè Nero is set to open the doors to its new store located at Emirates Old Trafford tomorrow at 7am. Boasting 170m2 in space, the coffee shop links directly to the stadium, Hilton Garden Inn Hotel and Brian Statham Way. This latest addition to the grounds follows on from a string of redevelopment projects, including […]

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 […]