Skyline Worldwide continues to go from strength to strength, as demonstrated by the serviced apartment provider’s announcement of the mid-July opening of Carlow House, a new development situated in the midst of the area where the Camden Town King’s Cross/Euston and Regent’s Park districts meet. Carlow House, a former Edwardian-era warehouse converted to loft-style living […]
Nearly half of all employees say recruitment freezes have left them feeling under-resourced and under-staffed at work, leading to increased stress, research by MetLife Employee Benefits shows. Its study found 46% of employees believe their organisation has not recruited enough since the economic downturn, with 40% saying workplace stress would be reduced if employers took […]
Join the PA Life team and your fellow PAs for an evening of networking, canapés and drinks with a sample of corporate events at Bruton Place PizzaExpress in Mayfair, London on 19 July from 6pm-8pm. PizzaExpress is a restaurant group with more than 460 locations across the UK and over 40 overseas in Europe, Hong […]
Teams and individuals from across Yorkshire celebrated at last night as the winners of 18 categories were announced at the Yorkshire PA of the Year Awards, held at The Pavilion, Leeds United Football Ground – a ceremony headlined by former PA to John Lennon, May Pang and BBC Look North’s Tanya Arnold. Melanie Richardson, EA […]
It’s hard to believe June has come and gone and we’re now moving into July. This week has been fun for the PA Life team as we catch up on feedback from last week’s PA Life Training Day. We attended last night’s Yorkshire PA Awards ceremony, where we met some fabulous new friends and got […]
Welcome back to our weekly spotlight on helpful apps. We focus on a variety of products that are useful for work, personal use, or both, providing our own thoughts on the apps and what you can do with them. This week’s spotlight: Dropbox. An intro to Dropbox Many of you will have heard of Dropbox […]
Rather than slipping quietly into retirement, managers should create new opportunities toward the end of their careers, Professor Mary Dean Lee from the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University suggests. Professor Lee and her research team interviewed 100 executives and managers who had recently retired or were actively considering it and HR professionals from 24 […]
Being at work while you are ill may not be such a bad thing after all, suggests a new report on so-called ‘presenteeism’ by the Institute for Employment Studies (IES). The report challenges the idea that workers have to be 100% fit before going back to work and argues that the workplace can have a […]
Office workers in the UK are spending increasing amounts of time preparing for and attending meetings – around 25% of their working week – according to new research from eShare. The survey of 1,005 office workers revealed that the average employee attends 3.7 meetings every week, spending one hour and nine minutes preparing and one hour […]
The latest American Time Use Survey reveals that while traditional gender roles have changed dramatically, the gap between how men and women spend their day is still vastly different. Men work more hours than women, while women spend more time doing household chores. The survey, which provides statistics to the US government, found that employed […]
Marriott’s acquisition of Starwood is set to change the hotel industry significantly. Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s (CWT) latest white paper shows corporate travel buyers need to start thinking about the implications now and start planning how it will change their travel programmes. Scott Brennan, CWT EVP and Head of Global Supplier Management said: “Consolidation in the […]
The latest ‘how green is your office’ survey from the Office Coffee Company reveals there’s still a lot more work to do to improve corporate social responsibility (CSR). More than 65% of respondents cited their office ‘could do more’ to be environmentally friendly. Only 27% claimed to be ‘doing everything’ they could to improve CSR. Almost 8% said […]
A survey commissioned by The Open University (OU) has revealed that one in four of the UK public is guilty of serial time wasters. Nearly three quarters (75%) of us claim to have more than 20 hours of free time every week, yet one in four (25%) admit to frittering away more than half of […]
95% of recruiters say that companies are ‘fearful’ or ‘unsure’ about hiring disabled people, according to a new industry survey. The findings underline the need to continue raising awareness and add further impetus to the on-going campaign work of the Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI). The survey of more than 100 members of recruitment industry trade […]
Research shows that feeling valued is one of the most sought-after aspects of a job, yet 54% of people feel their managers do not respect them. Writing for the Harvard Business Review, management professor Christine Porath gives some top tips for keeping on your path to success when your boss doesn’t respect you. Pursue development […]
The London Capital Club, the legendary private business club located in the heart of the City, will open its doors to the public on Monday, 4 July between 9am and 6pm. All PA Life readers are invited to drop in for drinks and snacks throughout the day and have a look around to see what […]
Aer Lingus has revolutionised its check-in experience at Dublin Airport with the launch of a new Express Bag Drop service, designed to make travel as seamless as possible. Ideally timed to coincide with the busy summer months, the new check-in facility is set to dramatically reduce the time it takes to check-in at the airport […]
Earlier this month we reported on a survey that reveals the most valued traits in a colleague, and many of them focused on how easy it is to get along with them as a person. A recent article by Forbes outlines four soft skills every office worker needs and why. So if you’ve got all […]
