It has been announced that Mash Media, the organiser of Confex and The PA Show at Olympia, has acquired the office* show from Diversified Communications.  office*, which opened at ExCeL London yesterday, was launched by Diversified seven years ago and quickly established itself as the most important event of the year for PAs and Office […]

The newly launched InterContinental London – The O2 hotel on the vibrant Greenwich Peninsula has opened its destination spa to guests and visitors with bespoke treatments and leisure facilities. Located at the heart of the hotel, The Spa features a 17m indoor swimming pool and a relaxation pool fitted with cannon neck massage jets, as […]

PA Life Editor Amelia Walker took the stage this morning with a panel of established PAs from around the world to discuss “The PA Job Title: What’s in a name?” in front of a packed Keynote Theatre at office*, which takes place today and tomorrow at ExCeL London. The panel featured Amy Marsden, EA to […]

To celebrate Avery Green Office Week Maxine Reynolds, Green Champion for the venue at BMA House, shares her eight steps to greener meetings for summer. Go digital One of the simplest things you can do is remove the need for paper by doing everything digitally – this is 2016 after all! Distribute materials electronically and use […]

Diversified Communications UK, organiser of office* – the UK’s leading annual two-day exhibition and conference for PAs, EAs, VAs, Secretaries, Office Managers and Executive Support Professionals – has released a summary of the results of this year’s National PA Survey. The latest findings of the survey (which is now in its sixth year) are being […]

New government research shows nearly two-thirds of large UK businesses have suffered a cyber attack yet only 17% of firms have trained staff in this area over the past year. As policy experts meet in London to bring fresh ideas to the table The Open University warns that training must become more central to businesses’ […]

Our friends at Top Banana present their top tips for organising a Christmas party to remember. A PA once told us that her new boss, the incoming CEO of the company, said to her: “I’m going to ask you to do a job that no-one will appreciate and no-one will thank you for. I need […]

Edinburgh can genuinely claim to be one of the UK’s prettiest cities; its fantastic blend of history-at-every-turn and effortlessly chilled vibe successfully attracting tourists all-year-round from across the globe. With thousands of photo-clicking, souvenir-buying visitors roaming the streets it’s sometimes easy to forget that this is still a working city – indeed, Scotland’s capital – […]

Today Edwardian Hotels London launches a new ‘virtual host’ service to its hotel guests, designed by Aspect Software. The artificially intelligent service, called ‘Edward’, is designed to deliver exceptional experiences for guests who prefer digital brand interaction. Available at 12 Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotels, including Heathrow and the Vanderbilt in South Kensington in London, the […]

The new Belfast Waterfront received rave reviews at both the Lord Mayor’s opening and its first business event – the NI Chamber Champions Dinner 2016. Last week, the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Arder Carson, unveiled the city’s new 7,000m2 purpose-built conference facility to local dignitaries and those who played a key role in the […]

Women in full and part-time work in London, Scotland and the North West are on average working the most hours in the UK, while female millennials are the hardest workers. This is according to new analysis by blow LTD, the leading online fast beauty provider. blow LTD’s analysis follows the news that the number of […]

A strong personal profile is a powerful element to have in your business armoury, but you have to know what tools and techniques will help you build it. So Vanessa Vallely from WeAreTheCity will be teaching attendees at the PA Life Training Day how to do exactly that. Vanessa is one of the UK’s most […]

office* 2016 is well under way now and the PA Life team is set for a busy and exciting two days at stand 120. If you’re planning on visiting the show, please stop by and say hi to the team. Throughout the show, we’ll be running a photo competition to find our next cover star. […]

A former personal assistant to Prince is still baffled by his sudden passing, saying he was healthy. She also claims she never saw him take any drugs while she worked for him. Mariah Brown was the late singer’s assistant until last year and says he didn’t even drink the whole time she knew him. “He […]

The office is a unique and sometimes treacherous environment. Throwing different personality types into an enclosed space and asking them to play nice for 40 hours or more every week seems like a recipe for disaster. But there are ways to win at office politics, according to Executive Coach Rebecca Alexander from The Coaching Studio. […]

Every day across the UK around 1.5 million professionals work from home – more productive, happier in their role and measurably less stressed, perhaps. At the same time, however, they may be increasing the risk to sensitive business data. Since the Government has recently given all employees the right to request flexible working, the number […]

Fox Agency is challenging agencies and businesses across the nation to do more to improve their workforce’s fitness, after seeing the success of its free personal trainer sessions. Eighteen months ago, the B2B marketing agency decided that the stockpiles of cakes and biscuits adorning the office coffee tables needed to be banished and instead in […]