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The best of London on this Bank Holiday Easter Weekend

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If you are in London over Easter you are in for a treat when it comes to experiences and top dining spots. We’ve listed the best events in London this Bank Holiday Easter Weekend guide. Three of the best events in London this Bank Holiday Easter Weekend The Refinery City Point X Taste Film: Clueless […]

Salary and recruiting trends for PAs and EAs

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Roddy Adair, Director at Hays specialising in Personal and Executive Assistants, shares the findings of Hays 2023 UK Salary & Recruiting Trends PAs and EAs. The guide is based on a survey of over 13,000 employers and professionals. The guide gives an insight into the opinions of individuals across a range of industries, including almost […]

How to level up your recruitment with ChatGPT

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The technology could hold the power to transform our lives and will likely be used as a tool across many different sectors. But how about ChatGPT for recruitment? Can it be used to augment, automate, and transform the hiring process? We put it to theย test. Caroline Gleeson, CEO, of Occupop, providers of Simple Recruitment Software […]

How to ensure you have the right work-life balance as an Assistant

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Sarah Howson, Director of Strategic PA Recruitment and the Founder of Strategic PA Network, discusses great strategies for an Assistant to establish a right work-life balance as an Assistant. The role of a high performing Executive Assistant is not for the fainthearted. It takes a certain type of individual, with what is seemingly a never-ending […]

Tottenham Hotspur brings Formula 1 to fans in 15-year partnership

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Tottenham Hotspur is delighted to announce a 15-year strategic partnership with Formula 1 that will bring a brand-new motorsport experience to London. The stadium is building on its already exciting offering of sports beyond football by bringing electric F1 to London. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium now hosts the Premier League, NFL, F1, concerts, rugby and boxing […]

How to succeed in a PA job interview

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Leaving the interview room with a feeling of pride and success should be a guarantee after your PA job interview, says Evie Courtier from SecsintheCity, the UKโ€™s leading job site for PAs, EAs, and other business support professionals. You can now discover the latest jobs on SecsintheCity job board right here at at palife.co.uk. How […]

How businesses can benefit of employees bringing hobbies to work

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Dakota Murphey discusses a fairly new add-on to the tools of improving employee wellbeing, and ultimately workplace productivity. That’s business benefiting of employees bringing hobbies to work. We often think of hobbies as something that we do exclusively in our free time. Something for us to enjoy in the hours away from work. And it […]

Justine Roberts takes us back to the birth of Mumsnet

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When Justine Roberts founded Mumsnet, she created a forum for parents everywhere to find comfort and advice in like-minded users. Today, Justine is a female business speaker, a role in which she shares her entrepreneurial advice and empowers audiences with her story of success as the CEO of Mumsnet. What inspired you to launch Mumsnet? […]

RECOMMENDED SUPPLIER: Reed & Mackay extraordinary business travel and event solutions

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Reed & Mackay delivers service-led corporate travel, people-focused technology, and award-winning event solutions across the globe. As part of the Navan Group, we believe in travel made easy, and in software designed for the people who use it. Born from close working relationships within the financial, legal and insurance sectors, Reed & Mackay combines inspired […]

PA Life Summit registration is now open

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The PA Life Summit will return to Hilton London Tower Bridge on Thursday 14th of September 2023. This one of a kind event for the Executive Support Professionals connects you with the solution providers you need in order to tackle the daily challenges of your role. As always, the PA Life Summit is small, niche […]

Microsoft’s Chief Security Advisor Sarah Armstrong-Smithย encourages women to push themselves forward

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In this exclusive interview for PA Life Microsoft’s Sarah Armstrong-Smith, one of the Top Trending Cybersecurity Speakers in the world, discusses what led the cyber expert to work for Microsoft. Sarah also reflected on her work during the Millenium Bug and revealed the advice she would give her younger self. Discover all of that and […]

How to help men disrupt sexism in the workplace

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Thom Dennis, CEO of culture and leadership specialists, Serenity in Leadership discusses the important issue of getting men involved in the equality conversation. Thom’s advice on how to help men disrupt the sexism in the workplace needs to be part of the conversation around International Women’s Day on March 8th. Many gender parity solutions are […]

Paola Diana Womenโ€™s Rights Advisor to the City of London

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In our series of inspirational women, we feature Paola Diana, a true ambassador for women’s rights and equality. She is not afraid to talk about the difficult topics and challenge the status que in order to break down the misogyny that drives a lot of injustices. Paola is a Womenโ€™s Rights Advisor to the City […]

Make a career conversation part of your annual goal setting

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Adam Fidler is the founder of Adam Fidler Academy, the UKโ€™s leading provider of education to EAs and PAs.ย Here he discusses how to tackle career development and why PAs and EAs need to make a career conversation part of their annual goal setting. If there is one area that EAs and PAs seem to forget […]

Employee Appreciation Day: how Employers can show recognition to staff

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Employee Appreciation Day is arguably more important than ever this time around. Against a backdrop of the Great Resignation, a cost-of-living crisis and an uncertain economic future, employees want to feel that they are valued by their employer and that they are being rewarded for it. If not, you risk losing staff, as Blackhawk Network […]

London Summer Event Show returns to the Banking Hall 21-22 March

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There are less than three weeks to go until the doors of the award-winningย London Summer Event Showย onย 21 – 22 Marchย at the centrally located Banking Hall, EC3. The Show is gearing up to be the biggest and best yet, with over 150 venues and suppliers showcasing their finest event offerings during this exclusive, two day Summer […]

Time to book the best summer gigs at top London music venues

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Thank you to everyone who took part in the GO Sport Travel and Go Sport Music competition last week. The entries were a pleasure to read. There were so many different memories, all wonderful, and all worth a prize. But there can only be one winner. The winner is Julia Nicholson from Atkins Global. Congratulations! […]

Invest in your companyโ€™s wellbeing at The Bowls Club this summer!

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The Bowls Club is rolling into London with fun, colour and style between May and September 2023. Londonโ€™s ultimate outdoor competitive socialising concept is back, and they want you and your company to be part of it. The Bowls Club combines a 21st century twist on the quintessentially British game of lawn bowls with delicious […]