The UK’s largest job board reed.co.uk is calling on British workers to reclaim their annual leave and increase productivity at work after research reveals over half of workers (54 per cent) forgo an average of three days leave each year. Despite a resounding 90 per cent of employees claiming a well-deserved break increases their productivity […]

The UK has one of the highest percentages of graduates working in non-graduate jobs in Europe, according to a new report from the CIPD. The report, ’Over-qualification and Skills Mismatch in the Graduate Labour Market’, revealed that on the continent only Greece and Estonia have a higher percentage of graduates in roles that do not […]

I bet that most of you have never thought about the benefits of wine for your career before, have you?    Lunch and dinner meetings paired with good wine have long been a standard of executing the arts of business. We’ve all known the pressure, whether out with friends or with work colleagues. For some […]

Federal authorities in the US have arrested an EA in Costa Mesa, California accused of stealing more than $732,000 (about £466,000) worth of Apple products from an electronics store over a period of two years. The Los Angeles Times reports that Cecilia L Litonjua-Moore, who worked at LA Computer Co in Anaheim for 10 years, […]

Research has suggested that 70 per cent of a CEO’s time could be better used. With this in mind, a personal assistant can help transform a business by using their role as a trusted ally of senior management and urging them to embrace technology which will streamline procedures in the company. A CEO’s time is […]

It’s no secret that many celebrities have a team of people supporting them in everything they do. The backbone of that group is often the PA, who may be responsible for organising this group and every aspect of his or her boss’s life. Business Insider recently interviewed seven members of an organisation called New York […]

A love for what they do is they mark of great personal assistants. It takes a special kind of person to spend their days supporting others without expecting recognition from the wider team. Here, former celebrity PA Bonnie Low-Kramen describes 10 things that assistants do better than anyone else in the office. 1 They are […]

Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon has told staff to speak with him directly about bullying – following claims the relentless cutthroat culture at his company turns employees into perennially depressed individuals.    Bezos, who ranks as the world’s sixth richest man with a fortune of $46.9 billion, according to Forbes, sent an internal memo […]

According to new research from leading specialist recruitment consultancy, Robert Half Management Resources, there has been a huge rise in demand for interim finance employees, managers and directors, driven partly by the need for specialist skills around year-end management and annual budgeting. The requirement is strongest for management or C-suite level skills, with 59% of […]

Celebrities having affairs with their nannies, bodyguards, personal assistants – it’s nothing new. Since the beginning of cinema, celebrities have been having affairs and ending their marriages in the process for decades. Recently, Ben Affleck’s ‘stronger-than-strong’ marriage to Jennifer Garner broke down due to allegations of the former’s indiscretions with the family nanny. Jude Law, […]

The average FTSE 100 CEO?s pay climbed to ?4.964 million in 2014 – a staggering 183 times more than the average-earning worker in the UK, according to research by the think tank the High Pay Centre. The study also found that the 10 highest-paid CEOs were paid more than ?156 million between them. Despite this, […]

Heavy internet and mobile phone users are the most likely to lose concentration and forget important information – even when they?re not using the technology, a new study, published in the US journal Computers In Human Behaviour, suggests. It is not all down to the Internet and social media, as you would initially think, as […]

Less than half of businesses believe they have a duty of care to employee health, according to a recently released report from Morgan Redwood, with only 46% of firms regarding staff health as an employer?s responsibility. This is despite the fact that 82.8% of companies believe that business performance and staff wellbeing are connected. The […]

London Executive Offices has acquired The Sugar Building at 5 Cheapside next to St Paul?s Cathedral from Amsprop, Lord Sugar?s privately owned real estate vehicle. The octagonal office building, 40,126 sq. ft. in total over seven floors, has been acquired on a 15-year lease at an undisclosed rent. London Executive Offices, the capital?s most exclusive […]

With the latest Office for National Statistics figures revealing that 39.3 million adults are accessing the internet every day, the amount of employees demanding flexible working will only continue to rise as people have increasing access to high-quality internet. Companies must adapt to this change in work culture or they risk damaging growth and staff […]

Nearly two thirds (64%) of London-based workers have admitted they regularly book a whole day?s holiday to attend a health appointment – such as with a GP, dentist or physiotherapist – because they are too busy to attend during the working day, according to a Bupa study. A further quarter (28%) of the capital?s time-poor […]

Happy Friday All! As I write this I am on my third coffee of the day ? how come you may ask? Well last night I experienced the full hospitality of the ETM Group ? the fabulous hosts of our exclusive ?Gastro Gallop? evening – which consisted of four PA Club members visiting four ETM venues and sampling […]

Research by Scottish start-up Create eLearning shows that as much as ?56 billion is being lost in the UK every year to replace staff who leave their jobs due to poor training. With 40% of staff who receive poor or no training leaving a firm within a year, bringing in a comprehensive learning programme that […]