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 […]

Another week and another celebrity v. ex-personal assistant lawsuit story is leaking out of Hollywood. Stan Lee, the Marvel comics mogul, and his wife and daughter are facing a lawsuit from a former personal assistant who alleges he was verbally abused while working for the family.The Spider-Man creator?s ex-PA Shawn Lukaszewicz claims he was subjected […]

According to new data provided by the UK?s leading independent job board CV-Library, the administration sector has the highest level of competition, with 57.3 applicants per job across the UK. Coming in second was the customer services sector with an average of 37 applicants per job, closely followed by the Distribution sector with 36.2. Lee […]

More than one in three (35%) office workers in the UK have admitted to finding their work away days boring, with over a third (37%) confessing they actually dread them, according to new statistics released by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).    Worryingly, more than one in nine office workers (12%) have even said that […]

The homemade packed lunch is becoming a thing of the past with fewer than one in 20 workers bringing their own lunch to work. According to Protecting.co.uk, this means employees are turning to unhealthy snack foods or are missing out on a midday meal altogether, resulting in health and productivity issues that could hit company […]

Post-election confidence has seen the demand for secretarial and support staff leap by as much as 33% across the UK in quarter two of this year, according to the Robert Walters UK Jobs Index. Growth in positions was fairly consistent across the country, with the North West seeing the biggest increase at 33%. London and […]

In the process of writing her new book, Jan Jones of the renowned Jan Jones Worldwide speakers bureau, asked herself the question: ?why do executives keep hiring lousy personal assistants?? It?s a question she asked herself after seeing a very experienced CEO make the same mistake for the third time in hiring a personal assistant […]

With the summer holidays kicking off, many families are heading to warmer climates for a much-needed break. However, new research shows that even travelling to a foreign country no longer guarantees employees can leave their work worries behind them. A survey of 1,000 UK employees by call-answering service alldayPA reveals one in four still communicate […]

Proven Legal Technologies – the corporate forensic investigation and e-disclosure firm has unveiled the top five things employees have stored on their smartphones, revealing the dark side of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). Proven Legal Technologies? exercise involved the purchase of four random smartphones from eBay ? each from different sellers around the United Kingdom. […]

Where are my train tickets!? Does this sound familiar? You?ve got to book a return train trip to Manchester for two colleagues later in the week, another for your boss travelling to Birmingham next week and then a last-minute request for someone else to Nottingham for tomorrow? When you?re booking travel for multiple people who […]

Whether passing through an airport for business or pleasure, you are being taken for a ride financially.   Airport retailers have recently come under fire after it emerged that they are pocketing millions in VAT discounts on duty free items by making passengers show their boarding passes at the checkout for scanning before paying for […]

A number of Britain?s biggest employers have reportedly banned staff from having parcels delivered to the workplace because their post rooms are struggling with the volume of online shopping orders. HSBC, JP Morgan and Citigroup are said to be among those who do not allow employees to have personal deliveries sent to their London offices. […]

With the cost of a wedding in the UK averaging out at ?21,000, it is little wonder that brides and grooms – and their families – are looking for any way possible to make sure the day goes off without any worries. Sometimes, though, best men and bridesmaids can?t, won?t or don?t fulfil their tasks […]

The Tim Hunt affair created a furore and has thrust sexism at work into the spotlight. It is three weeks since the award-winning scientist made headlines at the World Conference of Science Journalists in South Korea earlier this month when he said that the trouble with female members of staff in the lab is that […]

Sleep monitors, sleeping pills, sleep consultants: in the US alone, it was estimated that $32.4 billion was spent in 2013 on things that help us get some shut-eye. There are however simple tricks that can help you fall asleep quickly ? and they don?t cost a thing: Switch off all electronic devices Light plays such […]