A festive celebration to remember: PA Life Christmas Party & Star Awards at Spurs

Last Friday, we gathered with over 300 executive support professionals and supplier partners at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for a festive celebration at PA Life Christmas Party & Star Awards 2025…

It was truly a night to remember – thank you Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

The annual has long been a highlight in the festive calendar for the assistant community, and this year’s celebrations surpassed any previous parties in both guest numbers and the wow-factor of the host venue. The large premium space at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium‘s East Quarter Residency Level 3 was the perfect stage for us to welcome such a large number of guests. The event team were superb in their meticulous planning and ensuring everything run smoothly on the night. A special mention and thanks are due to the delicious catering and the efficient team. The service at the bar was excellent, and we all had plenty of canapes and hot food as well.

Huge thanks also to the excellent AV team who stayed on site until the end, ensuring there were no technical hick-ups.

The PA Life Star Awards 2025

The party kicked off the festive season in style, and was also an occasion to recognise and celebrate the dedication, hard work and talent of the executive support professionals in the UK. The awards are free to enter and welcomed nominations from Executive Assistants, Personal Assistants, Virtual Assistants and Office Managers. With nine categories to enter, this year saw a record number of entries and all at incredibly high standard. Each nominee needed to be supported by their exec, boss or a senior colleague. It was great to see so many colleagues rallying behind many of the nominees, sending in their testimonial too.

⭐The results of the PA Life Star Awards 2025 are now live!

Thank you to our esteemed judging panel of Abigail Jones, Emily Partridge, Kathy Soulsby, Jodie Mears, Lindsay Taylor and Suzy Sanders, plus our own Editor Marja-Leena. The judges brought their impressive experience as Senior Executive Assistants, trainers and educators of assistants, and successful Virtual Assistants to the judging panel.

The entertainment was more than an icing on the cake – it was the bubbles in champagne

We were thrilled to have the support of Taylor Lynn Corporation as our Entertainment Sponsor who brought us the awesome SIX15. Their DJ set the tune perfectly from the start. He was also joined on the stage by an amazing saxophone and a fabulous percussion player – the act was phenomenal, getting everyone on the dancefloor.

Event partners and sponsors who made the PA Life Christmas Party & Star Awards at Spurs possible

More thanks are due as the evening wouldn’t have been possible without our fantastic event partners and sponsors. As well as sponsorship support, the partners contributed to the goodie bags and raffle prizes, and also paid an important part in the awards ceremony. We are truly grateful for the important job of announcing the finalists and winners, and presentation of the trophies  – all done so beautifully by our partners who also posed in winner the photos.

We thoroughly enjoyed having the partner and sponsor teams join the party. Thank you for taking the time to attend and mingle with the guests:

Blacklane – luxury chauffeur service – joined the party with a great team of three of their executives.

Business Direct by SWR – the seamless booking and rail travel management service.

CMAC Group – the leading ground transportation coordination experts

Your Travel Corporate – business travel experts, established in 2014

San Carlo Restaurants – fine Italian dining in handpicked cities across the UK

L’oscar London – a luxury hotel designed with flamboyance and individuality

Surrey Hills Enterprises – supporting sustainable businesses and the local economy in the beautiful Surrey Hills. Director Ian Jones did a fantastic job MCing the Star Awards with our editor.

Fortnum & Mason Concierge Service – a complimentary service yet even the most impossible wish can be made a reality by the Concierge who are your personal account managers at Fortnum & Mason. Thank you for the beautiful goodie bags including tasty treats.

Silent Pool Gin – craft distilling since 2013 when a group of friends came together to create a new kind of distillery, producing handcrafted, artisan spirits with uncompromising quality.

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And finally, thanks are due to the hardworking PA Life team, particularly Lucy Gallivan, Media Manager, who were fundamental in ensuring we had the right people in the room.

Looking ahead to 2026…If you’d like to partner with us at next year’s event, please contact Lucy on L.Gallivan@forumevents.co.uk

Until next year!