Team-building activity provider, Live the City has teamed up with PA Life to host its Showdown Quiz during the Event Planning Masterclass later this month. Taking place May 29, 2018 at No.4 Hamilton Place, the company will provide guests with a quiz machine and answer buttons to help get PAs working together and networking. Held […]

The Outlook Creative Group has joined the second PA Life Masterclass, which will have a key focus on event planning. Taking place at No. 4 Hamilton Place on May 29, the company will discuss how PAs can plan an event from start to finish. Hosted by The Outlook Creative Group’s Sarah Skates and Andrew Dymock, […]

PA Life has detailed is second Masterclass for 2018, which will have a key focus on event planning. Taking place at No. 4 Hamilton Place on May 29, 2018, guests will get take part in a variety of roundtable sessions to help broaden their skills on event planning. Designed specifically for PAs, EAs and event […]

Asemblr, PA Life’s white label event planning platform, is a new digital proposition helping transform the event planning process. They are continuing to improve their solution to provide an end to end booking tool for all types of events. This innovative platform has been designed with PAs in mind and needs your event planning expertise […]

Although it can easily be mistaken for your everyday London gastropub, The Orange has an authentic Belgravian charm that not only sets it apart from its competition as a casual after-work destination but also as an event and meeting venue. Sat on Pimlico Road, a short walking distance from both Sloane Square and Victoria stations, […]

In recent years, the cobbled city of Bruges is best known as the backdrop for Colin Farrell’s sulking in crime comedy In Bruges, but you only need to set foot on its spider-web streets to see the heritage flowing in each direction. Home of fine art and finer wines (and fantastic beers) the rich history […]

The role of PAs has evolved and changed as much as the industries they work within over the past 10 years. Innovations in technology, changes in expectations and an increased desire to have access to information on-demand has meant that what is expected of PAs, EAs and VAs has shifted. Discussing how to lean into […]

How much of your time is consumed with venue sourcing? How often do you find yourself waiting to hear back from a venue, or talking for long periods with people not giving you the answers you need? Asemblr is hoping to cut through all the red tape and give PAs exactly what they need in […]

This may surprise you, but this museum has got quite a history… You may have visited it as a child, you may have taken your family there, you might have never been to the museum, but I would bet you know about this museum. Not being a London native, I grew up only knowing London […]

The Westminster Venue Collection is hosting a spooky showcase this October with their haunted ‘Hallo-Westminster’ event. Located at One Great George Street, event planners and organisers will be offered the chance to learn more about 35 venues on offer, all withing a venue believed to have its own resident ghost. Chair of Westminster Venue Collection, Diane […]

It’s not every year a company celebrates their 10th birthday, so to celebrate we pulled out all the stops to showcase the best the venue has to offer. And what an evening it was! Thank you to all the guests and suppliers that made the evening such a great success. Guests arrived at 6pm, greeted by […]

As summer draws to a close, we start to look towards that next big calendar event, the Christmas do. This year, party prohibition style at BMA House with their new Roaring 20s Christmas package. The central London venue tells us why the 20s is the perfect theme for your office Christmas party. Decadent decor The […]

We’re pleased to announce we have formed a partnership with Asemblr, an innovative event-booking platform designed with PAs in mind. Asemblr offers everything PAs need to plan their companies’ events from start to finish, both online and on mobile devices. It features a wealth of venue options around the country, as well as the largest […]

The final bank holiday of the year points to summer being over as the nation’s thoughts turn to the Christmas holiday highlights, states research by the UK’s largest Christmas party organiser, Best Parties Ever. Analysis carried out by Best Parties Ever shows a peak in demand for Christmas parties on the Tuesday after the final […]

Organising a successful event is more than just venue sourcing, according to former FreemanXP worker Kim Myhre in an interview with The Future In 15. Talking with show host Caleb Parker, the former Senior VP of FreemanXP’s London office wanted to encourage event planners to carefully consider their attendees and rethink the way they treat […]

Finding a venue in Cambridge, the city of business, bicycles and buzz can be overwhelming. When sourcing venues, there are many options to choose from throughout the historical city, but its crowning jewel is undoubtedly the University. The Grade-I and Grade-II listed venues across the colleges are welcoming businesses, and the School of Clinical Medicine has […]

Louise Goalen is Chair of the HBAA and took up the role of Head of Venues at live event specialists Top Banana earlier this year. Louise believes that trust and transparency are the cornerstones of great client/ agency / venue relationships and sees the role of venue finders as pivotal in this three-way connection. Trust […]

A survey by event management company Cvent shows event planners desire transparency, accuracy and speed from suppliers when they respond to a request for proposal (RFP). The study, entitled the 2017 Global Planner Sourcing Report, also found that more than half (54%) of those surveyed are Millennials, followed by those aged between 35 and 52 […]