It’s not every day you get a call from the office of the former President of the United States asking if you’d like to come work for him. Luckily for Peggy Grande, just such a call was the catalyst for a lifetime worth of amazing experiences. Peggy is the former Executive Assistant to Ronald Reagan […]

Most reality programmes focus on celebrities and their antics, but what about the people behind them? The new documentary series Like a Boss follows celebrity assistants to find out what it’s like to support the stars. Debuting on Oprah Winfrey’s US TV channel Oxygen this week, the show shifts the focus from celebrities and high-profile […]

Rumours have been floating around since 2014 about Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler and his PA Aimee Ann Preston, but new reports suggest the relationship is getting serious. Preston – 39 years Tyler’s junior – has been photographed holding hands and getting cosy with the rocker in recent months, most noticeably at the 24th Annual Elton […]

Leonardo DiCaprio is a hot topic at the moment, what with finally winning the gong for Best Actor at the Oscars. Now his former PA Kasi Brown has come forward to talk about what it’s like working for the man himself – and it sounds pretty amazing. Kasi got the job because a friend of […]

Jean Tugwete, PA to the Chief Executive of London marketing firm Communisis, has been jailed for three years for using her company credit card to spend £264,000 on designer handbags, foreign travel and a car. Tugete reportedly lied to get the job at the firm by hiding previous convictions for similar scams. She then used […]

Zelda la Grange, who worked as an assistant to former South African president Nelson Mandella, wrote the book Good Morning, Mr Mandela to commemorate her time with him. Now her work is set to be the focus of a new film. Maven Pictures and producer Jacqui Lewis are in talks to bring la Grange’s memoirs […]

Singer Robbie Williams and his wife Ayda Field are to appear in court over claims she sexually harassed their personal assistant. Williams and Field counter-sued Gilles De Bonfilhs for invasion of privacy in an attempt to get the case thrown out, but a judge has ruled the couple must appear in court in Los Angeles […]

The late great David Bowie spoke very highly of his long-time PA Corinne “Coco” Schwab. His generosity has extended to his afterlife, with the singer reportedly leaving £1.4 million to Schwab in his will. Schwab worked with Bowie for 46 years, starting in London in 1973 when she answered an ad from the star’s management […]

As the personal assistant to Beyonc? – one of the most instantly recognisable and effortlessly stylish women on the planet ? you certainly wouldn?t envy Sam Greenberg?s daily task of choosing something to wear to work. From attending the Grammys in LA on a Tuesday to skydiving over New Zealand with ?Bey? herself on a […]

Former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd was sentenced to eight months of home detention in New Zealand on Thursday after pleading guilty to threatening to kill his personal assistant and to possessing drugs. The court was told how the 61-year-old Australian rock star phoned the former employee last year and said, “I?m going to come over […]

The PA Hub, a Yorkshire-based membership network for PAs across the region, recently held its first-ever PA of the Year awards dinner last week at the Pavilion, home of Leeds United. More than 250 guests, including legendary football players and Emmerdale cast members, gathered for the inaugural black-tie dinner, which recognised top management assistants across […]

PAs have been making headlines around the world lately. From the scandalous and shocking to the touching, it?s time to find out what these assistants have been up to. We start here at home with the revelation that former MP George Galloway is facing a police probe after his assistant complained that he had used […]

In the week that actress Kristen Stewart was seen getting up close and personal with her live-in PA Alicia Cargile at the Coachella music festival and Bajan songstress Rihanna attended her PA?s wedding in Hawaii, other celebrities have been getting into trouble with their assistants. They include crooner Robbie Williams and his wife Ayda Field, […]

PAs around the world are tasked with a plethora of different duties, some of which can border on things people in other roles would never be asked to do. Sometimes admin professionals receive requests from their bosses that cross the line into the bizarre, as three management assistants told the New York Post. An EA […]

Management assistants can derive inspiration from many sources and there are few more well-respected or admired role models than consummate entrepreneur Richard Branson. So when one American business-owner met him on his private island of Necker she used the opportunity to formulate a few golden rules for personal success. The manager of Atlanta-based VA agency […]

We’re all aware of how PAs can move through the ranks these days and be promoted to managerial roles within various industry sectors and it seems like some assistants are using their positions to launch themselves into the fabulous world of fashion. According to an article on website Business of Fashion, Jessica Michault, the Editor-in-Chief […]

Politicians are not always the best-loved public figures, in fact they often inspire outbursts of unreserved loathing, but it seems that some of them at least are thought of with fondness by a certain section of the population – their personal assistants. Barack Obama’s former PA, Reggie Love, has brought out a book that details […]

Another week has passed and that means it’s time for another round-up of all manner of weird and wonderful goings-on within the PA community. Romance seems to be in the air for Oscar-nominated actor Josh Brolin, who has been seen squiring his personal assistant around town. The town in question is Rome, where Josh is currently […]