Team building comes in a variety of forms, but perhaps one of the most thrilling and fun is karting. We caught up with Fiona Tayler, Corporate Events Manager at TeamSport Indoor Karting – the UK’s number one provider of indoor karting venues – to find out what makes the venues perfect for corporate events. Tell […]

What do you think about team building? Do you see people crashing about in off-road vehicles? Or something more gentle, like building the Eiffel Tower out of newspaper? Apex can organise whatever kind of team-building event you want. But the team prefers to work with you to make sure you get most out of your investment […]

You’re invited to join your fellow PA Life Club members for a thrilling indoor skydiving experience at Twinwoods Adventure (Bodyflight) in Bedfordshire from 1.30pm-6pm on 19 October. Located just north of Bedford, Twinwoods Adventure is a multi-activity adventure site with thrills and facilities for all ages. The venue attracts more than 100,000 visitors a year […]

Team-building activities are becoming an essential part of many companies’ business plans and PAs are increasingly being put in charge of booking days out. The PA Life team had the chance to try out a revolutionary interactive treasure hunt from the clever cogs at ClueGo. ClueGo is a GPS-based treasure hunt that can be arranged […]

On the back of the launch of the new season of the BBC’s Great British Bake Off, SEASON, The Exclusive Cookery School, located within Lainston House, an Exclusive Hotel near Winchester, has created a new corporate package inspired by the hit programme. The ‘Bake Off’ package has been designed to challenge teams and build relationships […]

There’s still plenty of time to enjoy the warm summer weather. It’s the perfect opportunity for businesses to get their employees out of the office into the sunshine, so here are six ways to get the team outside. 1 Volunteer as a team Rather than a traditional team-building activity, why not get employees involved in […]

As Tom Cruise said in Top Gun: “I feel the need. The need for speed.” While I don’t consider myself a daredevil, I do enjoy a thrill now and then. I got my most recent fix with my fellow PAs at TeamSport London Docklands, where we had a karting adventure and a tour of the […]

TeamSport is the UK’s number one indoor karting provider, with 17 venues across the country. As well as providing adrenaline-pumping, multi-level tracks to race around, TeamSport provides purpose-built meeting spaces too, so those looking for a combination of meeting and activity can enjoy it all. Challenging the perceptions often held about this type of venue […]

Let’s kick-start the team-building activities this summer with the Rio Olympics, The Crystal Maze, It’s a Knockout, or A Day in the Country with our June team building top picks Rio Olympics team building with Kaleidoscope Events With the Olympic Games in Rio this summer, Brazil is the place to go! If your budget doesn’t […]

Paul Ashford, Events Director at specialist event management company Apex.co.uk looks at team building and why businesses must employ a more strategic approach if they want such events to have long-term benefits. What do you think when you hear the word team building? Do you see people crashing about in 4×4 off-road vehicles, or abseiling […]

Cookery School at Little Portland Street, conveniently located near Oxford Circus in central London, is offering PA Life readers the chance to win a £175 to use for a cooking class, course, or corporate event at the renowned school. Alongside regular classes and courses, Cookery School at Little Portland Street has been running corporate cookery […]

Ideas are being blocked and strategies are not being properly implemented because of the increase in stress and consequent decrease of enjoyment in the workplace, according to Cognitive Psychologist and Business Neuroscientist Dr Lynda Shaw. Did you know that the average preschooler laughs or smiles 400 times a day, but this number drops to only […]

Fox Agency is challenging agencies and businesses across the nation to do more to improve their workforce’s fitness, after seeing the success of its free personal trainer sessions. Eighteen months ago, the B2B marketing agency decided that the stockpiles of cakes and biscuits adorning the office coffee tables needed to be banished and instead in […]

You know that feeling you sometimes get when you’re drifting off to sleep and you suddenly jerk awake because you think you’re falling? Science tells us that’s a left-over natural defence from the days when our ancestors slept in trees to stay safe from predators – it was designed to make us react if we […]

With the PA Life Summit fast approaching, we thought we would give you a sneak preview of how Guinness World Records works with PAs to create the incredible employee engagement experiences that Guinness World Records will be showcasing at the summit. Thinking about summer parties, Olympic sports days, Halloween and maybe – dare we say it – […]

PA Life is pleased to invite you to attend an exclusive day of team-building fun at the brand new Go Ape Battersea Park this Thursday, 17 March from 10am-1pm. There are only a few spaces left, so RSVP today to secure your place. Go Ape is all about living life adventurously. Unleash your inner ape […]