During these times of great uncertainty, one thing we all have more of is time. So why not use it to learn new skills and improve existing ones? PA Life has a bundle of specially-curated online learning courses designed to help you improve your expertise and learn new things. The courses cover all areas of […]

Working from home due to coronavirus? Thanks to PA Life’s collaboration with leading online learning specialist New Skills Academy, readers are able to upskill throughout the lockdown via a high value, low cost bundle. Available via the PA Life website and specially curated by an expert team, there are more than 100 courses available to […]

RADA Business, the commercial arm of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, is relaunching one of its flagship presentation skills courses, Storytelling for Business. The organisation will be providing an extended version of one of its longest running and popular courses in London with immediate effect.  RADA Business says telling stories is an essential way that we […]

RADA Business, the commercial arm of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, has expanded its training portfolio, offering an extended range of one-to-one programmes for leaders. It’s now providing three types of one-to-one coaching programme: Elite Performance, Performance Coaching, and Communication Skills Coaching.  The coaching programmes target the full range of leadership levels from managers to c-suite […]

Today’s PA is holding its award-winning 5 Day Academy on 16-20 December in Central London and there are still some places available. Are you interested in attending? You can come along for the whole week or choose any day/s you wish. Plus, there’s a 25% discount available for PA Life Club members*. The Academy covers Day 1 […]

By Mike Edwards, Head of People at Love Energy Savings Some employers fear giving their staff a voice – hoping instead they’ll avoid any issues and grievances by burying their heads in the sand, or worse, allowing a culture of fear to take hold where staff are anxious about speaking up. This attitude isn’t productive for […]

Borderless International Management Consultant Rosalie Harrison is seeking new ways to remove the obstacles in the career paths of female leaders that really work, creating a virtual ‘women in leadership training’ bin that, surprisingly enough, contains almost all the acclaimed tools that are still used to this day. Here she explains how… Last year, I […]

According to a 2018 study, remote work will become one of the major business trends in 2019, and it is expected to become the standard mode of working for Generation Z, who are tipped to make up 36 per centof the global workforce by 2020.  Remote working has been a rising trend and demand is felt […]

A quarter (25 per cent) of office workers invest no time in learning new skills or further education to enhance their professional life, according to new research by MPA Group. The study, conducted by the innovation funding specialist, looked into how many UK businesses are offering workers dedicated time to work on upskilling, training and […]

The importance of providing training to staff has been highlighted in a recent survey. The survey, by business print provider Instantprint, revealed that 56 per cent of workers would leave their current role if their employers stopped providing training, and nearly one-third (31 per cent) have previously left a position because of this issue. It […]

Lime Venue Portfolio has created a new guide inspire training providers. The booklet from the venues specialist forms part of the brand’s ‘cheerleading’ support for corporate training and those who strive for a ‘better’ standard of training for businesses. February and March are key months for training programme booking and the guide looks to showcase […]

January is a time for reinvention and making yourself the best version of ‘you’ that you can be, with a lot of us relying on our smartphones to aid our journey. Apps have never been as popular as they are today, with an average of nearly 1,500 new apps uploaded to app stores a day […]

Work trips are becoming increasingly more common for businesses in the UK with many sending their employees away for meetings, conferences and training events. But how much work actually gets done on one of these trips? Researchers who carried out a detailed study found while many employees will claim the trips are ‘all work and no […]

UK workers want regular training and  are less likely to quit their jobs if employers invest in them. 90 per cent of UK workers believe that regular training in a job is vital to furthering their career, according to a report published this week. A survey of over 2,000 British employees – carried out on […]

Employers must do more to stop young people missing out on work opportunities due to not having the right skills, Business in the Community (BITC) has said. BITC has found that many people who have been in employment did not learn skills at school that they feel would have been useful in their working lives. Top […]

The PA Life website is a useful resource for ideas and inspiration, from publishing the latest news to amplifying the latest job vacancies. But did you know that we also offer some fantastic online courses? Learning a new skill is often time-consuming and difficult to slot in around day to day life. Traditionally you would […]

Parents of young people in the UK don’t know what an apprenticeship is, signaling a wider awareness problem which is impacting career choices and creating a skills gaps in key industries. The research, conducted by ABM UK, follows news of the T-levels programme and the Apprentice Levy – which aim to present young people with […]

Exhibition and convention centre ExCeL London has outlined its new training and meeting facility, CentrEd at ExCeL. After its grand opening in January 2016, the space has been designed to cement ExCeL’s reputation as a home of world-leading events, with an ambition to be the number one choice in the UK for any type of […]