Allwork

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The Instant Group recommends responsible procurement processes and suppliers maintain honest and fair values. A green energy tariff, as defined by Energy Saving Trust , is where “some or all of the electricity you buy is ‘matched’ by purchases of renewable energy that your energy supplier makes on your behalf.”

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 17, 2019

It covers the travel, dining, and wellness industries from a business perspective. The recently released their 10 Business Travel Trends for 2020. Travelers Demand an End-to-End Experience. Bleisure Travel is the New Black. Rethinking Corporate Travel Expenses. Business Travel Culture Drives Company Success.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 19, 2015

First up we have Assist Travel taking place on Friday 4th September 2015 from 10am to 4pm in London. Why should you attend Assist Travel? Choosing a supplier for your office is not easy, particuarly when it comes to business travel. Here are the key themes for Assist Travel: The importance of seamless travel management.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 5, 2016

”. Business travel was a pretty clear winner. From this Assist Travel was born. We ran our first conference and exhibition for business travel booking assistants last September and I’m very excited to announce that we will be running Assist Travel again this year. The aim of Assist Travel.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 31, 2016

It is a brilliant city and with more and more people coming here for business trips I thought now would be a good time to share with you my top tips for organising business travel to Barcelona. Even better, we are opening up the afternoon at Assist Travel for free. Tips from PAs who travel frequently with their Execs.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 18, 2017

The industry has been growing steadily over the past 5-10 years, with more time sensitive and luxury travellers wanting to enhance and maximise their airport experience. This provides a ‘private jet’ experience whilst travelling on a commercial flight, making it the most exclusive way to travel through any airport.

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Suppliers Travel 2016 UPS 100

Practically Perfect PA

JULY 15, 2015

With Assist Travel coming up in September in London I wanted to share one of our most popular blogs with you – The Ultimate Travel Itinerary. A well organised travel itinerary is an essential service that assistants can provide for their managers. One of my directors travelled from Sydney to Tokyo on the same trip.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

On Friday 9th September we held our second Assist Travel event at The Grange Tower Bridge and from the feedback we received it looks like everyone had a thoroughly good day. I thought the exhibition space worked well with lots of great suppliers who all contributed to the sessions during the day. Stress Free Speedy Travel.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 15, 2016

With Assist Travel just a few month’s away, I thought I would share everything that I have been working on behind the scenes. We really do have world-class speakers talking all thing business travel. The venue has been confirmed and we have some brilliant suppliers attending the exhibition. .

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

I don’t know about you but I have spent hours arranging and then rearranging travel for my Executives. It takes up a huge amount of time and can be incredibly complex especially if they are travelling to a number of destinations with connecting flights and a host of visa requirements. Which corporate travel agency should you use?

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 21, 2015

We held our first Assist Travel conference and exhibition on Friday 25th September at the Hilton Bankside and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed the day. As with all of our Assist Events we like to make sure that it is a little different and I loved our travel themed registration desk. I hope those that came along enjoyed it too.

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Coworkers will also favor coworking spaces that work only with eco-conscious (preferably local) suppliers of goods and services. Environmentally-friendly energy management (including flooring and roofing) and reusable energy suppliers. Encouragement of sustainable travel (adequate bike storage, wash facilities etc).

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 4, 2016

For any of us that have heard Lucy speak, we will know that Matthew is the person that keeps the wheels rolling at Executive Secretary Magazine while Lucy travels around the world promoting the industry. Meeting and greeting visitors, liaising with clients, suppliers and other staff in a professional manner.

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Success

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Chronicling history Company: Storyville Road Who they are: Woman and minority-owned video production company based in Las Vegas How they’re preparing: Storyville Road is an approved supplier of Super Bowl LVIII Business Connect Program and the Las Vegas Super Bowl LVIII Host Committee. We can’t do business as usual.

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The Small Business Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

Top 5 Tips for Safe Business Travel by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 26, 2010 The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. Find out about the area you are travelling to beforehand, especially travel warnings & regional issues. Try not to go alone if possible.

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Eco-Office Gals

AUGUST 17, 2017

Instead of traveling to a meeting, simply hold a video conference online. This will eliminate the emissions from the fuel used to travel. It will save the company travel expenses and save employees time as well. If not, consider switching to a more eco-conscious supplier. Meetings, too, can more frequently be digital.

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

There is a big push in the industry to achieve a higher level of transparency when it comes to the materials and suppliers that we work with. Allwork.Space: How important is it for workspace interior designers to opt for sustainable suppliers, and what even makes a supplier “sustainable” anyway? All cultures have nature!

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Office Dynamics

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

I found them to be valuable assets not only because of their knowledge and well-established relationships with suppliers but their buying power as well. I would maybe work with suppliers in any given city once or twice, while a DMC worked with these same suppliers many times over. I think you get the idea.

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 6, 2017

If you have a great supplier that you can share with your network or any advice, training suggestions or something that you have implemented that works sharing this knowledge don’t hold back from sharing the information. Give and take – networks need to get stuff from you . This is really important. They knew all kinds of stuff!

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 30, 2017

Core Competencies / Featured / Time Management. March Newsletters. We also published a few newsletters this month that you might want to take a look at! Office Technology Newsletter. Career Development Newsletter. March Practically Perfect PA Newsletter. That’s everything for this month!

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Practically Perfect PA

APRIL 14, 2014

All you have to do is book a car to Heathrow Airport, organise transfers on arrival at the foreign destination and then make sure that all your travellers get to every meeting in their jam-packed itinerary without a hitch. Choose the best supplier for your needs. How many people are travelling? Will there be a lot of luggage?

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Practically Perfect PA

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

I recently wrote an article for Olé Magazine entitled Travel: Do it yourself or use an agency? Blogger Practically Perfect PA aka Nicky Christmas gives us her expert tips on booking business travel. I don’t know about you but I can spend hours arranging and then rearranging travel for my director.

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Success

DECEMBER 8, 2022

For the past 12 years, its entire supply chain traveled less than 250 miles. “We Deer and her team went into global research and development mode seeking suppliers. The program generated over $240,000 to causes including eating disorder prevention, cancer advocacy and LGBTQ youth services since its start in 2014. An abrupt stop.

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Success

AUGUST 29, 2022

I traveled the world from Australia to Switzerland, selling tickets and packages to corporate clients for the world’s largest sporting events. I was caught in the middle of a scandal, between one supplier and thousands of people I made promises to. And I did change that day. It wasn’t just my money, either.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 19, 2017

Extending your network and working with global suppliers . Within the first month of moving to Barcelona I travelled to and from London a number of times, Amsterdam for an event we organised and to Frankfurt for a networking event. Within that month I had new contacts in a whole load of new countries.

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Practically Perfect PA

MARCH 30, 2017

Core Competencies / Featured / Time Management March 17, 2017 Technology of the week: iTranslate Featured / Office Tech / Technology of the week March 16, 2017 Creating Powerful Presentations Core Skills / Featured / Office Tech / The Assist Conference. March Newsletters.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Wherever you are planning your event ask your venue to ensure they buy local food and drink product and wherever possible use local suppliers. Commuting accounts for a third of all car travel and events are a great opportunity to reduce that. Hannah very kindly spoke at Assist Travel which took place in London on 9th September.

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 3, 2014

If you haven’t been before, it is a fantastic exhibition for PAs, EAs, VAs, Office Managers and Administrators, which brings together lots of great training and really relevant suppliers for office professionals. CTI are one of the 15 top travel management companies in the UK. CTI Roadshow Partners are: British Airways.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 7, 2017

I also organise his business travel. Since my boss travels a lot, I take care of his travel expenses and supplier invoices. Also, I read all emails to my boss and assess their importance in order to help him to reply. I make sure that the whole day flows well.

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Practically Perfect PA

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

I spent a lot of time researching great venues, restaurants, hotels and suppliers and I really enjoyed it. I really like the Afar website and email updates for overall travel news and ideas for any trips colleagues or clients may want my advise on. The Stylist website travel section is full of great travel, hotel and restaurant tips.

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Practically Perfect PA

AUGUST 6, 2014

If your boss is travelling to many different locations during their business trip it can be a lot more time and cost effective hiring a car for them. It will also come in handy for your other colleagues travelling on business. The deposit. The car hire company may ask that a deposit is paid when picking the car up from the agent.

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Practically Perfect PA

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Business travel. Executives should not organise their own business travel, no matter how easy or quick they think it is! Assistants should manage all aspects of their executives business travel including both domestic and international trips. Executives should not have to worry about administration. Point of contact.

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Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 26, 2014

If your organisation uses a corporate travel agent you might be contractually obliged to use their services for overseas travel but not necessarily for hotels in or near your office. But if you need a lot of hotel rooms and your preferred supplier is fully booked it is good to know you have a few corporate rates elsewhere.

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Practically Perfect PA

MAY 31, 2017

MAY 18, 2017: Supplier of the week: Gilded Globe. MAY 4, 2017: Why you should use a trusted ground transportation company for your Executive’s travel. MAY 26, 2017: Technology of the week: Paper by 53. MAY 25, 2017: Minute taking template. MAY 24, 2017: The world’s very first virtual summit for PAs.

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The Small Business Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

And speaking of ecology, small businesses can decrease their costs by cutting unnecessary measures such as packaging, travel and energy. It’s a good idea to cut ties to bad suppliers too. Make sure your supplier is ethical; you don’t want to have your small business tarnished with another company’s poor reputation.

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Practically Perfect PA

JULY 10, 2017

The diary claims a lot of time – scheduling and rescheduling meetings – and I also have a shared inbox with the other assistants so we can cover each other and make sure everything’s getting done that needs to be; that can be processing overtime payments for technical staff, arranging catering for supplier meetings, international travel, expenses….

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Practically Perfect PA

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Insiders.com – a website where PAs from anywhere can search the database to find a supplier suggested by another PA, with their reason for recommending and relevant contact info etc. It has taken over a year and been through many stages but we are delighted to be launching www.PA-Insiders.com

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