I do love to mingle with the great and the good whenever I get the chance and an event I attended this week gave me the perfect opportunity to do…

I count myself lucky that my role as venue-finder supremo, looking for lovely new places where Mr P can take his important business contacts, allows me to do the rounds…

Now that the New Year is well under way, this is the ideal moment to turn your attention to that traditional January pastime of self-improvement. Allow me, therefore, to share…

Happy New Year to you all – it’s back to the grindstone this month with a vengeance for most of us wage slaves, I imagine. January of course is infamous…

As management assistants, we are often called upon to go above and beyond the call of duty. I remember a friend telling me in horrified tones of how she had…

Season’s greetings, my lovely readers. I’ve been getting into the Christmas spirit the past few days. I wonder if it has anything to do with a certain amount of time…

It’s that time of year when the jolly, fat man in the red suit might pay you a visit if you’ve been good and people take stock of what’s gone…

As I get to visit a fair few restaurants in my capacity as PA extraordinare, I can vouch for the fact that, sadly, many of them seem to have been…

Speeches can be inspiring, motivating and moving – think of the powerful impact of Martin Luther King’s words “I have a dream” in his historic address to civil rights supporters,…

When it comes to general knowledge, I don’t pretend to be a know-it-all, but a bit of friendly competition can certainly bring out the brainiac in me. Well, that’s exactly…