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During the 2010 launch of office* the commitment and support from all the leading, publications, associations and professional providers was overwhelming. We are looking forward to a great second year and once again have amazing support from our partners below:

Official Newspaper Partner:
	Metro The Metro brand was launched in March 1999 as a London only free newspaper it now distributes over 1.3 million copies every weekday morning across 33 UK cities. Metro provides its Urbanite audience with a concise read containing bite-sized national and international news, wrapped around local information – entertainment previews, weather and travel. Today Metro goes well beyond just print and has become a leading multi-platform media brand allowing consumers to access its content via the Internet, mobile phone and user user-generated content sites, MEview and MEmusic. www.metro.co.uk/advertising
Official Partner for Office Managers:
	Olé Olé is an office lifestyle magazine for office managers and PAs, emailed monthly to readers to read on screen or print out and pass around their workplace. We know that office managers are a diverse group of individuals with wide ranging skill sets, interests and responsibilities…so each issue of Ole is packed with something for everyone – must-read office features and ideas for the lunch break, delivered in a light-hearted, easy-to-read format. And best of all – it’s free to subscribe! http://olemagazine.co.uk/
Media Supporters:
	LondonCareers.net Established in 1997, LondonCareers.net has over 14 years experience providing candidates and recruiters with the tools they need to find or advertise that perfect London job. The website is easy to use and features vacancies from leading recruiters. Candidates can benefit from valuable features such as career advice, training programmes, job alerts, CV upload plus much more. Extensive cost-effective advertising packages are available across the website, giving recruiters brand awareness and the facility to post an unlimited number of vacancies, whilst having the option to search through the database of over 22,000 CVs. For further information on how LondonCareers.net can benefit you, please email n.vosser@indmags.co.uk
	Executive PA Magazine The UK’s leading magazine for PAs, EAs and senior secretaries. Over the last 19 years, Executive PA Magazine has reported on every aspect of the senior PA’s role and has earned the respect of the industry. As well as interviewing some of the most interesting PAs in the world we offer practical advice on anything from organising a conference, how to get more from a new software upgrade or how to train your boss. Executive PA Magazine readers work directly for some the UKs most powerful people and regularly make decisions at the highest level – organising an AGMs, recruiting staff, booking business travel, arranging Christmas parties. For more information visit www.executivepa.com
	Business Info businessinfo and Pen 2 Paper magazines have been reaching end user buyers of IT and office products for over 10 years. If you are interested in reaching buyers and specifiers then Kingswood Media Ltd has the magazines and on-line products you need to fulfill your aims.www.binfo.co.uk
	Executary News Executary News is Britain’s leading title for the secretarial profession, and is the best-read magazine for senior PAs and executive secretaries. The news and features cover everything that executive secretaries are now responsible for, from organising events and conferences, and booking business travel, to finding venues, planning hospitality, and sourcing corporate gifts. Executary News is written by a team of specialist writers, all of whom also write for the national press and specialist magazines. Executary News is published by One To One Media, the owners of the ExecSec Summit. For more information, visit www.executary.co.uk
	The Business Travel Magazine The Business Travel Magazine is the award-winning publication distributed primarily to business travel and meetings arrangers, including: company travel managers and arrangers, PAs, secretaries, finance managers and purchase organisers at small and medium-sized enterprises throughout the UK & Ireland. The circulation of 18,000 readers also includes those people responsible for arranging business travel and meetings at multinational corporations. The content includes a rich mix of news, views and in-depth analysis of only the most relevant topics that today’s business travel arrangers just can’t live without. Content ranges from back-to-basics guides to hard-hitting reports and topical debate. www.thebusinesstravelmag.com
	Stand Out MagazineStand Out is a must-read for the those involved in any form of event, whether it’s an AGM, conference, party or exhibition. Boasting a circulation of 12,700 every issue, Stand Out is a trade magazine providing PA’s, office managers, planners, marketeers, agencies, and not-for-profit organisations with the information you need to make your event stand out. www.standoutmagazine.co.uk
	Buying Business Travel Buying Business Travel is the UK’s leading corporate travel magazine. If you are involved in buying travel for your company then you can subscribe to receive free copies of the magazine at www.buyingbusinesstravel.com We provide our readers with a wealth of information including the latest news, product and technology updates, expense management information, destination reports and hotel news. www.buyingbusinesstravel.com
	pa-assist.com Launched in May 2000, www.pa-assist.com is now considered the No1 Resource and Information site for PAs & senior support staff. Easy to navigate and simple to use, today, with over 9,000 registered users, the key function of pa-assist is to support, inform and help PAs, EAs, Secretaries, Administrators and Office Managers by providing online products, services, information & resources to make their working lives easier. The pa-assist management team continues to develop the site with innovative ideas and initiatives, all designed to meet the changing needs of the growing number office professionals who use it. Register for pa-assist today at www.pa-assist.com
	Hospitality & Events North Welcome to Hospitality & Events North, the glossy, A4, bi-monthly magazine for the Midlands, through to Scotland. We are THE magazine for the corporate hospitality, events, conferences, meetings and team building market. H&EN brings you the hottest venues, news and events happening in and around the north, plus great competitions, exclusive interviews and now we’re online too! The magazine is published every two months and is distributed to an exclusive database of over 15,000 potential buyers, including Events Organisers, Managing Directors, PAs, Commercial Directors and HR Managers.
	Facilities Management JournalFacilities Management Journal (FMJ) is a market-leading monthly magazine for the FM professional, property and estate managers. Providing industry and business intelligence across the public and private sectors, FMJ covers legislation, good practice, health & safety, training and products and services, all helping FMs make informed decisions.
	Castalia Coaching & TrainingCastalia Coaching & Training is one of the premier providers of specialist Executive PA Performance Coaching and PA Training to PAs and Executive Assistants with global reach. We train PAs around the world from Beijing to Bangkok and Sydney to Shanghai and many places in-between. We are proud of our international reputation for training and coaching the best PAs/EAs in the business. We train PAs to become fully integrated and effective members of the management team, with our experience we set ambitious standards and challenge the established boundaries of the role of the PA; quite simply, we equip our PAs to be the best in the world.
Association Supporters:
	SecsintheCity SecsintheCity is the UK’s leading job site for PAs, secretaries and office professionals. Take control of your career and make all the right moves. If you’re looking for a PA, executive assistant or office manager role we’ve got a fantastic choice of opportunities for you. Top Clients include Aviva, Britvic, Discover Channel, Natural History Channel, The Children’s Society and Vodafone. To find out more visit www.secsinthecity.co.uk
	Global PA Network The Global PA Network champions and supports the career development of Personal Assistants. We hold events, training days, ‘in house’ training programmes, coaching and mentoring, live online training webinars and career advice. The network unites Personal Assistants across the globe via conferencing technology and online presence. In 2009 in conjunction with Kingston University Business School we conducted the largest sample of Academic Research into the Secretarial/PA Profession ever undertaken. Global PA Training is a world leader in training and development of Personal Assistants and has conducted training programmes for Personal Assistants in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Far East and Australia.
	Institute of Professional Administrators (IPA) Established in 1957, the Institute of Professional Administrators is the leading professional membership institute for business administrators. 21st Century administrators need to ensure continuous professional development and a systematic approach to life-long learning to ensure career advancement. Membership of The Institute will provide you with information, advice and guidance on suitable training and development to advance your career as well as a CPD Scheme designed to meet your individual needs. To find out more please visit www.inprad.org
	Association for Administrative Professionals (APA) APA (The Association of Personal Assistants) is the professional body for PAs in the UK and increasingly worldwide. With almost 50,000 members, its mission is to elevate the status of PA to that of a profession. In addition to extensive PA support, information and networking opportunities, APA offers training and qualification programmes from its entry level ‘PA Apprentice’ programme, through a professional Certificate (Cert PA), Diploma (DipPA) to its desk-based PA Degree programme in partnership with Middlesex University (offering BA/MA and Doctorate qualifications). APA membership is open to PAs, Executive PAs and Virtual PAs. www.paprofessional.com
	European Management Assistants (EUMA) European Management Assistants (EUMA) is a professional association of secretaries, PAs and Office Managers focussing on their professional and personal development as well as on the continued evolution of their career. EUMA achieves this by: forming a network of highly competent management assistants; creating an image of the management assistant as an essential part of the management team; and by providing opportunities for training, cross-cultural relationships, exchange of ideas, and international meetings. A vital part of the EUMA network is our corporate members supporting us through their membership as well as the business partners offering their products and services to top executive assistants. The association is a non-profit making organisation, run by PAs and support staff, who have first-hand knowledge of the secretarial market and industry. EUMA is represented in 26 countries throughout Europe, including the United Kingdom. For more information www.euma.org/unitedkingdom.
	The PA Club The PA Club is London’s premier networking group for busy PAs, EAs, travel bookers and event organisers. Membership includes a dedicated website and directory of suppliers, invitations to our glamorous networking evenings and dozens of special offers, deals and prizes. Prestige PA Members can enjoy a whole lot more in addition. Come and see us – and you could win a bottle of champagne.
	Miss Jones Miss Jones is an online resource and social network for high-level personal and executive assistants. We see the PA community as the engine room of the business world and we want to bring you a service that gives you cost efficient and creative solutions in your day to day job. www.missjonespa.com
Training Partners:
	Reed Learning Reed Learning delivers outsourced training services, in-house programmes, short courses and professional qualifications. In the last 10 years we’ve trained over 250,000 people, including 20,000 new managers, 12,000 people who were scared of doing presentations, and 14,000 who needed to learn to prioritise. Thousands of PA’s learn with Reed Learning each year. They choose us for the widest choice for venues and dates, largest pool of quality-assured trainers and guaranteed standards of training delivery. Everything we do is focused on practical training courses that make a visible difference back at work. What’s more, we offer fully accredited qualification programmes for PAs, endorsed by the Institute of Administrative Management. www.reedlearning.co.uk
Charity Partners:
	Jeans for GenesJeans for Genes is the UK charity raising money for children with genetic disorders, to provide the care they and their families need now and the research, which could change their futures. Offices around the country help the charity to raise an average £2.5million each year by taking part in Jeans for Genes Day. On Friday 7 October they will be leaving their suits and uniforms at home and making a donation to wear their jeans to work instead. Sign up for a free fundraising pack for your office at www.jeansforgenesday.com

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