Businesses have just under two weeks to ensure their best personal assistants get the recognition they deserve in the inaugural South West PA of the Year Awards.
Most businesses have at least one PA who goes the extra mile to help it reach its potential, who makes a real difference to their managers and who plays a key role in delivering excellence in the workplace.
Bristol Business News and its sister websites Bath Business News and Swindon Business News, have teamed up with the luxury Ston Easton Park Hotel, near Bath, to stage the these prestigious wards – the first of their kind in the region.
The winners in the three categories will receive an amazing range of prizes, including theatre tickets, luxury spa sessions, tickets to Ballet in the Park at Ston Easton, voice training and a business dress consultation as well as a unique Bristol Blue Glass trophy.
The closing date for entries is June 25 and the awards will be presented at a showpiece ceremony at Ston Easton Park on July 4 following a champagne tea on the hotel’s beautiful terrace.
There are three categories:
* PA of the Year
* Newcomer of the Year (Open to those who have been employed in a PA role for less than two years as of June 25, 2012)
* Best event organised by a PA (Entries valid for events between January 2011-June 2012)
Bristol Business News has assembled a top team of business experts as the judges for the PA Awards including:
Peaches Golding, former High Sheriff of Bristol and principal consultant at Moon Consulting executive recruitment & business consulting
Angela MacAusland of PA firm AMPMPA
Dawn Carey, Executive Personal Assistant at National Friendly and Hayes PA of the Year winner 2010
Linda Williams, sales manager at Ston Easton Park Hotel
Anita Jaynes, Swindon Business News business development manager
The full list of prizes are:
• A three-hour evening spa session at Thermae Bath Spa for two people, including
• Complimentary use of towel, robe & slippers for two
• Two one-course meals from the Twilight menu, with two complementary glasses of house wine, beer or soft drinks.
• Two tickets to a meeting at Bath Racecourse
• Complementary cocktails and canapés at Circo Bar, Bath
• Two tickets to see Hysteria on August 8 Ustinov Theatre, Bath
• A spa day for two at The Royal Crescent Hotel’s Bath House
• Two tickets to see Covent Garden Dance Company’s Ballet in the Park at Ston Easton Park on July 20 or 21. http://www.stoneaston.co.uk/events
• Business dress consultation with Suit the City and a discount off a purchase of your choice
• Voice/telephony training by Joanne Crosse at MetaMedia.
For more details on the awards, sponsorship opportunities and information on how to enter go to www.bristol-business.net
