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High-impact business writing with AI

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Explore our range of courses, covering all topic areas of writing at work.

Choose from three formats: prescheduled trainer-led courses open to anyone, self-paced online learning and tailored in-house courses built around your needs.

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Business report writing

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Bid, tender and sales-proposal writing

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Writing exceptional board reports

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Policy and procedure writing

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Storytelling in business

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High-impact business writing with AI

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Whether your next task is a report, a press release or a presentation, a little help goes a long way. Find actionable, expert guides and tips in our Knowledge Hub.

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Bids and proposals

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Business report writing

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Business writing essentials

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Corporate communications

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Professional email writing

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Technical writing

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Writing for marketing

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Writing to customers

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Writing to the board

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Emphasis is the UK’s leading business-writing training company, offering specialist business-writing training and consultancy services to private and public sector organisations all over the world.

About us

Emphasis has been training companies and individuals in how to make their communication work for 25 years. Find out more about our story and our work below.

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About Us

Gary Woodward

Gary began his career writing articles for the business press and the career development field. Since then, he has written for the national press and is the author of several books.

These days he’s one of Emphasis’ busiest trainers, working across many sectors, including finance, law, retail, consultancy and the public sector. He also coaches executives at the London Business School. (But he still finds time occasionally to share his expertise here.)

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How to write an effective elevator pitch – and use it in your business [with examples]

Knowledge Hub, Bids and proposals, Business writing essentials, Writing for marketing

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How to write a job advertisement that inspires the best candidate to apply [with examples]

Corporate communications, Knowledge Hub

Turn your expert analysis into exceptional reports [webinar recording]

Business report writing, Knowledge Hub, Video

What your boss doesn’t want from your report

Business report writing, Knowledge Hub, Writing to the board

Dangerous business: how to get risk reports right

Business report writing, Knowledge Hub

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Dazzling with data: how to create charts that win friends and influence people

Knowledge Hub, Business report writing, Technical writing

Does spin have a place in board papers?

Knowledge Hub, Video, Writing to the board

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Making your job application stand out when everyone’s using AI

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