Advertising copy, annual reports, articles, briefings, brochures, case studies, company histories, newsletters, presentations, releases, speeches, surveys, web content - there is so much written material that businesses use to communicate with their stakeholders. And they don’t necessarily have the time, the people or the inclination to write this material themselves.

That’s when I can be a valuable resource for you. I can help your firm to communicate with your stakeholders.

Please use the list to the right of this page, where clicking on an arrow will reveal a list of my clients, the type of work I have carried out for them or samples of my work.

If you’d like to talk about the material that you would like to be written for your firm, please get in touch with me, my contacts are at the top of this page.

Clients

  • Accounting & Consultancy Firms
    • Accenture

      Writing material on risk management.

    • Baker Tilly

      2 articles available

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    • Cinven

      Writing web copy for the latest iteration on www.cinven.com for this private equity house. Included descriptions of business areas and summaries of deals completed based upon briefs supplied and interviews with partners.

    • Citigate / Dewe Rogerson

      Writing a variety of investor relations material for this financial pubic relations / investor relations firm.

    • Debt Free Direct

      Writing promotional copy for advertising material.

    • Dow Jones / STOXX

      Speech writing for the managing director of this index provider.

    • Ernst & Young

      Writing client briefing material on private equity for this big 4 consulting firm.

    • Horwarth Clark Whitehill

      Writing the first annual report for this accounting and consulting firm following its incorporation.

    • Hymans Robertson

      Writing ghosted material on pensions deficits for a partner of this firm of consultants and actuaries.

    • KPMG

      Writing an introductory booklet on the role and importance of auditing. KPMG also sponsored four books on growing businesses which I edited.

    • Markit Magazine

      1 article available

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    • PriceWaterhouseCoopers

      Writing several thought leadership client briefings on, among other things, resource nationalism, private equity and sovereign wealth funds. I also chaired webcasts for this big four consulting firm involving several of its lead partners and spokespeople.

    • Revenue Assurance

      Writing brochure copy for this corporate revenue recovery business.

    • Smith & Williamson

      Writing a sponsored article for this firm of accountants and consultants.

    • TCA Consulting

      Writing marketing copy for this consultancy firm.

    • Williams Allan

      Writing promotional copy for this regional accounting and advisory firm.

  • Banks
    • ABN AMRO

      Writing various articles for an in-house publication for this major Dutch banking group.

    • Alliance & Leicester / Girobank

      Editing and writing a customer magazine for Girobank.

    • Bank of Scotland

      Writing small business articles for a Bank of Scotland client publication published by Edinburgh contract publisher Editions Publishing.

    • Barclays

      2 articles available

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    • Clydesdale Bank

      Writing customer magazine copy for a Clydesdale Bank publication prepared by Edinburgh based Editions Publishing.

    • Co-operative Bank

      Writing a variety of material for the Co-operative Bank's retail customer magazine.

    • Coutts Bank

      Writing a variety of copy for Coutts' customer publications and media training some of the bank's lead spokespeople.

    • Deutsche Bank

      Writing research material for Deutsche Bank's corporate finance division.

    • Dexia

      Writing a variety of long, in-depth research material for this bank's in house virtual business school and management training facility.

    • HSBC

      6 articles available

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    • ING Group

      Writing a large amount of investment copy for the the on-line trading website of Banque Bruxelles Lambert, a Belgian subsidiary of this Dutch banking and insurance group.

    • Lloyds Banking Group

      Writing a variety of material for this major UK banking group over a number of years. This includes writing a report on family businesses, writing a large amount of copy for the bank's small business website and writing articles for its high net worth customer magazine.

    • NatWest Bank

      Writing a variety of copy for one of the bank's customer magazines.

    • Royal Bank of Scotland

      Writing a variety of copy for this major UK banking group. Including brochures on trade finance, articles for the bank's customer magazines and advertising copy for the bank's global commercial banking division.

  • Insurance & Financial Sector
    • Alex Lawrie

      Writing brochure copy and sponsored articles for this firm of UK factors and invoice discounters, which is part of Lloyds Banking Group.

    • Allianz

      Writing web advertising copy on a variety of topics.

    • Fidelity International

      Writing copy for an in-house management magazine for this major fund management group. The magazine was edited and published by Wardour, the contract publishers.

    • Forester Health / Forester Life

      Writing corporate copy for this insurance business.

    • Friends Provident

      Writing corporate promotional copy for this investment group.

    • Halewood Intl. Mkt. Strategies

      Writing a ghosted article on behalf this foreign exchange services provider for a regional business magazine.

    • International Forfaiting Association

      4 articles available

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    • Standard & Poor’s

      Writing promotional copy on behalf of rating agency S&P which appeared in the International Herald Tribune newspaper.

    • Stockton Reinsurance

      Writing a ghosted article on behalf of this reinsurance company's CEO which appeared in Reinsurance magazine.

    • Wintertur Insurance

      Writing promotional copy for this Swiss insurance company.

    • Zurich Financial Services

      Writing promotional material for this financial services provider.

  • Law Firms
    • Mayer Brown

      Working with Mayer Brown's design agency, writing brochure copy as part of the rebranding of the business in London.

    • Pitmans

      Preparing a supplement on various aspects of corporate finance and legal issues

    • S.J Berwin

      Writing a variety of copy for an internal newsletter linked to the rebranding and relocation of this City law firm.

  • Other Sectors
    • Aegis Plc

      Writing a great deal of copy for the internal communications of this major, London listed, international media and research business. This included ghosting the chief executive's message to staff. I also wrote the copy for Aegis' annual report for two years.

    • Ansaldo STS

      Working with design agency Pauffley to write the copy for the annual report of this Genoa, Italy based transport engineering and management group.

    • BNFL

      Writing promotional copy for this nuclear fuels business.

    • BP Gas / BP Energy

      Writing promotional copy for this major hydrocarbons group.

    • British Airways Cargo

      No description found

    • British Midland Airways

      Writing promotional copy for this UK airline.

    • Carphone Warehouse

      Writing promotional copy and providing media training for this UK high street telecoms retailer.

    • Marks and Spencer

      Writing copy for the company's staff newsletter on aspects of this major UK retailer's remuneration scheme.

    • Michael Page

      Writing a series of cast studies for this recruitment firm's client magazine

    • Philips (Auctioneers)

      Writing several promotional articles for a house sale held by this firm of London based auctioneers.

    • Proshare

      Editing The Investor magazine, the membership publication of Proshare, an organisation, funded by the London Stock Exchange, which encourages investment in stocks and shares.

    • Rentokil Initial

      Writing a variety of material for the staff newsletter of this global business services business. Work included ghosting the chief executive's messages to employees throughout the world.

    • Simply Travel

      Writing promotional material for this travel business.

    • Slough Estates / SEGRO

      Writing a variety of material for this international commercial property business. Work included writing a company history of the firm.

  • Public Sector
    • British Overseas Trade Board

      Writing a large number of export case studies for this international trade promotion arm of the UK Government. Other work included writing the bulk of the copy for the BOTB's annual reports.

    • Dept. of Trade and Industry

      No description found

    • European Commission

      Writing a report on unfair competition in the European Union. The work was commissioned by the Confederation of British Industry and funded by the European Commission's Competition Directorate.

  • Software & IT Sector Firms
    • EClerx

      Writing ghosted material for an executive of this consulting firm that provides business process outsourcing services to fast growing financial services businesses.

    • Sage

      Writing articles about small and medium sized businesses for the customer magazine of this accounting software firm. The magazine is published for Sage by Specialist.

    • Scyllogis Consulting

      Ghosting material on Solvency II insurance industry regulation, for this insurance IT consulting firm.

    • Simcorp

      3 articles available

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