Business Letter, Report and Email Skills

Attend this 1 day from Bright Methods in Aztec West, Bristol (we are right next to the M4/M5) and learn how to correctly set out your Business Writing. You will also learn how to use IT effectively to help you to manage your Business Writing.

This course is ideal as part of an induction package for new staff, or can be used to improve the Business Writing skills of existing staff.

The course runs from 9.30am to 4.30pm and includes all day refreshments with lunch.

Typically this course will run with up to 6 delegates. We can also offer this course as onsite course at your premises or you may use our Bracknell or Solihull training premises for running closed courses. Our closed courses are £500 for up to 3 delegates with £100 for additional delegates thereafter.

Course Content

Writing skills
Basic writing skills
Plain English
Basic formatting
Effective sentences and paragraphs
Using the spell checker, grammar checker and thesaurus in Word

Report writing
Setting out a report
Style and presentation
Creating a template in Word for future use
Creating tables of contents in Word

Writing specific messages
Business letters and reports
Writing clear and concise messages
Using Word to set up letter and report templates

Creating effective emails
Choosing the correct tone
Using Outlook to create email templates
Using Outlook to create a signature
Using Outlook to create an out-of-office reply