Business Development Manager
Average UK salary range £35,000 - £70,000
They focus on driving sales, expanding market reach, and achieving sales targets. Strong sales, communication, and leadership skills are essential.
Key skills for Business Development Managers
- Communication Skills
- Negotiation
- Relationship-building
- Sales Skills
- Strategic Thinking
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AI Ethics
From £349 + VAT
One day Classroom Live Online Private Options
Understand core ethical principles and make informed decisions about AI use. Identify ethical risks and foster a culture of responsible AI use.
Build practical AI ethics skills on this one-day course.
Covering fairness, bias, privacy, accountability, the EU AI Act, UK regulatory frameworks and implementing ethical safeguards — using real case studies throughout.
Ideal for professionals responsible for AI use within their teams or organisations.
- Identify and assess ethical risks in AI systems
- Recognise bias, fairness and transparency issues
- Conduct privacy and fairness assessments
- Navigate accountability questions with confidence
- Implement ethical safeguards
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- CEO
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- Communications Assistant
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- Content Creator
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Good Grammar and Punctuation
From £349 + VAT
One day Live Online Private Options
This course is ideal for anyone looking to gain confidence and improve their writing. Master the correct use of English grammar and accurate punctuation.
Good grammar is essential for effective communication.
This course will provide an excellent understanding of how English grammar works.
This will enhance your written communication skills, build your credibility, and help you convey your thoughts with clarity and precision.
- Construct clear, well-formed sentences
- Apply punctuation rules with confidence
- Build effective paragraphs that flow naturally
- Use tenses correctly and consistently
- Get apostrophes and plurals right every time
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How to Write Effectively
From £349 + VAT
One day Live Online Private Options
Write persuasive, compelling copy that will engage your audience. Learn valuable techniques to dramatically improve your writing skills.
Enhance your writing skills to effectively convey ideas, thoughts, and information
with clarity and precision.
This course will give you the skills to write clearly and concisely making a positive impression on your colleagues and clients.
- Define a clear brief before you start writing
- Choose the right format for your message
- Write directly for your target audience
- Structure copy so readers stay with you
- Use active sentences that carry real impact
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Keynote Intro
One day Live Online Private Options
Learn Apple Keynote in our one-day course. Expert-led, max 8 per class. Face-to-face in London or live online.
Learn to create beautiful presentations with Apple Keynote on this practical one-day Mac course for all levels.
Covering slide design, themes, master slides, text and media, animations, transitions, interactive elements with hyperlinks, presenter view and exporting — suitable for all levels including complete beginners.
- Set up and customise the Keynote workspace
- Design slides using themes and master slides
- Add text, images, shapes, tables and media
- Create animations and slide transitions
- Export presentations for any platform or device
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Leadership Intro
From £899 + VAT
Two day Live Online Private Options
Learn leadership skills in our two-day introduction course. Expert-led, max 8 per class. Face-to-face in London or live online.
Develop your leadership skills on this expert-led two-day introduction course.
Covering leadership versus management, different leadership styles, motivating and empowering individuals and teams, leading through change and uncertainty, building high-performing teams, coaching and developing the people around you and communicating with confidence and impact.
- Assess and develop your personal leadership style
- Motivate and empower individuals and teams
- Lead through change and uncertainty with clarity
- Build and manage high-performing teams
- Coach and develop the people around you
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Management Intro
From £899 + VAT
Two day Live Online Private Options
Learn management skills in our two-day introduction course. Expert-led, max 8 per class. Face-to-face in London or live online.
Build your management skills on this expert-led two-day introduction course.
Covering management versus leadership, situational leadership, communicating and motivating your team, performance management, effective delegation, having difficult conversations, managing remotely and handling change — ideal for new and aspiring managers.
- Assess and develop your own management style
- Communicate clearly and motivate your team
- Set objectives and manage performance effectively
- Delegate tasks and have difficult conversations
- Handle change, discipline and grievance situations
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Managing Projects Remotely
Half day Live Online Private Options
Understand and master the challenges of managing a project remotely. Learn the skills to effectively manage teams working remotely.
The course equips you with the skills and strategies to effectively manage projects in a remote work environment.
Learn how to effectively communicate with remote team members and how to improve collaboration on a project when your team works in different locations.
- The benefits of working remotely
- Identifying tasks and control points
- Building a collaborative team
- Setting realistic goals and milestones
- Keeping your project on track
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Managing Teams Remotely
Half day Live Online Private Options
Learn to effectively manage and motivate a team that is working remotely. Successfully navigate the unique challenges of remote team management.
Remote work can pose challenges in communication and collaboration.
This course will give you the techniques and tools to foster effective communication, build trust, and improve teamwork in a remote-working environment.
Learn how to navigate the dynamics of remote team management and successfully
manage and motivate a team working in different locations.
- Adapt your leadership style for remote work
- Keep communication clear across a distributed team
- Build cohesion and culture without a shared office
- Create a practical remote management action plan
- Choose and use the right tools for your team
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Microsoft Copilot Intermediate
From £329 + VAT
One day Live Online Private Options
Master Microsoft Copilot in our one-day intermediate course. Expert-led, max 8 per class. Face-to-face in London or live online.
Move beyond the basics with this practical one day Copilot course.
Learn advanced prompting techniques, how to design multi-purpose agents, and set up cross-app workflows.
Explore dashboard and data analysis in Excel, and how to automate communication in Teams and Outlook without losing accuracy or control.
- Write advanced prompts that get better results
- Build reliable, multi-purpose Copilot agents
- Analyse data and build dashboards with Copilot
- Generate polished PowerPoint decks with AI
- Automate tasks in Teams and Outlook
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Microsoft Copilot Intro
From £329 + VAT
One day Live Online Private Options
Get more done with Copilot, your AI assistant for Microsoft Office 365. Learn how to automate tasks, create slides, documents, and more with the help of AI.
Learn to use Microsoft Copilot across the full Microsoft 365 suite on this practical one-day course.
Covering Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint — with hands-on prompt writing, data analysis, automation and collaboration exercises throughout.
Ideal for professionals new to Copilot.
- Understand Copilot's full range of uses
- Create and summarise emails using prompts
- Manage and understand data in Excel
- Create powerpoint slides in a few clicks
- Use AI to draft and amend documents
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Microsoft Powerpoint Adv
From £229 + VAT
One day Live Online Private Options
Master PowerPoint in our advanced one-day course. Expert-led, max 8 per class. Face-to-face in London or live online.
Master advanced PowerPoint on this expert-led one-day course for experienced users.
Covering Office integration, dynamic content linking, advanced animation and custom motion paths, audio and video, professional graphics, shapes and Slide Master design — for those creating polished and complex presentations.
- Import data and slides from Word and Excel
- Link and update content from other Office apps
- Apply advanced animation and custom motion paths
- Work professionally with audio and video
- Use Slide Master for consistent on-brand design
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Microsoft Powerpoint Intro
From £229 + VAT
One day Live Online Private Options
Learn PowerPoint in our one-day introduction course. Expert-led, max 8 per class. Face-to-face in London or live online.
Learn to create professional presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint on this practical one-day introduction course.
Covering the interface, slide layouts and themes, Slide Master, adding and formatting text, images, SmartArt and charts, animations, transitions, presenter view and speaker notes — suitable for beginners.
- Navigate the PowerPoint interface confidently
- Design slides using layouts, themes and Slide Master
- Add and format text, images, SmartArt and charts
- Apply animations and slide transitions
- Deliver presentations using presenter view
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Powerpoint Presentation Design
From £329 + VAT
One day Live Online Private Options
Creating beautiful Powerpoint presentations can be a challenge for non-designers. Learn the design skills to make visually striking and memorable presentations.
If you are not a trained designer, this course will give you the design skills to create striking presentations that effectively convey your message.
Learn about colour theory, layout design, transitions, and animation effects to create visually impressive presentations.
- Apply core design principles to slides
- Plan presentations that hold an audience
- Use colour theory to create visual impact
- Choose and pair typefaces that communicate well
- Build beautiful, effective slide layouts
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Proofreading Intro
From £349 + VAT
One day Live Online Private Options
Learn proofreading in our one-day course. Expert-led, max 8 per class. Face-to-face in London or live online.
Learn the skills to spot errors and inconsistencies in your writing, ensuring a high level of
accuracy and professionalism in your work.
This course will give you an excellent eye for grammar, punctuation, spelling, and sentence
structure, so that you write confidently and without mistakes.
- Understand the role and responsibilities of a proofreader
- Use and interpret standard proofreading marks
- Spot and correct common grammar and spelling errors
- Apply punctuation rules accurately and consistently
- Build and use a reliable proofreading checklist
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Report Writing
From £349 + VAT
One day Live Online Private Options
Learn report writing on our one-day course. Expert-led, max 8 per class. Face-to-face in London or live online.
Learn to write clear, well-structured reports on this practical one-day course.
Covering planning and audience analysis, report structures, writing concisely, plain English techniques, creating clear messages and professional proofreading — suitable for anyone who writes reports or briefing documents at work.
- Plan content to suit your audience and purpose
- Structure reports for maximum clarity and impact
- Write concisely using plain English techniques
- Create clear messages that drive the right action
- Proofread and edit to a professional standard
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Sales Intro
One day Live Online Private Options
Learn sales skills in our one-day introduction course. Expert-led, max 8 per class. Face-to-face in London or live online.
Learn the fundamentals of selling on this practical one-day introduction course.
Covering the sales process and principles, building rapport, questioning and listening, presenting features and benefits, pitching, handling objections and proven closing techniques — suitable for those new to sales.
- Build rapport and make a strong first impression
- Use questioning and listening to uncover needs
- Present features and benefits compellingly
- Handle objections professionally and confidently
- Apply proven closing techniques to win business
Word Adv
One day Live Online Private Options
Master Word in our advanced one-day course. Expert-led, max 8 per class. Face-to-face in London or live online.
Master advanced Microsoft Word on this expert-led one-day course for experienced users.
Covering mail merge, inserting Excel data and graphs, advanced and custom styles, form fields and templates, automatic tables of contents and using Word's collaboration and document review tools.
- Create mail merges for letters, labels and catalogues
- Insert and format Excel spreadsheets and graphs
- Build and apply advanced paragraph and character styles
- Create protected forms with form fields and templates
- Generate tables of contents automatically
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