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BUSINESS SUMMARY

Plain English Communications Consultancy Confidentially offered for sale Ref No: CC068 Location: South Yorkshire - Relocatable Asking price: £200,000 Formed by the current owner in 1996, this is one of only a small number of companies who provide a specialist and valuable service to both government departments, local councils and the private sector. They specialise in training courses, and on all aspects of business writing and document editing. In simple terms they help people to write documents in clear, concise, understandable form. Training people on how to write documents saves organisatons valuable time and money and is an essential tool for both government and local council officials. The company has a continuous stream of new customers requiring their services together with a regular database of repeat clients. All local and central government employees have a duty to communicate clearly with the public, and therefore are likely to need this type of service. Over the past ten years the company has developed various mediums of teaching. These include courses, both in house or at external venues. They also have developed on-line courses entitled “Writing plain English”. There are also three booklets which can be purchased from the on-line shop in hardcopy or electronic format. There is also a 3-4 hour course which is in cd-rom format for organisations to install on an intranet or network

	BUSINESS FINANCIALS
Asking Price: £200,000
	GENERAL COMPANY INFORMATION
Organization Structure: Headquarters/Main Location: Home Based Time on lease/mortgage: N/A Is Business Relocatable? No
	MARKET OUTLOOK/COMPETITION
Most of the business comes in from repeat customers and word of mouth recommendation. There is newsletter which is sent out by e-mail to circa 500 clients each week
	DETAILS ABOUT THE SALE
Support & Training The current owner would be keen to help. Reason for Selling The owner wishes to retire due to ill health. Is Management Willing to Stay? No Are You An Intermediary? No