This is the year I gained a diploma (with distinction) in copywriting. Before that, I'd been a journalist for 27 years.

In my time I've been a reporter, features editor and internationally published author. Plus, I have about 20 years' experience on London-based business, financial and consumer magazines, mainly as a copy editor. These include Marketing Week, The Lawyer, Funds Europe, Tatler, the Financial Times' Investment Adviser and a string of B2B titles.

For the moment, I want to focus on CNBC Business, an international magazine that I wrote for and copy edited. This was aimed at the general reader and many of its stories came from correspondents who spoke English as a second language. Part of my job was to rewrite those articles in an engaging, conversational style. It's a handy talent to have.

I've used similar skills recently, revamping businesses' websites. The fact is that when it comes to writing plain, compelling English - no jargon, no waffle, no nonsense, as I like to put it - I have 27 years' training behind me.

I've worked at the highest levels of magazine publishing, interviewing captains of industry and breathing life into other people's articles. So, if my plain-speaking approach appeals to you, please get in touch.

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