English for Business
Canning Training
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from 18
countriesfrom 97
companies
who gave us
4.8 out of 5
average
feedback
In 2016 we trained people
100% of participants we asked would recommend us!
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Average group size: 3 Average age: 37
26% of participants from 2016 had been to us before.
ISO 9001:2008
Certified
English for Business
Training Centre
• 42 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3QJ
• 5-storey Georgian terrace
• Garden
• Group and individual training rooms
• WiFi
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Area
• London’s West End
• Plenty of restaurants, bars, cafes
• Walking distance to Covent Garden
• Right next to the British Museum
Transport
• 5-minute walk from Tottenham Court
Road or Russell Square stations
• 1 station from St Pancras station
• Bus to Piccadilly, Kensington,
Knightsbridge (among other
destinations) from outside the training
centre
Accommodation
• Option to stay in 3, 4 or 5 star hotels
in the area
• Option to stay with homestays up to
40 minutes away from the school
English for Business
Where are we?
English for Business
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Accommodation
We use different hotels in the area, including the Holiday Inn, Bloomsbury and
the Grange Hotel, Holborn. There are two simple reasons we like to offer these
hotels (among others) – firstly, they are very good value for money, and secondly,
they’re a short walking-distance from our training centre.
Hotel
These are similar to a bed and breakfast, with one big difference: your host. We have
a wonderful group of experienced businesspeople, from journalists to entrepreneurs,
who are happy to chat to you over breakfast or in the evening. In fact, we think this is
an important part of your English-learning. Many of our participants really enjoy the
experience and have some lovely things to say about it. ‘A home away from home’ is
how we like to describe it.
We have two types of accommodation which you can choose from: homestays
and hotels. We believe it’s really important that you sleep well after an intensive day’s
training and so we have carefully selected our accommodation partners.
Homestay
The Training
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Which training course is right for you?
Do you think it’s your level of English that prevents you from
performing at your best at work?
‘Yes!’‘No; I’m
a native
speaker’
‘No, not really; I
feel like my English
is good enough.
I want to learn
about how to use it
more tactically’
Talk to us about
our Open
Communication
Skills courses
Do you want to develop your skills in
a group of people with a similar level
of English to yours?
Talk to us about our
English for
Business Group
courses
Talk to us about our
English for
Business
Combination
courses
Talk to us about our
English for
Business One-to-
One courses
Talk to us about
our Executive
Coaching
Talk to us about
our Tailored
Communication
Skills courses
Talk to us about our
English for
HR/PAs courses
‘Yes!’
‘Yes but I
also want
some
individual
sessions’
‘No – I’d
like to have
individual
sessions’
‘Yes and
I’d like to
focus on
my role in
HR/as a
PA’
‘Yes!’
‘No I’d
prefer to
have
individual
sessions’
‘Yes, but my
company
has a group
of people to
train at our
offices’
Do you want to develop your
communication skills with a group
of like-minded people?
English for Business
The training
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• Personalised, business-related,
tailored training
• Book sessions in blocks of hours,
days, weeks, months …!
• Individual training: just you and the
trainer
• Trainer allocated based on your
profile, objectives, linguistic ability,
preferences
• English native-speaking trainers
with international business
experience
• Fellow participants are international
businesspeople
• 36+ contact hours per week
• Timetable: typically 0900-1630
Monday-Friday though we can be
totally flexible with the timetable
• Organised evening social
programme in London with a trainer
• Lunch with your trainer
• You can start your training any day
of the year!
Intensive Group Intensive Individual
• Personalised, business-related,
tailored training
• One, two or multiple weeks
available
• English native-speaking trainers
with international business
experience
• Participants are international
businesspeople
• Maximum 6 participants per group;
average group size: 3
• 41+ contact hours per week
• Timetable: 0900-1730 Monday-
Friday
• Organised evening social
programme in London with a trainer
• Lunch with your trainer and fellow
participants
• Material chosen and tailored to
your needs and objectives and
those of the other participants
• Specialist courses available
(English for PAs; English for HR)
Intensive Combination
You can also book Combination programmes which can consist of group and individual
training: just talk to us!
English for Business
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The training
Intensive Group
Duration: flexible – average 1-2 weeks
Timetable: 0900-1730 Monday-Friday including breaks and lunchtimes with the
trainer and the other participants (one lunchtime per week is a free lunch)
Group size: maximum 6 participants, average: 3-4 participants
Total contact hours: 41+ hours per week
Start dates: every Monday
Programme:
Simulations of real business meetings, telephone calls, teleconferences, presentations,
negotiations, debates, social conversation and more.
Focus:
Vocabulary and expressions, listening comprehension, grammar, pronunciation,
communication skills and more.
Intensive Individual
Duration: flexible – book in blocks of hours, days, weeks
Timetable: flexible – weekend training available
Total contact hours: flexible
Start dates: flexible
Programme:
Totally customised to participant’s needs. Simulations of real business meetings,
telephone calls, teleconferences, presentations, negotiations, debates, social
conversation and more.
Focus:
Depends on the participant’s level, needs and objectives. It may involve spending time
improving comprehension skills, building vocabulary and structures to articulate ideas,
refining pronunciation of key words, developing language needed to be persuasive
and more.
English for Business
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The training
Intensive Pair
Duration: flexible – book in blocks of hours, days, weeks
Participants: two colleagues/friends/family members who have similar levels and
objectives
Timetable: flexible – weekend training available
Total contact hours: flexible
Start dates: flexible
Programme:
Totally customised to participants’ needs based on pre-course questionnaires.
Simulations of real business meetings, telephone calls, teleconferences,
presentations, negotiations, debates, social conversation and more.
Focus:
Depends on the levels, needs and objectives of participants. It may involve expanding
vocabulary and expressions, reviewing grammar points, improving listening
comprehension skills, refining pronunciation, developing communication skills and
more.
English for Business: Tailored Course
Duration: flexible – book in blocks of days, weeks
Group size: maximum 6 – all from the same company
Timetable: flexible – weekend training available
Total contact hours: flexible
Start dates: flexible
Programme:
Totally customised to participants’ needs based on telephone interviews/pre-course
questionnaires. Simulations of real business meetings, telephone calls,
teleconferences, presentations, negotiations, debates, social conversation and more.
Focus:
Agreed with client on booking the course. It may involve building vocabulary and
expressions related to the participants’ sector, reviewing grammar points, improving
listening comprehension skills, refining pronunciation, communication skills and more.
English for Business
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The training
English for Human Resources
Duration: 5 days
Timetable: 0900-1730 Monday-Friday including breaks and lunchtimes with the
trainer and the other participants (one lunchtime per week is a free lunch)
Group size: maximum 6 participants, average: 3 participants
Total contact hours: 41+ hours per week
Start dates: see our Open Courses Price List
Programme:
Subjects covered include resourcing, development, relations, compensation and
benefits, expatriation packages.
Focus:
Vocabulary and expressions related to HR, grammatical structures necessary to deal
with HR matters, listening comprehension skills, pronunciation, communication skills
and more.
English for Personal Assistants
Duration: 5 days
Timetable: 0900-1730 Monday-Friday including breaks and lunchtimes with the trainer
and the other participants (one lunchtime per week is a free lunch)
Group size: maximum 6 participants, average: 3 participants
Total contact hours: 41+ hours per week
Start dates: see our Open Courses Price List
Programme:
Subjects covered include handling telephone calls, taking minutes, welcoming visitors,
making reservations, managing schedules.
Focus:
Vocabulary and expressions for the responsibilities listed above, reviewing grammar
points, listening comprehension skills, particularly for the telephone, pronunciation,
communication skills and more.
Communication Skills
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The training
The Course A five-day ‘high octane’ course designed to enable business and professional people who
are ‘competent’ communicators to become ‘outstanding’ communicators in the international
business arena. You will learn how to create a positive impression; represent your ideas;
opinions or products with impact; probe to obtain the information you are seeking; obtain
WIN-win solutions when communicating internationally; handle conflict effectively; gain and
maintain control over discussions; adapt your communication style to suit the local culture.
Executive Coaching
Duration: 5 days
Timetable: 0900-1730 Monday-Friday including breaks and lunchtimes with the trainer
and the other participants (one lunchtime per week is a free lunch)
Group size: maximum 6 participants, average: 3 participants
Start dates: see our Open Courses Price List
The CourseCanning has been providing management development and consultancy solutions for over
30 years to clients all over the world. You can benefit from this expertise by having highly-
tailored executive coaching sessions which will allow you to focus exclusively on your
personal communication goals. These can cover issues such as presenting, team
leadership, negotiating, training, writing, culture, and diversity.
Duration: flexible
Timetable: flexible
Group size: 1 participant: 1 trainer
Total contact hours: flexible
Start dates: flexible
Powerful Communication SkillsPresentation, Culture and Negotiation
Communication Skills
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The training
The CourseThis course is designed to help you perform better as a negotiator and will involve
substantial enactment of deal-making (preparation, negotiation and video feedback), as well
as discussion of your own world of negotiating. Theory is kept to a minimum. By the end of
the course you will have practised a set of practical skills which will help you to negotiate
better international deals, backed up with a set of tools, models and theory to help you
analyse your daily challenges.
Duration: 2 days
Timetable: Wednesday-Thursday 0900-1730
Group size: maximum 6
Start dates: see our Open Courses Price List
Negotiation Skills
Presentation Skills
The CourseOn our Making Your Presentations Memorable and Persuasive courses we help you to give
your audience an incentive to listen to you, to keep them interested and enlivened, and to
make sure they remember your story. All your presentations will be recorded on camera.
You will get feedback from an expert trainer with experience of presenting and training
throughout the world.
Duration: 1 day
Timetable: Tuesday 0900-1730
Group size: maximum 6
Start dates: see our Open Courses Price List
Communication Skills
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The training
The CourseOn all our writing courses, whatever the complexity of your subject, we help you to produce
writing which will astonish your readers by how reader-friendly it is. In addition, we will
make you better editors of your work in the future so that you will save time in drafting and
redrafting. Overall, we ensure that you succeed because of your writing and not in spite
of it.
Duration: 1 day
Timetable: Friday 0900-1730
Group size: maximum 6
Start dates: see our Open Courses Price List
Writing Skills
The CourseCanning’s expertise lies in communication. We help business and professional people from
all over the world to communicate effectively, delivering high energy, high impact, high
quality courses tailored to your organisation and your people’s needs. Courses include:
Presenting Effectively Around the World; Learning to Lead; Pitching for New Business;
Influencing, and Persuasion Skills; Building Successful Multinational Teams; Negotiating
Successful International Agreements; Running Successful International Meetings; Writing
Clearly and Powerfully; Effective Communication Skills; Managing Conflict Positively;
Working with Japanese Partners; Working across Language, Culture and Distance; Making
your Training Dynamic and Memorable.
We would be happy to write a proposal and programme for you.
Duration: flexible
Timetable: flexible
Group size: flexible
Start dates: flexible
Tailored Course
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A simple platform that allows us to deliver the high standards of quality you expect from
Canning Training – online or on the telephone
Process
Step 1
You decide what you want to work on: do you want to prepare for an important
presentation? A crucial negotiation? An upcoming meeting? Or perhaps you want to
work more generally on your conversation skills?
Step 2
You agree a schedule with a Canning Trainer based on your expectations and
objectives – a one-off session of one or a few hours, or regular sessions, perhaps on a
weekly or monthly basis.
Step 3
We confirm your booking and agree how we’re going to run the sessions: online or
over the phone.
English for Business
Online follow-up training: Canning Next
Format and Fees
Canning Next allows you the flexibility of choosing when and how long you want to work.
Our trainers are available from 0800 to 2000 GMT (weekdays and weekends).
English for Business: £90/hour on weekdays; £125/hour on weekends
Objective
You’ve done a Canning Training course and now you want to make sure that you
continue to make progress.
How to book
Contact us for more details on +44 20 7381 7410 or by email [email protected]
English for Business
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The social programme – a sample
Monday
Pub Night
Join your fellow participants for a drink at the end of the day in a local English pub
where you can get to know each other and of course, practise your English.
Tuesday
Walk and Dinner
At the end of your training day, enjoy a walk along the Thames with the trainer and
fellow participants before going for dinner together in a typical British restaurant.
Wednesday
Cricket
After training today, follow your trainer to Regent’s Park where you’ll have a go at
playing cricket with your fellow participants.
Thursday
National Portrait Gallery
Meet Lindsay, a professional blue badge guide, for a fascinating tour of London’s
National Portrait Gallery.
Friday
Farewell Drinks
To celebrate the end of the week, join the trainers and your fellow participants for a
drink or two in the lounge or on our pretty garden terrace.
Why Canning?
English for Business
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Why do clients choose Canning?
Our trainers
✓ have experience working overseas
✓ have worked in international business
✓ speak at least one foreign language
✓ specialise in international communication skills
Our methodology
✓ is unique – we don’t only work on your language but also on your wider
communication skills in English
✓ is tailored to you, the participant
✓ doesn’t rely on books
✓ requires trainers to use situations from our participants’ worlds to create exercises and
materials
Participant experience
✓ we provide a comprehensive, personalised service (training, accommodation, social
programme, transfers)
Quality
✓ you see immediate results
✓ our average feedback: 4.8 out of 5*
✓ we are ISO:9001 certified
✓ we are accredited by The British Council
* data based on feedback from 2016
Canning is more than a language school. It is communication training in all aspects of
language and culture.(former participant: Executive Coaching)
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Is this the right training for you?
Expectations
• You want to improve your English in a challenging, dynamic and professional
environment with like-minded people.
• You’re looking for training which is tried and tested yet is original and creative in its
approach to language teaching.
• You want to give your English a real boost by working on the skills that you find most
challenging eg speaking, listening.
• You want to maximise your time on the training course by focusing on the language
and skills that you have to use in your professional roles.
• You want to work with trainers who use methods and techniques which are proven to
make a difference to participants’ English and overall communication skills.
• You are expecting critical feedback as well as support from your trainer.
• You want to be totally immersed in English and not be tempted to speak your first
language.
• You want to have the opportunity to put your English into practice outside of the
work/training room environment by taking part in social activities during lunchtimes
and the evenings.
• You want to enjoy the experience and leave us feeling confident in your abilities to
communicate in English.
• You want to finish the course with a clear idea of how to keep improving and to be
aware of the post-training support that Canning offers.
English for Business
English for Business
I recommend it to all as the best place to learn English at a high level.
LT – De Lage Landen Leasing, Poland (Combination 3 + 2 – English for Business course)
Canning is more than a language school. It is communication training in all aspects of
language and culture.
RS – ABB Turbo Systems, Switzerland (Executive Coaching)
The reason why I came back to Canning is because it’s the only school where you can
have a real tailor-made course.
AP – Sigma-Tau, Italy (Intensive Individual – one-to-one training)
It was very interesting – and more importantly – practical training. During this week we
have worked on and improved all our language skills. I recommend this training for
anybody who wants to improve your English in a short time.
AJ – AXA, Poland (English for Business – tailored course)
Dynamic and professional business courses provided by specialists.
KP – BSH, Poland (Intensive Individual – one-to-one training)
If you come to Canning, you’ll learn much more than English, much more than business.
IA – Capgemini, Spain (English for Business – 2-week group course)
Very good, very helpful. The trainer was excellent. I was so surprised how quickly you
could absorb all my issues (some of the items we discussed were very specific).
Role-plays were very realistic!
IW – Roche, Switzerland (English for Business – 1-week group course)
It was my best experience in English learning (… and I’m no spring chicken …!).
JD – Ferrero International, Luxembourg (Intensive Individual – one-to-one training)
Professionalism at the highest level … with heart.
LC – New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, Italy (English for Business – 1-week group course)
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Sample of our participant feedback
Our participants
Sample participant profile
Name: Hans Mueller
Age: 37
Nationality: German
Job: Head of IT Services
Course: 1 week Intensive Group
+ 5 days Intensive Individual
Use of English
Hans works for a multinational pharmaceutical company in Germany and is responsible
for IT services for the whole company. Until recently Hans didn’t have to use English
very often but since the company has been bought by an American company, he’s
having to use it more and more in teleconferences, in meetings and on the occasional
business trip. Hans has a very busy job, both professionally and personally, so he has
very limited time to spend on a course in London; one or two weeks at most.
His objectives
He would like to improve his English, particularly his comprehension skills, as he finds it
difficult to understand colleagues (both native and non-native speakers) in
teleconferences and meetings. He would also like to broaden his own range of
vocabulary and expression so that he can express himself more confidently. He’s
particularly interested in practising a couple of presentations as well as a few phone
calls so that he can perform better in these kinds of situations in future. As he doesn’t
have much time, he’s hoping to make the most out of a week or two of intensive
training in London.
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English for Business
Sample participant profile
Name: Rita García
Age: 42
Nationality: Spanish
Job: Country Sales Manager
Course: 5 days Intensive Individual
Use of English
Until recently Rita was Regional Sales Manager, responsible for the sales of her
company’s entire range of products in the Madrid area. In this role, she rarely had to
use English as, for the most part, she was dealing with Spanish distributors and
colleagues. She has just been promoted to Country Sales Manager and is now going
to be reporting to the European Sales Director based at the HQ in Switzerland. She’s
going to have to take part in international meetings, for the most part via WebEx, with
her colleagues from their other European subsidiaries. She will be expected to present
sales figures and strategies and also to share ideas and support her international
colleagues. She will be writing more emails in English, making monthly trips to the HQ
and speaking to the European Sales Director in English on a weekly basis over the
phone.
Her objectives
In the week that she has set aside for her course, she would like to improve her
comprehension skills, her pronunciation, her range of active vocabulary and
expressions and ultimately, feel more confident when operating in English. She wants
to focus specifically on her sales presentations and phone calls with her manager so
has decided to do a 5-day Intensive Individual one-to-one programme.
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English for Business
Sample participant profile
Name: François Martin
Age: 44
Nationality: French
Job: Chief Operations Officer
Course: 5 days Intensive Individual
Use of English
François has to use English regularly with his colleagues in the US headquarters,
mainly over the phone and in emails but also when they visit his subsidiary in northern
France. Even though he reports to the Managing Director for France, he is often
invited to present his figures via teleconference directly to the COO for the Group in
Montana. He has to explain why they have made certain decisions; update his
colleagues on any issues; outline his plan for the next quarter.
His objectives
Even though he has been using English regularly for the past few years, he still feels
that he doesn’t understand enough of what is said to him, particularly over the phone.
He would like to improve his comprehension skills so that he can feel more confident.
He is also concerned that he hesitates quite a lot when he speaks; he’d like to be able
to express himself more spontaneously and, of course, accurately. He would like to
focus exclusively on subjects and situations that arise in the world of manufacturing (his
sector) so has chosen to do a week of one-to-one training.
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English for Business
Our clients
Some of the organisations for which we have trained at least
20 people during the last five years
Financial/Insurance
AIB
Allianz
Axa
Bank of Tokyo
Mitsubishi UFJ
Banque de France
BBVA
BNP Paribas
Deutsche Börse
Euroclear
Generali Group
Handelsbanken
Intesa Sanpaolo
KfW
Leaseplan
MetLife Alico
Munich Re
NewRe
NORD/LB
Partner Re
Pioneer Investments
RBS
Sberbank
UniCredit Group
Westhouse Securities
General Industrial
Caterpillar Group
CNH Industrial
Ekol
Holmen
Indesit
KION Group
Nefab
NGK
Panasonic
Siemens
Stora Enso
Tyco
UPM
Trading
Mitsui
Sumitomo
Corporation
Energy
AF
E.ON
JGC Corporation
Kuwait Petroleum
OpenHydro
Veolia
Chemical
Air Liquide
Akzo Nobel
Covestro
Dow
Evonik
Engineering
ABB
Bosch
Schneider Electric
Construction
Colas
Automotive
Chassis Brakes
Comau
Daimler
Fiat Chrysler
Automobiles
Inergy Automotive
Systems
Landi Renzo
Magneti Marelli
Maserati
Nissan
Renault
Volvo
Pharma/Healthcare
Articulate Science
Bayer
Boehringer Ingelheim
Chiesi Farmaceutici
Ferring
Gardiner-Caldwell
Communications
Genentech
GSK
Kyowa Hakko Kirin
Lilly
LivaNova
Novartis
Pfizer
Quintiles
Roche
Roche Diagnostics
Sanofi
Aerospace/Aviation
airBaltic
Airbus
Airbus Defence & Space
Air France
ENAV
KLM
SES
IT
EMC
OpenJaw Technologies
Oracle
Seagate
Tieto
Consultancy
Accenture
BearingPoint
Capgemini
Roland Berger
Associations/
Institutions
Aalborg University
Aarhus University
Ashridge Business School
Bath University
Business Academy
Aarhus
CASS Business School
Enterprise Ireland
European Society for
Medical Oncology
(ESMO)
Il Sole 24 Ore Business
School
Nomura Research
Institute
Romanian-American
University
SSE Executive Education
Swiss Technology
Transfer Association
(swiTT)
United Nations High
Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR)
World Intellectual
Property Organization
(WIPO)
Consumer Goods
Ferrero
JT/JTI
Kirin
Lantmannen
Nestle
Philip Morris
SC Johnson
Specsavers
Media
The Economist
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Gallery
Canning Training
42 Bloomsbury Street
London
WC1B 3QJ
United Kingdom
+44 20 7381 7410
www.canning.com
Canning Italia
Via Losanna, 16
20154 Milan
Italy
+39 02 4801 5840
www.canning.it
Canning & Associates
Green Earth Building 3F
1-12-9 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo
Japan
+81 03 6261 3870
www.canning.co.jp
Contact us
When Canning trainers are not running courses
at our training centre in London, we’re running
tailored communication skills courses at our
clients’ premises all over the world.
To find out what we can do for you and your
company, visit www.canning.com/skills-teams-
and-culture or email us at
[email protected] to request a copy of our
brochure.
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