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Due to these grave and unprecedented times, we've had to scale back our operations a little. We hope everyone stays safe and healthy in the meantime, and that we all continue to do our bit to help bring the current situation to a swift and happy conclusion.

We're still here if you need us. Rather than phoning us, please send an email to info@plainenglish.co.uk and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

Very best to everyone until things are back to normal.

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Due to the current crisis we've regrettably had no choice but to cancel our upcoming courses. All being well we should be up and running again ready for the 22 July 2020 London Plain English course and beyond.
In the meantime please stay safe -- see you all on the other side.
Very best
Terri Schabel

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GDPR help for small businesses

From May small businesses will need to be GDPR-ready. What does this mean?

The way companies communicate with their users, and how they handle and process the information they hold about their users, will soon need to change. This is so all company practice falls in line with new GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) guidelines. The guidelines are EU-led, but identical guidelines will almost certainly be written into post-Brexit UK legislation.

GDPR - are you ready?

You’re probably aware of the upcoming GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) deadline (and if you’re not, you really should be). But will how you hold, share and use information be fit for purpose once that deadline has passed?

Child-friendly Facebook Terms and Conditions

The children’s commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, has produced ‘child-friendly’ plain English versions of Facebook’s terms and conditions.

We’ve often highlighted the need to simplify online terms and conditions on platforms such as Instagram and YouTube. Many users of those sites probably still don’t realize how their images and footage might be used once posted online.

The Internet Crystal Mark – why you need one

A website that puts obstacles in front of its audience is not doing its job properly. Get rid of any on your website, and get our Crystal Mark accreditation to boot.

Obviously, easy-to-understand text is very important. But what if that text is badly laid out, difficult to read or hard to find?