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Plain Language Commission

The Castle

29 Stoneheads

Whaley Bridge

High Peak

Derbyshire SK23 7BB

UK

 

Phone: +44 (0) 1663 733177

Email: mail@clearest.co.uk

Plain-English editing and
writing-skills training:
helping you clarify your web and printed communications

We provide:

We work for all kinds of organizations – government departments, financial services companies, registered social landlords, regulators, ombudsmen, local authorities, pension schemes, hospital trusts, utilities, telecom companies and international law firms. They like what we offer – a business-class service delivered by published authors and editors at a reasonable cost.

The company is personally managed by Martin Cutts, author of ‘Lucid Law’ and the ‘Oxford Guide to Plain English’. Our people include Sarah Carr, Ruth Thornton, Christina Gleeson and Judy Brown.

You can sign up for our regular newsletter, Pikestaff, free of charge through our ‘Publications’ page. You can also download back issues there.

We support Clarity, the international body promoting plain legal language; and PLAIN, the Plain Language Association INternational, a volunteer professional body that advocates clear public information.

Plain Language Commission is independent of the UK Government. 

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