The Süddeutscher Verlag (SV) is a corporate group that has emerged from the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

The Süddeutscher Verlag approached us with the aim of improving their employees’ Business English skills. The company is rapidly undergoing a transformation, becoming more international, and we have been helping them meet this challenge by providing training for, amongst other things, writing emails, speaking on the phone, Accountancy English and contributing effectively in meetings. From 2018 to the end of 2019, we provided training to key members of the accounting team to help them with some large international acquisitions.

The funniest and most effective English training I have ever had! The trainer knows how to respond to the linguistic needs of the client and is very keen to teach his students to speak English in exactly the same way native speakers talk. My colleagues in particular were able to completely overcome their inhibitions about speaking English. The progress was very quickly noticeable. The sessions are really very varied and never boring. The trainer is very reliable. In case of holidays etc, a substitute is always provided. Thank you so much!

Andrea Kalger, Project and Organization Manager Accounting at SWMH Service GmbH

With its more than 40,000 employees and a revenue of over 40 billion EUR (FY 2017), the MS&AD Group is one of Asia’s leading insurers and one of the largest insurance firms worldwide.

We have been working with Aioi Nissay Dowa, a subsidiary of MS&AD, on a continuous, weekly basis since 2014. As such, we have been supporting them with their international ambitions, providing weekly Business English training for several groups as well as more specialised 1-1 training at the C-level. During this time we have helped their employees communicate more effectively with their colleagues and clients in the UK, Japan as well as in mainland Europe and improve effectiveness in a number of international business areas.

“We got to know the London School of Business English in June 2014 when we were looking for a partner for our in-house English lessons. Our courses, which take place on a weekly basis, are characterised by professionalism, consistency, flexibility and far above-average commitment on the part of the London School. We are happy to confirm that our trainer is very good at motivating our employees irrespective of their level of knowledge and driving them forward. With an ideal mixture of seriousness and fun, he is able to continuously improve our colleagues’ English skills. We look forward to continuing our successful cooperation with the London School of Business English, Munich”

Diana Strasser, Head of HR at Aioi Nissay Dowa.

FC Bayern München is a German sports club based in Munich. Its professional football team plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league, and is the most successful club in German football history, winning a record 29 national titles and 19 national cups.

FC Bayern is a club seeking to capitalise upon its footballing success and popularity by increasing their footprint around the world.  For this reason, since 2019, we’ve been proud to be working with the merchandising and licensing department, improving their every-day Business English including specific marketing concepts, brushing up their English footballing terms and working on negotiations with partners and suppliers in an international context.

The European Parliament is the legislative branch of the European Union. It is composed of more than 700 members (MEPs) and represents the largest trans-national democratic electorate in the world.

We have been working with Michael Cramer, a former German MEP (2004 – 2019) on a regular basis since 2009 and have so far translated five books into English. Due to the important political and historical nature of these works (e.g. “The Iron Curtain Trail” and “The Berlin Wall Trail” have been discussed by the Guardian, CNN and numerous media outlets) accuracy and cultural sensitivity were of the utmost importance when translating these works. We are happy to report that each book has been a terrific success and we are proud of our contribution to the projects.

“As a Member of the European Parliament, I depend on accurate and idiomatic translations. Chris Lines does just that: his translations not only convey the meaning but also the sound and voice of the original text. I also appreciate his reliability, attention to detail and speed.”

Michael Cramer, German MEP (2004 – 2019)

LucaNet provides professional software, product training, and specialist consultation in the field of financial consolidation, planning and controlling.

We provided Business English training to three groups of consultants on a regular, weekly basis for three years as well as gave specialised workshops on presentation skills and worked on marketing material for the LucaNet company magazine. We continue to support LucaNet with their language needs and now provide 1-1 training to some high-level employees.

I’ve had a lot of English teachers so far, but Chris is by far the best teacher I’ve ever had. His way of teaching business English is simply unbeatable. Entertaining and insanely instructive. No matter what English level you have, Chris always tailors the lessons to his students so well that you can really take a lot of lessons with them every hour.

Sarah Geiger, Senior Consultant LucaNet.

Adobe Inc. is an American multinational computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California. It has over 21 thousand employees and revenues in excess of 2 billion dollars.

We were approached by Adobe in 2017 to deliver highly-specialised 1-1 marketing/e-commerce English training for an employee at their Munich office. As of September 2019, our training has also expanded to include specialised “story telling workshops” which take place on a regular basis.

My job is very demanding and I need very good English skills for my everyday- tasks – it is not enough to simply get by. For the past two years, I’ve been having regular business English training with the London School at my workplace and my English has improved immensely during that time. I feel much more confident now in telephone conferences with native speakers and also in presentations, as well as in difficult negotiating situations. The training is effective but in a relaxed atmosphere and it is so much fun! Time flies by every week – It couldn’t be better.

Maja Perkovic, e-commerce manager, Adobe Inc.

iteratec develops individual software systems (e.g. car sharing for BMW / DriveNow) and has more than 350 employees across nine locations. 

iteratec approached us in 2012 to provide weekly group Business English training for their employees. We have been providing this now for over seven years, constantly adapting to their needs as the company has grown from humble beginnings into a multinational. In addition to this, we have provided numerous translations of technical IT documents as well as marketing documents and websites e.g. the iteratec iteraplan website. https://www.iteraplan.de/en/  

Aderhold is a law firm specialised in all the main business law areas, whose client base includes amongst others, successful German family businesses, large mid-tier companies, banks, insurance companies and payment providers.

We have been providing Business English training to this boutique law firm at the associate and senior partner level on a weekly basis since 2016. In addition to this, we work on a weekly basis with them translating complex legal and financial texts, including for example, the English entries for Aderhold’s PayTechLaw blog: https://paytechlaw.com/

Chris has been with me, our law firm and our blog PayTechLaw for more than two years now. The training with him is always instructive and fun at the same time (I can hear the laughter echoing down the office corridors). He always delivers the translations of our very niche blog posts within the agreed time (or earlier) and continuously adapts his wording to the industry. He intensively researches legal topics, some of which are very complicated, and localises the texts accordingly. I could not imagine any other professional who would go to this much trouble and hope to work with him for a long time to come. Both on a professional and human level an absolute top hit!

Isabella Fröhlich, head of PR and Marketing at Annerton law firm (formerly Aderhold law firm)

Mercateo is Europe’s leading procurement platform; interacting with hundreds of suppliers, thousands of manufacturers and over a million business customers.

We have been providing Business English training for Mercateo on a weekly basis since 2017. Since more and more of their colleagues and clients are non-German speaking, the need to communicate quickly, effectively and accurately in English has increased rapidly. Employees are now far better at communicating with their fellow IT experts from around the world and are now far better positioned for conducting international business than they were before.

Chris is a highly recommended trainer. We are an in-house group with significant differences in language level. I was worried that group composition would be difficult, but Chris is adapts his training to all performance levels so that nobody is under or challenged. The training is well structured. Chris motivates all the participants to participate which is important for successful language learning. Overall, the units are entertaining and varied with just the right mix of new material and repeating old topics. Highly Recommended!

Steffen Rothermel, Head of Agile at Mercateo AG.

Golding Capital Partners is an asset manager for private equity, private debt, and infrastructure in Europe.

We have been working with Golding Capital on a continuous weekly basis since 2018, providing English training with a focus on investment banking, general finance and international business. We provide training to two groups at their headquarters in Munich.

Apera Capital provides private capital solutions to mid-market companies in the DACH, the UK, the Nordics, France and Benelux.

We were approached by Apera Capital in 2018 to deliver highly-specialised 1-1 Financial English training for a very senior employee at their Munich office. We were able to provide a trainer with directly relevant business experience in our client’s line of work and our training helped the employee interact more efficiently with his colleagues in London as well as speak more articulately about complex financial matters with clients.

myTalentscout is a premium IT recruitment agency based in Munich dedicated to matching the right talent to the right client.

Jobs are becoming more global and because of that, the recruitment world is changing. We were approached by myTalentscout in early 2018 to help them tackle this change, specifically, to address the challenge of successfully communicating and negotiating with the growing number of non-German IT workers in the workforce. We have therefore been providing weekly general Business English training and specialist IT and Recruitment English to two groups since 2018 as well as providing 1-1 training to a senior-level manager.