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“Brown Communication has done freelance work for the council for over two years and we have always found Tony to be reliable and able to meet with clients at any level on our behalf. His copywriting skills and attention to detail have been a tremendous asset. More than this, he has always been extremely professional, reliable and personable to work with.”
Nicola Brown
Marketing Manager
Bolton Council

“The college has worked with Tony at Brown Communication over the past few years to enhance the quality of our promotional products. A very smooth turnaround, with a professional service that I would definitely recommend to others.”
Sandra Stephen
Press, Publicity and Promotions Officer
Wigan and Leigh College

“We have found the services offered and the calibre of work to be of an excellent standard. Having tried a variety of writers in the past we have found them to be the most successful for us and would highly recommend them. We would also like to say how professional, approachable and flexible Tony has been for us as an agency.”
Andy Adams
Sales Director
Kayleigh Media, Cambridge

“Tony has been of great assistance to us during particularly busy periods — his writing is of an excellent standard, he always meets our deadlines and keeps us fully informed with his progress on important projects.”
Chris Gorman
Communications Department
Edge Hill University

“Tony is very easy to work with; he is friendly, hardworking, thorough, conscientious, thoughtful, imaginative and reliable. The standard of his work is very high and the profile of Bolton Museum and Archive Service vastly increased during his time working with us.”
Liz McNabb
Development Team Leader
Bolton Museum and Archive Service

“Brown Communication has provided Westfield Children's Centre with a prompt high quality service. The prospectus, leaflets and newsletters they have designed for us have been of a high quality that has been reflected in the interest we have had from our parents.”
Verla Shaw
Centre Development Manager
Westfield Children's Centre

“We've worked with Tony for years. Always professional and fun to deal with, we've always been very pleased with the quality of his work.”
Lucinda Antal
Operations Manager
National Wildflower Centre

“Brown Communication worked with us to design our logo & printed materials. Tony was really helpful with lots of creative ideas and delivered everything on time and on budget. We'd recommend him!”
Emma Small
Sugar & Spice
Liverpool

“Easy reading is damn hard writing.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.”
Author unknown

“The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.”
Anais Nin

“When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.”
Enrique Jardiel Poncela

“A poor idea well written is more likely to be accepted than a good idea poorly written.”
Isaac Asimov

Portfolio

A selection of current and recent projects:

The British Council

Ongoing editorial support, working with the in-house design and communications team to write and edit a wide range of materials to be used in over 100 countries worldwide. This involves the creation of original content, as well as editing of content supplied by staff globally, and ensuring it all conforms to house style. I also proofread a wide variety of publications.

NHS Central Lancashire

Independent research, information gathering, project management and staff liaison, copywriting and editing of all content for a large new website for this primary care trust (www.centrallancashire.nhs.uk). Also, research and writing of content for a new teenage health website in summer of 2010 (www.takeaction-nhs.co.uk).

Edge Hill University

Research, interviews, writing and editing of content for a variety of media, including university newsletters, staff and student case studies/profiles, prospectuses, departmental brochures, websites and press releases.

Tauheedul Islam Girls’ High School

Research and writing of content for a higher education prospectus; research and writing of content for a new website (www.tauheedul.com); writing of citizenship case studies; plus interviewing and writing of the principal’s weekly blog. The school and sixth form is one of the highest achieving in the country and was recently awarded ‘outstanding’ status by Ofsted.

NorthgateArinso

Research, writing and editing of content for two new brochures and a welcome pack aimed at SMEs, to highlight the range of services provided by one of the UK’s largest suppliers of outsourced HR solutions. Also, the writing of content for a new HR website.

Cornerhouse

Commissioned by one of the UK’s leading contemporary visual arts centres to research, liaise with staff and write the 2009–10 annual report. This was the first time an external copywriter had been used and they chose to do so because it was vital to get it right this year to really justify the organisation’s funding in the face of increasing arts sector cuts.

Young Lancashire

Research, writing and editing of a wide variety of materials for this third sector charity, including the 2009/10 annual report, voluntary sector case studies and stakeholder/funders reports.

NHS Oldham

Independent research, information gathering, project management and staff liaison, copywriting and editing of all content for a new website for this primary care trust (www.oldham.nhs.uk). Also, writing of parts of the 2008/09 annual report, plus interviews and writing of case studies to be used within this document.

Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology

Independent research, information gathering and copywriting of all content for a new website of one of the UK’s largest cancer centres, including turning extremely complex cancer trial information into understandable, user-friendly web copy (www.ccotrust.nhs.uk).

Group 4 Security, Carillion PLC and Miller Construction

Regular work liaising with staff from all over the UK; writing, editing and proofreading large tender proposals for contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds. By their nature, these documents contain a lot of technical information, so you have to be able to 'get into' the subject matter very quickly.

Bolton University

Ongoing editorial support, writing, editing and proofing content for the undergraduate and postgraduate prospectuses, as well as other publicity materials such as their quarterly Bolt magazine.

Shearings Holidays

Research, copywriting and editing of content for a variety of UK and European brochures.

University of Central Lancashire

Research, writing and editing of content for a variety of online and printed publications.

Various design and marketing agencies

Sub-contracted writing and editorial work on behalf of a number of creative design and marketing studios, such as Modern Designers (Manchester), Heart and Soul (Chester), Kayleigh Media (Cambridge), G1 Creative (Cumbria) and ICE (Merseyside).

Online samples:

www.tauheedul.com
www.centrallancashire.nhs.uk
www.oldham.nhs.uk
www.takeaction-nhs.co.uk
www.serviceuserinvolvement.co.uk
www.ccotrust.nhs.uk
www.naturalnorthwest.co.uk
www.connexions-bolton.com
www.freecompanybrochures.co.uk
www.lindaregan.co.uk

I also have many other samples and hard copies of printed publications that I’ve worked on, so please do get in touch if you’d like to see more.