AllianceBernstein

reviewing and proofing weekly, monthly, quarterly and ad hoc reports

“We started using Salisbury Ward in 2007 and soon found it to be the perfect solution to our proofreading needs. Not only is the service fast and reliable, we get added value with suggested improvements to style.”

Candace Matthews, Director, Marketing & Communications

NHS South West Essex

unsolicited recommendation from former communications head to a colleague in another primary care trust

“I can recommend a guy we have been working with (and continue to work with), who had extensive experience across many areas.

“Matthew Salisbury has worked with our PCT to put together various strategic documents, to copywrite, edit and proofread materials (including our Strategic Business Plan) for public and staff audiences, in a form which can be clearly understood without losing the core meaning (we were very pleased with the results!). His rates are very reasonable for such an expert in this field.”

Susan Morris-Newnham

Sky Creative

copywriting, editing and proofing of off-air materials

“Matthew came to us for just a few days and ended up filling a much longer gap. Over about eight months he put in more than 850 hours’ work. He fitted in well with the team, was there when we needed him, and helped to ensure that the quality of our written work matched the same high standard as our overall creative output. I would have no hesitation in recommending Matthew to anyone who may require his skillset.”

Andy Faulkner, Head of Off Air Media

Crazy Horse Brand Response Ltd

checking promotional copy, direct mail etc

“SWA have offered an exceptional proofreading service. As a busy advertising agency we were often unable to offer more than a couple of hours’ notice when we needed something checked. However they were extremely flexible, working late evenings and over the weekend to meet our client deadlines and have a genuine enthusiasm and commitment to getting the job done. It has been a pleasure working with them … I would and often do recommend them to our business contacts. Many thanks for all the hard work.”

Nicola Somers, Office Manager

Azur Group Limited

one-day workshop: ‘Writing good English for business’

“Very enjoyable course. Knowledgeable tutor. Excellent hand-outs and tips. Thank you”

Victoria Lyle, Group Marketing Manager

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

frequent editing projects since 2002

“I have been most impressed by the high level of knowledge, professionalism, accuracy and commitment Matthew has brought to his work on behalf of our organisation. For my colleagues and myself, it has been a genuine pleasure to work with him.”

Mary McCaughey, Editor in chief, content management and dissemination unit.

Face Europe, Stockholm

editorial support and writing the summary report for a conference in Dublin on equality and diversity in broadcasting, under the EU Equal programme.

“We were very pleased with the quality and promptness of his input. Matthew’s language skills and experience in handling media issues have been extremely helpful to our project.”

Jacob Schulze, director

Premier Relations PR

work for City client on branding and marketing literature

“I was very happy with Matthew’s high standards of writing, his strategic understanding, his professionalism and his reliability.”

Victoria Franklin, director

Tessc communications (Rome)

editorial consultancy, editing and rewriting texts

“I have been delighted with our cooperation. I have found Matthew conscientious and reliable, and quick to respond to our needs.”

Pia Elliott, managing director.

PRG-Schultz

desk-top research and report writing

“Peter worked for a six-month period on our prestigious financial services client, PRG-Schultz. During this assignment he did all the telephone survey work and writing for a detailed piece of desktop market research which won the commendation of the client. We would be pleased to refer him for similar survey and written work.”

Emma Freeman, new business director, The Dialogue Agency.

BP

management newsletters for global distribution

“Peter worked on an important newsletter for a major client. Because it was a first, it was critical we got the right tone for the publication. Also it was distributed worldwide, so it was vital that we presented a mass of sometimes complex subject matter clearly, concisely and interestingly. Peter achieved this in a remarkably short space of time and we were delighted to ask him back to do the same.”

Paul Cowan, managing partner, Clever Media

Portcullis Public Affairs

rewrite of website

“Peter demonstrated a good strategic grasp of our industry and succeeded in rewriting our website copy so that the messages we wanted to get across, in the tone we wanted, were clear, concise and jargon-free. His professionalism and flexibility in meeting the brief were admirable and I have not hesitated in recommending him to our clients.”

Berkeley Greenwood, managing director, Portcullis Public Affairs.

Private sector only

Recent clients include: Award-winning digital marketing agency, big:group, for client – MasterCard Prepaid; Vanguard Investments UK Ltd; BP (client of a subsidiary company of WPP); De Cristo & Co Wealth Management; PRG-Schultz (leading US financial services company, client of the Dialogue Agency); Amey PLC; Portcullis Public Relations; James Dee Associates

Some client project summaries

big:group – engaged by award-winning digital marketing agency as in-house copywriter to provide an agency copywriting and copy editing service for a major new business-to-business service platform launch for MasterCard ‘Prepaid’

Worked through 300 documents – case studies, fact sheets etc – for editing and re-writing to fit new website platform being created by MasterCard; wrote platform banners and section headers successfully enabling website completion for Christmas 2010 launch.

Vanguard Investments UK Ltd – part of the largest investment management company in the world, engaged to draft a UK ‘approach’ document

Successfully communicated transparency and high value-low cost USPs which were key messages for Vanguard’s UK start-up.