Business English training: Tailored for the modern workplace
Whether your team members are beginners or already have a solid foundation in English and wish to hone their skills for more sophisticated professional tasks, our Business English training programme is designed to support them. We focus on developing practical English communication skills for everyday work, including customer service, logistics, administration, healthcare and production.
Business English training: When is it worthwhile?
A Business English course provides clear benefits in a wide range of professional contexts:
- New employees with limited English skills need to be smoothly integrated into international or English-speaking teams
- International professionals require English language support to follow procedures, safety regulations and comply with documentation standards
- Language barriers are slowing down collaboration across departments
- Staff are taking on new roles involving English-speaking clients, partners, or suppliers
- English is being introduced as the company’s internal communication language for meetings, documentation and shift handovers
With our Business English training, you enable your team to overcome language barriers and improve their ability to communicate effectively – tailored to your business environment.
Do your employees need to speak English more confidently in client meetings, team briefings, online calls, or when collaborating with international colleagues? Would you like to reduce misunderstandings and increase clarity in written and spoken communication?
Business English training: Practical content with immediate relevance
Our Business English courses are based on real-world workplace communication challenges. Course content is tailored to your company’s needs and can include:
- Giving and following clear instructions in English (e.g. on the shop floor or in healthcare)
- Actively participating in meetings and video calls
- Reporting issues, delays, or quality concerns accurately and diplomatically
- Dealing with English-speaking clients, including small talk, enquiries and complaints
- Writing professional emails, service reports, and internal documentation
- Understanding industry-specific terms and international English variants (e.g. British, American, or global English)
- Handling telephone calls and transferring or requesting information clearly
- Presenting confidently, negotiating with partners, or chairing meetings in English
- Improving pronunciation and fluency to be understood across accents
Business English training: Flexible formats for your organisation
Our Business English courses are modular and can be adapted to suit the size, schedule and sector of your company. Choose from:
- Individual or small-group sessions
- Weekly training or intensive workshops
- On-site, remote (online), or hybrid formats
- Industry-specific courses, such as English for Logistics, English for Administration or English for Frontline Staff
We also offer business English training combined with other corporate languages, such as French, German, Italian and Spanish, for multilingual teams. We can also tailor the course to British English, American English or other international variants relevant to your business.
Business English training: Our trainer profiles
Our certified English trainers bring strong pedagogical and sector-specific experience:
- University degrees in English, Applied Linguistics, or Adult Education
- Recognised teaching diplomas valid in Switzerland
- Extensive experience in delivering workplace-oriented Business English training
- Familiarity with a range of industries including services, manufacturing, care, logistics, and administration
- Methodological and didactic competence across CEFR levels (A1–C2)
- Intercultural awareness and an understanding of the Swiss and international corporate landscape
Our trainers foster a respectful, goal-oriented, and motivating learning environment—ideal for diverse and international teams.
Business English training: Your benefits at a glance
- Boost productivity: Clearer communication means fewer misunderstandings and more efficient workflows
- Improve safety: Confident understanding of procedures, technical language, and protocols
- Increase client satisfaction: Professional, polite and fluent interaction with customers and partners
- Strengthen team cohesion: A shared language encourages integration and collaboration
- Secure quality: Precise use of English helps maintain compliance and reduce error rates
Business English training: Our proven process
We adapt every training course to your business needs through a structured and collaborative approach:
- Analyse the specific communication needs of your company and employees
- Develop a customised training plan with clear, measurable learning goal
- Coordinate with HR or team leaders to integrate the training into daily operations
- Carry out placement tests (if necessary) to assign participants to appropriate learning levels
- Monitor progress and evaluate results throughout the course
Each company is unique—and so is each Business English training course we provide.