Plain English legal writing services and legal editing services give the reader the best chance of understanding your contract, policy document, precedent, letter or other legal document on the first reading, and in the way that you want them to. Legal language that speaks more directly to people is more effective and makes its owner…
Author Archives: Andrew Pegler
So many of the contracts and forms used in insurance and banking are poorly written, the victims of decades of accumulated legal-ese, which tends to pile up like plaque in your arteries. For those who don’t eat legal-ese for breakfast, it’s like a foreign language. People are wary of insurance and banking contracts, which are traditionally…
Our plain English business writing courses are a must for organisations that want their staff to write in plain English. For us, plain English means its wording, structure and design are so clear that the target audience can quickly and easily understand and use it. Here’s an example: Before: Please take this communication as confirmation that we…
Our guarantee Concise, plain English sentences from an experienced finance writer ‘Bank speak’ avoided Flawless spelling, punctuation and grammar Facts and figures never changed Experienced finance writers Experienced content writers Are your finance writers creating easy to read content? Does it persuade and engage your readers? Is it delivering results? Is it on-brand? Does it hit…
Since 2000, our specialist writers and designers for government have helped countless state and Commonwealth government departments and agencies with plain English writing, editing and graphic design. Government graphic design solutions Our government graphic design solutions communicate information in the most legible and engaging way. Every element on every page has a clear purpose –…
Annual report writing, editing and designing Annual reports are often considered the ‘thoroughbreds’ of corporate document production: they need a steady hand on the reins to get across the finish line. You need an experienced organisation. One like us. During our many years as annual report writers and annual report designers, we’ve picked up a…
Our guarantee concise, plain English business writing ‘bank speak’ eliminated flawless spelling, punctuation and grammar facts and figures never changed highly effective business writing. Is your business writing easy to read? Does it persuade and engage your readers? Is it delivering results? Is it on-brand? Does it hit its target audience? Ours does, and our 15 years…
Appearances are deceptive….. What is apparently a simple and effective message is usually the product of long and careful crafting. This process is impossible without a sound grasp of language from the ground up. Our proofreading and editing services run the gamut from a proofread or a light edit to a major structural overhaul involving…
Annual reports are often considered the ‘thoroughbreds’ of corporate document production: they need a steady hand on the reins to get across the finish line. Over the past 17 or so years Andrew Pegler Media has been involved in the plain-English editing, writing, layout and design of over 100 annual reports. This includes three for…
We’ve all had to navigate them … the protracted strings of words (otherwise known as sentences) that seem to stretch to the horizon and veer out around Pluto, before finishing with a lap of the sun. The meaning of these arduous, dull assaults on our concentration is generally lost somewhere on the journey through the…