How to Write Reports and Proposals is essential reading for achieving effective writing techniques. Getting a message across on paper and presenting a proposal in a clear and persuasive form are vital skills for anyone in business, and this book provides practical advice on how to impress, convince and persuade your colleagues or clients. Fully updated for 2019, this 5th edition now features even more practical exercises, useful templates, and top tips that will help you to write succinctly and with impact across different media. How to Write Reports and Proposals will give you the tools to put over a good case with style.

Revised edition of the author's How to write reports and proposals, 2016.

Introduction: pitfalls and opportunities -- What makes good business writing? -- Creating a good report -- Preparing to write -- The power of language -- Making numbers clear -- Making proposals persuasive -- The contribution of layout and presentation -- Afterword.