English for Business Life Elementary

Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the following for
their great help and advice in the preparation of
English for Business Life: Simon Ross, Lucy Brodie,
Jo Barker, Graham Hart and Teresa Miller.
We would also like to thank our business 'students'
from organisations including UPM-Kymmene Oyj,
Metso Paper, BEMIS, Peterson Packaging, Vattenfall,
the International M aritime Organisation, GE Finance,
ABN Amro (Investment Bank), Dresdner Kleinwort
Wasserstein (UI<), Matsushita Europe and Marketing
Akademie Hamburg for providing the inspiration and
feedback that underpins English for Business Life.
Finally, the authors would like to thank their families
for their support and forbearance during the writing
process! - Gerry, Ollie and Elly Badger; Helen Glavin
for hours of research; Miranda Glavin for her
invaluable input and support.
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