Business English

To: All staff

From: HR Department

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Please remember that your manager must agree any holiday dates before you complete a form.

1. Why is the HR department sending this email?

• to ask staff for some information

  
  

• to explain how something is done

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  to tell managers about a problem

Job opportunity: FINEFOODS

Description:

Agent required for nationwide distribution. Some experience in food retail an advantage. Refrigerated van provided.

Finefoods requires an agent to:

• own a suitable vehicle for delivery.

• be a specialist in food distribution.

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  deliver goods all over the country.

To: All staff
Subject: Accounts Course

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Staff wishing to enrol for the Accounts course should contact Jane Fellows, who needs to know numbers.

3. Staff should tell Jane Fellows

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  how many people have enrolled for the course.

  
  

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  if they are interested in doing the course.

• which of the courses they have decided to do.

Please send me the revised report ___, so we can finalize the project.

• ASAP

• 
  by the book

Our initial marketing plan didn't yield the expected results, so it's ___

• word of mouth

• back to the drawing board

The ___ is that we need to increase sales by 15% to meet our annual target.

• bottom line

• big picture

Let's schedule a ___ session to generate new ideas for our next product launch.

• brainstorming

• thinking outside the box

Our company is known for its ___ technology and innovative solutions.

• cutting-edge

• in the black

It's important to ___ and not lose sight of our long-term goals.

• keep an eye on the ball

• put all your egs in one basket

Our customer service team always ___ to ensure client satisfaction.

• goes the extra mile

• corners the market