Advertisement/Marketing, Arts, Communications, Cooking/Food/Beverages, Education/Training, Song lyrics/Poetry, Film - Theatre, Financial/Economics, Health and Beauty, Hospitality Industry, Internet/Multimedia, Computers/IT, Journalism - Press, Legal, Literature/Publishing, Music, Instructions/Manuals, Politics, Social Sciences, Sports, Media/Broadcasting, and Veterinary/Animals.

Simon M Heathcote-Parker, a native born Englishman, was educated in London, first at Harrow School (click on the school name for a list of famous Old Harrovians, i.e. graduates of the school), then later at The City University and The University of Greenwich, where he later became a Senior Lecturer in Business, Arts, and Tourism Management, specialising in teaching overseas business students with English language difficulties. Simon relocated to Austria, in November 2001, where, in July the following year, he established 'The Sixth Sense', the centre for Success Coaching and Hypnotherapy based in Vienna, Austria. In 2005, 'The Sixth Sense' was merged into the specialist centre for Personal & Professional Development known as SHP Consulting where additional services are offered for Business English Communication, Arts Management Consultancy and Music Production & Promotion. Simon has worked in the sports world, business world, wine world, computing & IT world, arts & entertainment world, academic world, financial world and music world. He is currently reading for a Post Graduate Certificate in Professional Studies in Education (PGCPSE) in Applied Linguistics with the Open University.



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Business English



Speeches

Letters & Correspondence

Business Reports

Marketing Documents

plus...




So, you need help with your English texts! Perhaps grammar is your problem? Perhaps it's vocabulary? Do you need editing or proofreading? Great! SHP Consulting is here to help. However, the first question to ask yourself as you read this is just what exactly are you looking for here? Are you looking for any of the following?

A native speaker?
A professional editor?
Someone well educated?
Someone highly qualified?
A seasoned business academic?
A master of the Queen's English?
An experienced business professional?
Any or all of the above?

If you are looking for this, then what are you waiting for?

Simon M Heathcote-Parker is just the person you need to help you with English texts in whatever field of business that may be.

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Languages Spoken: English; Dutch; French; German and Spanish

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Relevant Translation Experience:
Two years living as a native in Holland plus 4 years living in Austria have made Simon's Dutch and German virtually fluent and he has often been called upon to act as a translator and interpreter. Simon is currently engaged by the translation agency which has the contract for the translation work for the Austrian EU presidency.

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Additional Skills:
Lecturing - over 9 years experience in various university business schools in the UK and Austria;
Proofreading, editing and copywriting;
Web site design and management;
English language teaching and training;
Success Coaching for Business, Performance, Sports and Life;
Hypnotherapy, NLP and Counselling;
Business English Communication;
IT skills;
Arts Management consultancy services;
Music production and promotion (own recording studio);
Voice-over and voice recording;
InterCultural & CrossCultural Training

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Software

Adobe Acrobat Professional, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office XP Professional (including Access, Excel, FrontPage, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher and Word), and Microsoft Works.


Hardware

Hewlett-Packard Compaq NX9105 AMD Athlon 64 3000+ / 1.8 GHz

Generic AMD Duron(tm) 1,000 MHz Desktop

Novita 17" Flat Screen Monitor

Hewlett-Packard OmniBook XE3 PII 850 MHz Laptop

160 GB External USB Hard Drive
320 GB External USB Hard Drive

Lexmark X5150 Colour printer/scanner/photocopier

Broadband & Fax

Home recording studio with CD production facilities

Accreditations

MA Arts Management
MPACH Master Practitioner in Applied Clinical Hypnotherapy
PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Education)
CELTA (Certificate in English Language Training for Adults)
BSc Hons (Business Computing Systems)
Currently reading for the PGCPSE (Post Graduate Certificate in Professional Studies in Education) in Applied Linguistics
Plus various other qualifications in sports, wine, finance, music, etc

Membership

British Institute of Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy & Counselling;
Austro-British Chamber of Commerce; Open Business Club; Trainer Club; Academici