Pledger Business English Training

26/04/2021

Online After Work Business English

One of the things I have noticed about my clients since most of them started working from a home office at the outbreak of Covid, is that they are more relaxed. In many cases they appear to be under less time pressure than when they were permanently in the office. Of course, commuting time is zilch and starting and finishing times can be more flexible depending on their job.

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We offer a once a week online After Work Group from 6 pm for 90 minutes on Zoom, so you don’t have to leave your home or your desk to take part.

07/03/2021

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
8 MARCH 2021

Statement on International Women's Day 2021 -
"Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world". See:

This year’s International Women’s Day is like no other. As countries and communities start to slowly recover from a devastating pandemic, we have the chance to finally end the exclusion and marginalization of women and girls.

06/03/2021

Online After Work Business English
Join us on a Wednesday from 6 - 7 30 pm for online business English. We offer you a free 90 minute session to try it out. Small group only.
https://pledger-bet.de/english-training-3/work-english/?fbclid=IwAR2eEuG7iZbUSQc7zkG05187pFpMzAIJAvn_Ty5n88pmBqXpHShkuzJBM1c

After work business English is for those who can't fit English training in their busy schedule during the day. Unsere After Work Englisch Kurse richten sich an alle, die während des Tages keine Zeit für Business Englisch Unterricht finden.

07/08/2020

English tea
At the request of several of my clients to try a new English teashop in Hamburg Altona to see how authentic it was, I recently went along one afternoon and had a “cream tea”. The experience reminded me once again of how many differences there are between the UK and Germany in the tea culture. See more:

At the request of several of my clients to try a new English teashop in Hamburg Altona I recently went along one afternoon and had a “cream tea”.

12/07/2020

English Tearoom and Café in Ottensen

Finally after a lot of good comments from my clients, I tried Eaton Place and had scones with clotted cream and jam - an English specialty that is famous in Cornwall.
I am pleased to say the scones were excellent and the Earl Grey Tea was also good.
The Tearoom is nicely decorated and has a good selection of English things to eat and drink. See www.eaton-place.de

Eaton Place Hamburg: Unsere britische Insel mitten in Ottensen. Bei uns gibt es einzigartigen Tee, leckere Kuchen und Scones, Cream Tea und vieles mehr.

02/06/2020

Online "After Work Business English Group" - Wednesdays, 6 - 7 30 pm.
There is space for more participants on my Wednesday evening After Work business English Group, now running online. See my website for full details
https://pledger-bet.de/english-training-3/work-english/
Free session offered before signing up. Contact Pat Pledger on [email protected]

23/05/2020

Face Masks - a new “fashion” we have to get used to😷

At least this lovely multi-coloured array of face masks (handmade by my assistant’s teenage daughter,
Katie) is much nicer than the medical ones. And they are reversible. I have noticed prices increase from the
original EUR 5 - 7, to as much as EUR 17 in one local shop! Inevitable, I suppose. People will always try to make money out of these things!

04/05/2020

Jeff’s American Cheescakes
On Saturday with HH in virtual shutdown, I ventured to my local Wochenmarkt in Gross Flottbek just to see some people and have a nose around. A fairly new and exciting addition to the market is Jeff’s American Cheesecake. He has an interesting story. When he was a teenager (too young to drink alcohol) and a hopeful musician in New York City in the 70”s, he and a friend would order a glass of milk and a piece of cheesecake whilst listening to jazz in various NYC clubs. If you want to hear the rest, then go to https://jeffscakes.com/en/ and read on.

I took home a slice of the delicious blueberry cheesecake and will definitely go back for more. You can order online and have them delivered and the selection is mouthwatering. Take a look at Jeff’s website.

09/04/2020

Pledger Business English Training wishes you all a happy and relaxing Easter and hopes that you are all keeping well and out of reach of the virus.

The following Easter hare with facemask was seen in a chemist in my local area of Hamburg 😍

17/03/2020

Coronavirus v language training:
Due to the Coronavirus, and on the instruction of the Hamburg government, Pledger Business English Training
(and all language training organisations) is currently not permitted to go into companies to train Business English
until the end of April. Therefore I am preparing to offer my clients on-line business English training during this time
and can then continue to train people 1-1 or in small groups, whether they are in the office or doing home office.

More news will follow on this very shortly. Meanwhile, stay safe and healthy everyone.