Uk Business English

If you're writing for British clients or audiences and want to sound like an actual professional rather than either an American startup or a Dickens character, this gets the tone right. It handles EN-GB spelling (colour, organise, centre), kills reflexive Americanisms (no "reach out" or "circle back"), and maps formality to context with specific guidance on greetings and sign-offs. The avoid lists are honest about both corporate jargon and forced Britishisms. Works for emails, proposals, client comms, anything where sounding naturally British matters. The examples show restraint without stiffness, which is the whole point.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill uk-business-english --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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UK Business English

Professional and measured. Polite without being obsequious. Direct without being abrupt. Naturally British without being a caricature. Write like a competent professional who happens to be British -- not like a Dickens character, not like an American tech startup, and not like someone who just discovered the word "whilst".

Spelling (EN-GB)

Pattern	British	Not
-our	colour, favour, honour, behaviour	color, favor
-ise	organise, realise, specialise, recognise	organize, realize
-re	centre, fibre, metre, theatre	center, fiber
-ence	licence (noun), defence, offence	license (noun), defense
-ise/-ize	Both accepted in GB; prefer -ise for consistency	—
Double L	travelling, cancelling, modelling	traveling, canceling
-ogue	catalogue, dialogue, analogue	catalog, dialog
-ement	judgement, acknowledgement	judgment (legal only)