Clive Couldwell - Adding Value

WELCOME. I’m a UK-based consultant, editor, journalist and author. Whether you're a global brand, a growing SME, or a start-up marching towards launch, I can work with you to deliver consistent messaging that accurately reflects the goals of your business.

In 25+ years of editing and contributing to consumer and b2b publishing outlets – print, radio and tv – I've built up expertise in business technology & telecommunications, science & the European Research Area (ERA), health & medicine, marketing and sports - with Formula One motor racing & rowing.

ROWING: Our colleagues at Oxford Brookes University Boat Club are trying to raise £1 million to extend their boathouse on the River Thames at Cholsey.

OBUBC has produced some of the best rowers in the world. The club is a direct route to the British team and has the strongest undergraduate rowing squad in the country.

By backing the Boathouse Campaign you have the chance to push Great Britain towards even more glory in London 2012, and add to Oxford Brookes' tally of Olympic gold medals won by Ben Hunt-Davis, Fred Scarlett and Rowley Douglas at Sydney, and Steve Williams at Athens and Beijing.

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editions of my book can be
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FORMULA ONE: The London Design Centre used my business book Formula One: Made in Britain – which details the British influence on Formula One racing and its technology – as the basis for its major new exhibition at Shad Thames, SE1 2YD: Formula One, The Great Design Race. The event won Design Week's award for 'Best Temporary Exhibition'. Currently, it's on tour. Having moved on from the Design Museum, Finland, it has visited the Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, the National Museum of Singapore and the National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington.

Public Relations: “Clive is a PR and marcoms professional of the highest order. He also produced excellent copy for the European Commission’s annual public report: ‘Science at the Service of Europe’. The original material was complicated, but Clive produced a final brochure that was of a very high standard.”
Fiona McLelland
Account Director
SE10
: “How Clive manages to pack so many areas of expertise into just one person is a mystery to me. He is highly knowledgeable, can turn his hand to any area of technical writing and has a great deal of stamina when it comes to completing projects in the shortest of timeframes. He also has that unique touch with clients.”
Caroline Hudson
Account Director
SE10
Digital: “Clive is an exceptional journalist who effortlessly transitioned from print to television. Total professionalism with a big dollop of humour that brought ‘watchability’ and enormous credibility to our TV channel on BSB.”
Julian Costley
Managing Director
The Computer Channel
British Satellite Broadcasting
: “Clive has always treated any commission or job with total professionalism. All online copy has been delivered on time and to brief. Any commissions from him have been fully outlined with full delivery details. Nothing is left to chance. When presenting on tv he can work with open talkback or switched.”
Chris Long
Producer
Click
BBC Television
Writing: “As a freelance journalist on a variety of news and feature stories, Clive worked for me for many years during my time as a Commissioning Editor on the Science and Technology pages of The Times. I found him to reliable, prompt and fastidious, with a refreshing attention to detail which was often lacking among many other freelance journalists. He was always enthusiastic about commissions, whatever the topic, and never let me down. I recommend him highly.”
Matthew May
Commissioning Editor
The Times
: “Clive was a regular contributor to The VAR magazine and its successor. He could always be counted upon to deliver excellent copy which met the brief, on or ahead of deadline. He was always a pleasure to work with, and I knew I could trust him to present the magazine in a good light, thanks to his natural professionalism and friendly manner.”
Sue Tabbitt
Editor, Managing Editor
The VAR & Channel 2000 magazines
: “Clive was very professional and knowledgeable, brought lots of ideas to the job and was always really fun and easy to work with, and supportive of the team.”
Caroline Gabriel
Editor
Corporate IT Strategy
Commissioning Editor: “A dedicated professional, Clive commissioned articles from me with wit and good humour, was always punctilious in his editing of my work and prompt with his payments. A freelance could not ask for more!”
Simon Vail
Freelance Writer