Business Courses in London & Online
Business and marketing courses are perfect for you if you’re thinking about starting your own business, you need to grow your existing business, or you want to work as a manager of a business. If you’re one of the UK’s latest founders and entrepreneurs or looking to learn new business and marketing, we can help you to reach your goals.
Our courses will teach you everything you need to know from setting yourself up your company, to creating a business plan, managing your accounts, developing and managing your brand, and understanding analytics. We will also teach you how to create a strong online presence by creating your own website and growing your brand through digital marketing and social media strategies.
You can also learn how to create your first podcast or vlog on YouTube and show you how to start an effective content strategy. Perhaps most importantly, we’ll show you how to promote and present your business with confidence.
Our tutors are highly qualified industry professionals with years of teaching at City Lit and many other academic institutes. Our courses will help you reach your goals regardless of your existing experience.
Learning with us is flexible, with part-time courses available online, in person or hybrid in daytime, evening and weekend formats. For more information about our tutor-led interactive online courses please see our guide to online learning.
Browse our business and marketing courses below and enrol today!
- Writing for businessCourse start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Deborah MartinMasterclass sessions packed with ways to develop an advanced skillset, to write persuasive and informative emails, reports and proposals. Learn about the elements of language, style and structure that you need to write to a sophisticated level in the workplace.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £80.00 - CopywritingCourse start date: Wed 1 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Deborah MartinOn this practical course, you’ll learn the skills you need to create great copy and content for websites, social media and print.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00 - Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00
- Introduction to Adobe Creative CloudCourse start date: Mon 13 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrea MarzanoOn this practical introductory course, you will develop solid foundational skills in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, following a natural print workflow. You will learn essential tools and techniques to manipulate images in Photoshop, create basic designs in Illustrator, and lay out single-page documents in InDesign. Additionally, you will explore how these programs integrate to enhance your creative projects.Full fee £549.00 Senior fee £439.00 Concession £357.00 - Design with Adobe Photoshop and IllustratorCourse start date: Fri 17 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gita HahnA thorough, step-by-step introduction to Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator – programs widely used by designers and illustrators in the creative industries. Learn and experiment with a range of techniques that integrate vector and pixel-based images for design and illustration.Full fee £439.00 Senior fee £351.00 Concession £285.00 - Certificate in social media marketing (Level 3)Course start date: Tue 29 Oct 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Blended (learn both online and in-person)
Tutors: Julian Holden, Byron Johnson-BrownApplications for this course are now closed.
Want to start a career in social media marketing? This level 3 course is designed for learners wishing to gain knowledge and skills of marketing practices using social media to promote and support online businesses. On completion of the certificate, you should be able to apply for internships or junior positions in the digital and creative industries within social media marketing or progress onto higher education.
The Free Courses for Jobs initiative is for Londoners aged 24 or over at the start of the course who are: on a low-income; or on certain benefits; or do not have a full level 3 qualification. For more information Click here
The course fee is £1645.00, plus an upfront fee of £704.00 payable at the time of your enrolment.
If you are unable to pay the course fee upfront, you can choose to apply for an Advanced Learner Loan from Student Finance England (SFE) to help cover the cost, repayable after the course ends. You can find more information about the Advanced Learner Loan www.citylit.ac.uk/advanced-learner-loans
If you are unable to pay the upfront fee, you can talk to our Information, Advice and Guidance team who will advise you on other financial support available. You can contact the Advice and Guidance Team by phone on 020 7492 2500 or by email: advice@citylit.ac.uk
For more information, please call Business & Technology on 020 7492 2515.Full fee £2,349.00 Senior fee £2,349.00 Concession £2,349.00 - Social Media Engagement, Trends & AlgorithmsCourse start date: Wed 5 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Amber Raney-KincadeEngagement is an important part of social media. By not engaging on the platform you reduce your visibility and raking with the algorithm. This class will show you how to engage and use trends on LinkedIn, Facebook, X (previously Twitter), Instagram and TikTok. When you engage with other posts on social media this helps to improve your performance on the algorithm. - Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00
- Communicating effectively at work (online)Course start date: Thu 22 Jan 2026
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jonathan MulquinHow skilfully do you manage the impression you make on people both in person and in online meetings and interviews? Develop your personal effectiveness by looking at voice and body language, assertiveness, sensitive listening, interviewing techniques and communication skills for business meetings. This course will be taught online.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £111.00
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