Business, Marketing & Technology Courses Online & In London
Excited by new technology, scientific breakthroughs or business success? Want to improve your digital skills for the workplace or for personal use? Or perhaps you'd like to delve deeper into nature, conservation or astronomy? We offer a wide range of digital skills courses to support your learning and career development.
Whether you're interested in marketing, business skills, web design and programming, Python data analysis, we have something for you. Stay ahead with our Generative AI and machine learning courses, designed to help you understand emerging technologies and apply them in real-world scenarios. Use this simple guide to help you explore our complete range of courses.
Develop your skillset for a digital future
Discover our practical courses in social media, digital marketing, Canva, business skills, and start-up development which are ideal for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and anyone growing their online presence.
To meet the demands of today’s digital economy, we’ve introduced cutting-edge courses in FinTech, Blockchain, Financial Modelling with AI, and Cybersecurity for Business. These are perfect for professionals looking to stay ahead in digital finance, tech innovation, and data security.
We also offer short courses focused on the ethical and strategic use of AI, including Ethics in AI, AI in Business, Generative AI Strategy and Governance, and City Lit Pro: Using AI for Innovation and Problem Solving. These courses help learners understand the societal and business impact of emerging technologies and make informed, responsible decisions.
Staff training and employee development
City Lit offers flexible, customised corporate training solutions to help your team stay competitive in today’s fast-paced digital workplace. Our employee development courses are available in-person, online, or in hybrid formats.
Training Areas Include:
- Programming and web development
- Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
- AutoCAD
- Advanced Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Digital marketing and social media strategy
- Podcasting and content creation
- Generative AI and AI tools
- Financial Technologies (FinTech) and machine learning
- Cybersecurity for business
Why Choose City Lit for Staff Training?
- Over 20 years of experience delivering bespoke workplace training in London
- Flexible delivery: online, in-person, or hybrid
- Courses tailored to your organisation’s goals and employee skill levels
- Expert tutors with industry experience
Browse our business and marketing courses in London and enrol today to start learning marketing, business skills, web design and programming, Python data analysis and Generative AI and machine learning.
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Excel: analysing data (stage 2)Strengthen your Excel data analysis skills through hands-on exercises using real-world datasets. Refresh and apply advanced formulas, lookup functions, pivot tables, charts, and Copilot for Excel to generate insights and support business decision-making.
Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00- Chemistry for Fun Part 1: (Foundations): all you need to get startedWe consider some basic concepts in Chemistry, the materials which we encounter, the reactions between them, and the notation used internationally to represent these, establishing the foundations needed to appreciate this fascinating area of science.
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Wed 28 Oct 2026Gary RetallickFull fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Create promotional materials using Canva
Learn how to design eye-catching promotional materials using Canva in this 6-hour hands-on course. Whether you're a small business owner, marketer, or simply looking to build your design skills, you'll discover how to create professional-quality content for posters, brochures, and social media platforms. With Canva’s user-friendly interface, you’ll gain the confidence to produce visuals that effectively represent your brand and engage your audience.
Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - Business administration with digital skills: how to be an administrator (foundation)Are you a new administrator wanting to develop your skills? Do you want to become an administrator but are unsure what the job entails? Do you need to update your organisational and digital skills for the virtual office? On this course you will learn the essentials of how to be a good administrator whether this is your job or an essential element of your work. You will work on different ways of being organised, how to achieve goals and tasks on time, prioritising and being service-oriented. By the end of this course, you will be confident in your administration skills whatever your environment, face-to-face or online, and that you can deal with administrative complexity, see the bigger picture, be detail-oriented and solve problems calmly.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are unemployed and claiming certain benefits. For more information Click here
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Fri 30 Oct 2026Full fee £143.00 Senior fee £114.00 Concession £72.00 - Particle Physics for Beginners – the Strong and Weak Interactions
The Strong and Weak interactions are essential to the structure of matter. In this course we will discover how the representation of these interactions in modern theoretical physics can be understood in clear, accessible terms
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Sat 31 Oct 2026Gary RetallickFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Introduction to Agentic AI
Learn more about AI Agents, what makes them different from Generative AI, and how to build simple agents using free tools such as Claude, Gemini, Glif, and Coze.
Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00 - AI for the Workplace : Agentic AI and Workflow Automation
Explore how agentic AI can perform multi-step tasks and automate workplace workflows. Learn to design, build and evaluate practical AI-assisted processes while considering reliability, privacy, oversight and responsible use.
Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00 - Intermediate PythonTake your Python coding skills to the next level. Extend your programming skills by learning how to create secure and reusable code using sub-routines and modules, use advanced lists and dictionaries to create more complex programs that solve real world problems, use inbuilt libraries to boost the functionality of your programs and learn how to build graphical interfaces to your code that work on Windows, Mac and Linux systems.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00
- Astronomy for Autumn EveningsWhat can you observe in Autumn? Join Radmila Topalovic to learn how to distinguish planets, stars and galaxies in the autumn sky.
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Sun 1 Nov 2026Radmila TopalovicFull fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00 - Video blogging with YouTube: introductionLearn how to create a video blog (vlog) in your own YouTube channel. Use YouTube full capabilities as social network, video editor and publisher. Edit and enhance your videos with effects and music using open-source software Shotcut. Share and connect your channel with other channels and social networks.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
- Social media apps, tips and tricksEnhance your social media strategy by learning third party apps, tips and tricks for everyday use.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
- Becoming confident on Word 365 (beginner)Are you new to Word and word processing? Do you want to learn this essential skill both for work and private life? This course will help you create and organise digital letters and short documents.You will learn all the basic functions of creating documents: adding, copying, moving and formatting text, inserting pictures and creating tables, checking spelling and grammar, changing the page layout and printing different documents accurately. All you need is enthusiasm, and confidence using a mouse and basic keyboard functions.
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are unemployed and claiming certain benefits. For more information Click here
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Wed 4 Nov 2026 (and 1 other date)Full fee £92.00 Senior fee £74.00 Concession £46.00 - Build a website with Wix
Learn how to create a professional-quality website without writing a single line of code. This beginner-friendly course introduces you to the Wix platform and guides you step-by-step through building your own site-from layout and design to publishing online. Perfect for small business owners, creatives, and anyone looking to establish a strong web presence quickly and easily.
Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Build an App with AI: stage 2
Have an idea for a web app but not sure how to bring it to life? Have you heard of vibecoding, or coding in English? In this hands-on, project-based course, you’ll learn how to build a working web application using the most up to date AI tools. It’s never been easier to turn your concept into reality-no prior experience needed. Part 1 focusses on fundamentals concepts and building purely front end web apps. Part 2 focusses on more advanced concepts and building complete front end (FE) and back end (BE) web applications.
Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00 - Social Media Engagement, Trends & AlgorithmsEngagement 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 £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
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