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If you need somebody to write a report, edit your manuscript, or make your words look pretty, we've got all the experience you need.
Contact Bus Stop, and let us help you look good.
‘Send a quick brief asking for something to be done in an impossibly short time frame and some ready-made gold will land in your inbox before deadline…’
Richard Innes / Head of Commercial Content / Daily Mirror
OUR SERVICES
Copywriting
You need clear and concise words for a brochure or a website? Bus Stop can help you with that.
Bus Stop has 25 years of experience crafting articles and interviews that sell, for local and national audiences. We’ve written for Cosmopolitan, the Daily Mirror, and a host of regional newspapers. And we’ve worked on promotional campaigns and partnerships with companies like UKTV and Camelot.
Let us tell your story for you. You bring the personality and style, we’ll bring the polish.
Editing & Proofreading
Sometimes the worst errors are the ones hiding in plain sight. Sometimes you can’t see the wood for the trees. Sometimes you put two cliches in one short paragraph.
We’ve been editing professionally, speedily, and accurately for 25 years. We know what an Oxford comma is, and we know the difference between “their”, “there”, and “they’re”.
Brochure & Leaflet Design
Our award-winning and nominated newspaper design staff worked at the highest level for some of the biggest names in the industry.
We’ll use that experience to produce beautiful brochures and leaflets for you.
Press Releases
Want to make a journalist take notice? We know what makes them tick. More importantly, we know what makes them shake their heads. We’re poachers turned gamekeepers. Or gamekeepers turned poachers, depending on whom you ask.
We’ll craft a release for you, and we’ll make sure it has none of the snags that make newsrooms say: “No thanks”.
Editorial Training
Do you know what you want to say, but you don’t know how to say it? Let us teach you and your firm how to write clearly for an audience, while keeping your personality.
We’ll show you some of the common mistakes people make, and edit your own words to put you on the right road.
Speech Writing
You give us the thoughts and we’ll put the words into your mouth. We’ll spend an hour chatting with you, work out what you want to say, and give you a speech everybody will be talking about.
Afterwards, not during.
Book Production
Self-publishing, but want your book to look good? We’ll do the hard work for you. We’ll typeset and proofread your manuscript, and flight check it to make sure it receives Amazon or Lulu’s seal of approval.
And, if you want, we’ll even design a cover for you.
'Gary takes care to understand the brand and to bring it to life in a compelling way that resonates with audiences, be it for print, digital or social...'
Zoe Harris / CMO / Go Compare
WAIT, WHO?
Gary Bainbridge is a writer and designer with 25 years' professional experience on regional and national newspapers.
He had a weekly column for nine years, which was published by Mirror Online and syndicated to dozens of newspapers in the UK, and he was responsible for the redesign of several newspapers across the country.
In his spare time, he is a comedy writer who worked on three series of Dave Gorman Modern Life Is Goodish, and he has had his work performed in theatres in London and Brighton.
He drinks a lot of tea and his favourite seat on the bus is top deck, front row, driver side.
He blogs at garybainbridge.com.
FOR QUOTES
TESTIMONIALS
“Gary is a) funny b) clever and c) reliable, which is why he often appears in commissioning editors' dreams. Basically, you can send him a short, quick, half-a***d brief asking for something to be done in an impossibly short time frame and rest assured some ready-made gold will land in your inbox before deadline.
"Bonus true story: one of the pieces Gary wrote for me had already gone viral in my office before it even went live - I could hear my colleagues giggling and guffawing as his copy flew round the room on email. He is THAT good."
RICHARD INNES / HEAD OF COMMERCIAL CONTENT / DAILY MIRROR
"Gary is a brilliant writer who is able to make even the dullest subjects interesting! He can write in different tones, and in particular has delivered laugh out loud writing as required.
"He takes care to understand the brand and to bring it to life in a compelling way that resonates with audiences, be it for print, digital or social. Lastly he is a pleasure to work with, always meeting deadline and accommodating to feedback. I have no hesitation in recommending him and look forward to working with him again personally."
ZOE HARRIS / CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER / GO COMPARE
"Bus Stop Editorial Services are our go-to agency for graphic design. Combining brilliant service and spectacular design, Bus Stop Editorial Service worked wonders with our annual report and we’ve never looked back."
ROBIN TOAL / DIGITAL COORDINATOR / MINES ADVISORY GROUP