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Make it clear quickly: help
clients get your message
What clients want
Less news, more business
impacts. Fewer words.
Formats and tools
Get more out of Word,
blogs, emails, and PDFs.
Writing training
Make it clear quickly in
publications and pitches.
About us
Who we are, and
how to reach us.

About us

We help firms make their message clear to clients quickly


What’s in a name: One Three Four

The company name comes from our make-it-clear-quickly mantra:
– One clear message
– Three supporting points, and at least
– Four ways to continue the conversation.

What we do: better know-how updates and pitches

We help law firms, professional-services firms, and investment banks (we’ve listed some of our clients further down the page) produce and deliver the know-how updates that their clients want. ‘Know-how updates’ includes research reports, newsletters and briefings, pitch documents, seminars, and web pages.

The updates that clients want are usually very different from the updates that lawyers, investment research analysts, and other expert authors are in the habit of writing. And this keeps us in business.

You can contact us on: +44 (0)20 7739 9248  E: info@onethreefour.co.uk

Who we do it for: law firms, investment banks,
and other professional services firms

Our clients include Aon, Ashurst, Citigroup, Clifford Chance, Davy (a Dublin-based stockbroker), Herbert Smith, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Lovells, Majestic Research (a New York based investment-research firm), the Practical Law Company, Taylor Wessing, and two global investment banks we can’t name for contractual reasons.

Who we are: Simon Carter, managing director

i-am-simon-carterSimon has spent the last ten years helping investment banks and law firms improve their research reports, client updates, and pitch documents. Before setting up One Three Four in 2003 he worked as a brand consultant and creative director, and led communication projects for plcs and investment banks.

Simon was a member of the management team that sold Thumb, a branding and communication business (30 people, £3m annual turnover), to Nettec, a digital-services business, in 1999.

Contact Simon on: simon.carter@onethreefour.co.uk

Company details: the fine print

You’ll find details of our registered office, company number, VAT number, postal address here.