Business English Courses

Business English training for professionals who want to speak with confidence and impact

The English Center provides private, in-company, and intensive Business English courses — tailored to your goals and delivered by expert native-speaker trainers in Amsterdam, Amstelveen, Hoofddorp, Den Haag, and online.

For over 17 years, professionals and companies across the Netherlands have trusted The English Center to deliver effective Business English training. Our programs are tailored to your goals, schedule, and professional context — helping you communicate clearly, naturally, and effectively.

The English Center is proud to hold the CEDEO recognition of excellence — the Dutch national quality mark for top training providers — and to be highly rated on Trustpilot by our clients. These independent recognitions reflect our ongoing commitment to quality, trust, and results.

Our business English course USPs

  • Fast course starts
  • Native-speaker trainers
  • Fully customized coaching
  • CEDEO-recognised training provider
  • CRKBO-registered and VAT-exempt in NL
  • Well reviewed by professionals and organisations
Professionals attending a Business English course in Amsterdam

Browse a few popular courses

Spoken Business English Course

Speak more fluently, accurately, and confidently at work. This tailored Spoken Business English Course builds your skills for meetings, presentations, and everyday conversations—so you can communicate with impact and ease in any professional setting.

Summer English Course Amsterdam

Registration is now open for Intensive Summer English and Business English Courses in Amsterdam. These personalized, private courses offer a unique opportunity to enhance your language skills while exploring the Amsterdam Museum Quarter's charming streets, world-class museums and beautiful Vondelpark. Start with a free intake.

English Accent Training

Improve your English pronunciation with a 1:1 private course. At The English Center you can learn to speak English in a British, American, or international style . Our native English-speaker teachers will adjust your accent and share the secrets of spoken English that only native-speakers know.  

Job Interview Coaching in English

Are you about to start a new challenge and do you want to confidently approach your job interview in English? With our English Job Interview Coaching we prepare you optimally - from your resume to the most difficult questions. You will be able to present yourself confidently and convincingly in English.

Intensive English Course

During our private intensive crash courses in English, you will be fully immersed in the English language: you will think, speak and breathe English. This is how you achieve optimal progress and fast results. Choose a package of 20, 35 or 50 hours. 

Business English requires a specialist approach

At The English Center, business English is about more than grammar or vocabulary. Professional English requires clear communication, natural spoken fluency, and the ability to communicate confidently in international working environments.

Our business English courses are fully tailored to your work, industry, goals, and communication challenges. Whether you want to give stronger presentations, speak more fluently in meetings, write more professionally, or negotiate more effectively in English, you work directly on situations that are relevant to your daily professional life. We help professionals improve:

  • Spoken fluency and communication
  • Presentations and public speaking
  • Pronunciation and accent training
  • English for meetings and international communication
  • English job interview preparation
  • Professional writing and emails
  • Leadership communication and business diplomacy

For more than 17 years, we have supported professionals, companies, and government organizations with deeply personalized training delivered by experienced native-speaker trainers. Our approach is practical, intensive, and fully tailored — with direct feedback, personal guidance, and lasting results.

Explore a few course options

English Job Interview Coaching

Spoken Business English Course

Intensive Business English Course

In-Company English Training

English Accent Training

Not sure what course would suit you best? Request your free intake appointment. You will meet online with a trainer, not a salesperson. You will receive practical advice about the best approach for you.

Our business English training locations

The English Center provides business English courses in Amsterdam, Amstelveen, Hoofddorp, and The Hague — as well as online throughout the Netherlands and internationally. Training can take place at one of our training locations, at your company’s office, online via Zoom or Teams, or in a hybrid format.

English course Amsterdam

English course Amstelveen

English course Hoofddorp

English course The Hague

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