Practice Quiz 110 | B1 – Intermediate

To: Lili Ian Ross [email protected]>

From: Eric West <[email protected]>

Date: November 4, 10:34 A.M.

Subject: Website Development

Attachment: Details

Dear Ms. Ross,

You contacted us last week in order to ask some of our computer programmers to help your company develop a website. JM Solutions would be happy to offer you our services.

As I said on the phone, we will help design and program a website that will attract more customers and offer an online sales platform. During this time, we will need to hold meetings with your marketing division in order to best capture your company’s goals. Once the website has been completed in mid-February next year, we will hold a training seminar in order to train your employees in the skills necessary to maintain and update your website. The website development and training seminar will cost a total of $32,000. We request that a deposit of 10% be paid in advance. Please see the attached file for detailed costs and schedules.

We look forward to working with you in the near future. Our staff members will strive to meet all your needs. Therefore, just let me know when your marketing division is available to meet us in person and discuss some of the details of the project. Please contact me at your convenience.

Eric West

To: Lillian Ross [email protected]>

From: Raymond Wells <[email protected]>

Date: November 4, 10:37 A.M.

Subject: First Quarter Budget

Attachment: Q1_Budget

Dear Ms. Ross,

I have attached the current draft for the company’s budget for the first quarter of next year. As you will notice, all of the profits made from this year’s back-to-school sale are planned to be spent on billboard advertisements on the main highways. I will call a design team later this afternoon and ask them to create eye-catching images for the advertisement.

At our last meeting, you mentioned that you would like to review the budget before it is finalized. I have already included employee raises in the first quarter’s expenses, but if you can think of anything else, please let me know. I would like to have the budget finalized before next week’s planning meeting.

Raymond Wells 

To: Raymond Wells [email protected]>

From: Lillian Ross <[email protected]>

Date: November 4, 10:40 AM

Subject: Emergency Budget Addition

Dear Mr. Wells,

I am glad you forwarded me your proposed budget when you did. Just prior to receiving your e-mail, I received an estimate for our planned website development. It looks like it is going to be more expensive than I had anticipated. Although the final bill of $32,000 is not due immediately, we will have to find an extra $3,200 in next year’s first quarter budget if we want to proceed with JM Solutions’ proposal.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please just come to my office and we can go over where we can make the tough cuts to come up with this funding.