London prices are the reason to look north
Private social media training delivered at your London office by a working PR and social agency. Half day £1,200, full day £1,800 for up to six people, excluding VAT, travel included. London providers commonly charge that per person. Same room, same day, a fraction of the cost.
What does social media training cost in London?
This is the whole argument for booking us, so here it is in numbers rather than adjectives.
| Option | Typical London price | Cost for a team of six |
|---|---|---|
| Open course, London venue | £400 to £900 per person per day | £2,400 to £5,400 |
| London agency, private day | £2,000 to £4,000 for the group | £2,000 to £4,000 |
| Us, private half day | £1,200 for the group | £1,200 |
| Us, private full day | £1,800 for the group | £1,800 |
Prices excluding VAT and checked in August 2026. Travel from Leeds is included, so there is no expenses line afterwards. We are not cheaper because the training is thinner. We are cheaper because we do not carry a London office.
Where do you run training in London?
At your office, anywhere in London. We travel down for the day, which for a nine thirty start usually means an early train and no fuss at your end. Most sessions we run in the city are in Zone 1 and 2, though we have done Croydon, Stratford and out to Reading and Brighton.
If your team is spread across offices, or half of them are working from home on the day, live online works and costs the same. It runs in shorter blocks so nobody sits through six hours of screen.
What does the day cover?
Set at the scoping call, built around what your team is actually stuck on. These are the blocks London teams pick most often.
Strategy and planning
Objectives into a channel plan and a calendar somebody will still be following in three months.
Content and video
Writing, filming and editing for the feed on a realistic budget. See video production training.
Paid social
Structure, audiences and budget, worked in your own ad account. See paid social media training.
Company page, advocacy and the split between marketing and sales use. See LinkedIn training.
Measurement
The few numbers worth reporting, and building the report without inventing reach.
AI in the workflow
Where it saves time and where it costs you. See AI training.
Why book a northern agency for London training?
Two reasons, and neither of them is that we are cheaper, although we are.
The first is that the person at the front runs live campaigns rather than teaching full time. The examples are ours, which means we can tell you what went wrong on them, and a trainer who has only ever trained cannot do that. The second is that private training on your own accounts beats a shared room in a training centre regardless of postcode. Nobody in your team learns much from optimising a fictional brand’s ad account.
If you need a scheduled seat in central London next week with CPD points attached, book a London training centre. That is a different product and we will say so rather than take the booking.
Who runs the day?
I am Chris Norton and I run most of these sessions myself. I founded Prohibition, the PR, social and content agency behind this site, I have worked in public relations for more than twenty years, and I have been running training since 2009. I co-authored Share This Too, the social media handbook published by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.
We work with national brands including Interflora, Barbour, Ella’s Kitchen, Lloyds Pharmacy, Watches of Switzerland and Savills. The agency has won more than thirty industry awards for campaign work, which matters here only because it means the case studies on the day are ours.
What does a day look like?
| Time | Block | What comes out of it |
|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | Your channels and numbers, honestly reviewed | An agreed list of what to keep and what to stop |
| 10:30 | Audience and positioning | Who you are talking to, written down |
| 11:30 | The block you chose at scoping | Real work produced in the room |
| 13:30 | Second block, or deeper on the first | Paid, video, LinkedIn or AI depending on the team |
| 15:00 | Measurement and reporting | A report format you will still use in six months |
| 16:00 | Ninety day plan | Owners, dates and a calendar before anybody leaves |
Social media training in London, questions we get asked
How much does social media training cost in London?
Open courses in London commonly run £400 to £900 per person for a day, so a team of six costs £2,400 to £5,400. We charge by the group, £1,200 for a half day and £1,800 for a full day for up to six people, excluding VAT, with travel included.
Do you charge extra to travel to London?
No. Travel is in the price and there is no expenses line afterwards. If you want an unusually early start or an evening session we will agree that up front rather than bill for it later.
Do you have a London office or venue?
No. We come to yours, or we run it live online. If you would rather not host it we can arrange a room, but the room is the part that adds cost and takes away the benefit of working on your own screens.
Is training from a Leeds agency as good as a London one?
Judge it on who is standing at the front and what they do the rest of the week. We run live campaigns for national brands and the examples used on the day are ours. A London postcode does not change what your team learns.
Can you train more than six people?
Up to twelve, though hands on exercises thin out past six. For larger London teams two sessions in one visit usually works better and we price it so that is not punitive.
How far in advance should we book?
Two to three weeks. That allows the scoping call and time for us to review your channels properly beforehand, which is most of what makes the day worth having.
Is it tailored?
Yes. The scoping call sets the blocks and every exercise uses your channels, your competitors and your objectives. There is no standard deck.
Do you train agencies?
Yes, including London agencies training their own account teams. Say so when you enquire and we will build the day around client work.
Where else do you deliver?
Leeds
Our home city. See training in Leeds.
Manchester
Regular and close. See training in Manchester.
Anywhere else
UK wide or live online. See every course we run.
Tell us who needs training and what they are stuck on
Half day £1,200, full day £1,800, up to six people, excluding VAT, travel to London included.
Delivered across London and the South East, alongside Leeds, Manchester and every course we run. Last reviewed August 2026.
