(Mike Buchanan writes.)

Before I retired from paid employment in 2009 at the age of 52, and embraced a life of penury as a full-time MRA, I worked as a freelance business consultant, a lucrative line of work for those finding some success in it, as I did. My assignments mostly centred on cost reduction for major organizations, but one exception was my work for the Conservative party over 2006-8, where I developed an innovative commercial model for their annual conferences which resulted in more than £11.5 million (more than £18.0 million today, accounting for inflation) flowing into the party’s coffers over the subsequent few years.

The international publisher Kogan Page commissioned a book from me in 2009, which they published with the title Profitable Buying Strategies: How to cut procurement costs and buy your way to higher profits. The book is still on sale on their website for £39.99, here, likewise on Amazon, here.

Kogan Page recently returned the copyright to me. I can scarcely imagine your excitement at finding I’ve just published a Kindle edition, COST REDUCTION: A procurement expert reveals 10 keys to cost reduction for all the goods and services organizations buy, retailing at Amazon.co.uk for just £7.63, here. The paperback edition should be published in a month or two, priced at maybe £19.99 or £24.99.

Have a good week.

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