Proofreading subject areas

I have wide experience in many proofreading subject areas (specialty proofreading subject areas are highlighted in bold with some further details further down the page:

• accounting (including bookkeeping, and cost, financial, general, and management accounting)
• astronomy (general / popular / beginners), artificial satellites, space exploration, cosmology – I am an amateur astronomer, a member of the British Astronomical Association and the Society for Popular Astronomy, and a former visual observer for the Satellite Orbits Group at Appleton Laboratory
• banking and investment
• business and management (including organizational behaviour and strategic management)
• commercial real estate / residential real estate (including loans and mortgages, space optimization and cost efficiency; sustainability and waste minimization; automation)
• economics and economic geography
• education (primary, secondary, further, higher, business, professional, and vocational)
• finance and financial risk
• history (especially twentieth century and ancient Greek)
• human resources and training
• marketing and brand management
• military and defence
• politics and current affairs
• property management (including repairs and renewals, rates, rent, and insurance), building construction, surveying, and valuation
• social and cultural studies, including poverty and social exclusion
• theology and religion
• travel, tourism, and exploration (e.g. mountaineering and polar).

I also have experience in proofreading non-academic (trade) books on classic cars, crafts, DIY, fishing, gardening, pets, sailing, and sport.

Subjects I do not proofread

• mathematics and statistics
• medical.

As a matter of policy I do not proofread material related to

• erotica / pornography
• violence
• bad language / swearing
• gambling
• hate speech
• racism / sexism / homophobia.

Specialty proofreading subject areas

For over 30 years I have proofread books, journals, and other publications in a wide variety of subjects, and during this time and in previous employment I have built up knowledge and experience in particular fields.

Accounting, banking, business, economics, and finance

Practical employment experience

I had several years’ experience in retail banking and a building society, during which time my duties included:

• branch balance sheets
• cashiering
• forex
• investment accounts
• mortgage lending, safe custody, and securities.

Proofreading experience

For over 30 years I have proofread many dozens of books on:

• accounting (all types, for example Colin Drury’s Cost Accounting)
• banking
• economics
• finance
• investment (for example periodic reports for an actuary).

I addition I have proofread the following quarterly journals for some years:

• Journal of Payments Strategy and Systems
• Journal of Risk Management and Financial Institutions
• Journal of Securities Operations & Custody

and helped to maintain and develop a standard house style for these journals.

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Astronomy, space exploration, and cosmology

I am an amateur astronomer, a member of the British Astronomical Association, and a member of the Society for Popular Astronomy. I am a former visual observer of artificial Earth satellites for the Science Research Council’s Satellite Orbits Group (then at Slough).

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Commercial real estate

Practical employment experience

For several years I worked in the estate department (later the property department) in the tied tenanted / managed public house division, and in the free trade finance division of a major UK brewer. During this time my responsibilities included:

• acquisitions and disposals
• debt recovery
• insurance cover and claims
• leases, licences, and mortgages
• licensed and unlicensed property rents
• loans and mortgages
• rating assessments and appeals
• secured and unsecured lending.

Proofreading experience

For some years I have proofread the following quarterly journals:

• Corporate Real Estate Journal
• Journal of Building Survey, Assessment and Valuation

and helped to maintain and enhance a standard house style for these publications. See Henry Stewart Publications.

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Education

Proofreading experience

I have many years’ experience in proofreading hundreds of books and other media for

• Cengage Learning: books, textbooks, and management education and career development book
• City & Guilds Institute, London: vocational learning modules
• Edinburgh Business School: course notes
• HarperCollins Publishers: textbooks
• National Children’s Bureau: books, reports, and teacher resources
• Oxford University Press: academic and business books
• Pearson Education: academic books, textbooks, and management education and career development books
• Routledge: academic and business books
• UCL Institute of Education Press: books, reports, and journals on education
• UCL Press: books and journals on education and cultural studies
• University of Leicester School of Business (formerly School of Management): online distance learning modules / course material.

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