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Download or read book Start and Run a Profitable Consulting Business written by Douglas A. Gray and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year the demand for consultants of all kinds increases, as organisations become leaner and more compact and outsourcing more commonplace. This fully revised new edition provides essential information and practical step by step guidance on starting and developing a successful consulting practice. It contains expert advice on the process of consultancy in terms of marketing and selling activities and how to conduct assignments. Also covered is how to run a consultancy as a business, including setting up, business planning, record and administrative systems and legal, taxation and insurance considerations. Essential reading for the would-be consultant, it has much to offer the established practitioner too.