About me

I established ACB Proofreading in 2011, following my retirement from the police service. That's not as unusual a career change as you might think. One of the skills required of a professional police officer is the ability to write clearly, concisely, accurately and grammatically, with a good eye for detail. This applies whatever the nature of the writing - a simple report, a case file of evidence, a briefing paper or a lengthy policy document. This skill is easily transferrable to the editorial world and has enabled me to help a wide variety of clients.
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I am a Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) and follow its Professional Practice Code: Ensuring Editorial Excellence.


Training

I have completed training with:

• The Publishing Training Centre: Basic Proofreading - Pass with Merit, & Digital Skills update; Editing References
• Society for Editors and Proofreaders: Introduction to Proofreading; Proofreading Theses and Dissertations
• Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading: Word for Practical Editing
• Chapterhouse Publishing: Certificate of Competence in Proofreading and Copy-Editing
• Open University: Grammar matters

Privacy

​I am committed to protecting your privacy and will only use your personal information for core business purposes. For full details, please see my privacy policy.

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Working with Andrew on the proofreading of the manuscript for my novel has been a positive experience from beginning to end.  I have every intention of doing so again on future manuscripts.
​Michael Forester, author

​Legal note: Andrew Buggey provides his services as ACB Proofreading in a self-employed, sole trader capacity