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Matthew Parker has been buying print for twenty years and has worked in directory, B2B magazine, consumer news stand magazine and agency environments.  Amongst other roles, he headed up print purchasing at Future Publishing when it was the UK’s 5th largest consumer news stand publisher.  He has also managed purchasing projects in a number of other areas, including outsourced sales, HR and copy chasing services, web and e-mail services, postal services, transport and promo items from the Far East.  

Matthew now runs Print & Procurement Ltd., which uses its industry insight to help generate effective, profitable relationships between the print sector and companies that need print through implementing new approaches and processes and practical assistance.  Typical projects include:

• Running print tenders
• Benchmarking prices
• Advising on product specification
• Advising on suppliers
• Procurement strategy
• Paper purchasing and management
• Creating supplier review systems

The company also runs training courses in all areas of print procurement, including specifying print, choosing and managing suppliers, procurement strategy and e-procurement and negotiation.

Matthew’s interests include mountain walking, music and cooking.