How to Beat the System: Unravel the Red Tape of Bureaucracy and Come Out on Top - Softcover

Ashworth, Annie; Sanders, Meg

9780752818450: How to Beat the System: Unravel the Red Tape of Bureaucracy and Come Out on Top

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752818457 ISBN 13: 9780752818450

Publisher: Orion Publishing, 2002

From securing the best school for your child to booking a seat in a trendy new restaurant or legitimately avoiding estate agents' fees and dodging tax bills, this book shows you how to beat the system before the system beats you. Subjects include education, health, tax and banking, travel, and houses and house-buying. Each section contains practical information, explaining the systems themselves and your rights within them using straightforward language, uncluttered by jargon, and bullet-point simplicity. It will explain the loopholes, get-outs, and short cuts, illustrated by the best and the most amusing real-life examples. Most importantly, it will unpick the bureaucratic small print to tell you what the people who run the systems often won't. Also included are all the contact numbers you'll ever need for consumer groups and complaints bodies, a comprehensive, cross-referenced index, and a guide to what to say and what to write when you do confront the system.

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About the Author:

( With over 3 millions viewers, Trade Secrets is one of BBC2's most celebrated successes ( Trade Secrets has sold 60,000 copies in HB and PB ( All the advice and hints are from professionals with a lifetime of experience Alex Fraser worked for the BBC for ten years as a Producer, Director and as a Commissioning Editor. She joined Maverick Television to produce the first series of Trade Secrets and is now a director of the company where she produces documentaries and factual television for all the main broadcasters. Katherine Lapworth worked at the BBC for six years as a Producer and Director in both radio and television before launching her own copywriting business. She is also a founder member of Maverick Media the sister company to Maverick Television, established to exploit all the print and video opportunities arising from Maverick's broadcast work.

Review:

TELEVISIONBBC Breakfast TV Interview, 19 AprilRichard & Judy Interview, date tbcC5 Open House - Gloria Hunniford Interview, date tbcYorkshire Television Interview, date tbcBBC Wales consumer programme Tips featured on programme, Oct 02 PRESSSunday Express Serial, 7 & 14 AprilDaily Mail Feature, 'Can't Live Without' section MAGAZINESFamily Circle Extract, 18 AprilWoman's OwnFeatureWish FeatureBella FeatureBliss Feature on tips for teensHome & Country ReviewMs London Review RADIORadio 2 'Johnnie Walker' National interviewBBC Radio Belfast InterviewBBC Radio Cumbria InterviewBBC Radio Humberside InterviewBBC Radio Kent InterviewBBC Radio Leeds InterviewBBC Radio Leicester Interview & competitionBBC Radio Midlands InterviewBBC Radio Newcastle InterviewBBC Radio Northampton InterviewBBC Radio Scotland InterviewBBC Radio Sheffield InterviewBBC Radio Shropshire InterviewBBC Radio Suffolk InterviewBBCRadio Wales InterviewBBC Radio Wiltshire Sound InterviewBBC Radio Wiltshire Sound InterviewBBC Radio York Interview

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