3.1 Subject to any special terms agreed in writing, the Client shall pay the Company’s charges for the provision of the Services as set out in the Contract.

3.2 The Company reserves the right to invoice for work done or for any loss, cost and expenses suffered (including loss of profits) by the Company in preparing for the assignment and reserving time and resources for completion of the assignment in the event that an assignment is:
• cancelled or suspended prior to the commencement of work
• placed on hold for a period of 5 working days or more

3.3 If the client terminates or suspends the Services once an assignment has commenced or an invoice submitted the Company is entitled to payment of the fee in full as set out in the Contract as if the Contract had been concluded in the normal course of events.

3.4. Once submitted and confirmed in writing by the Company, there shall be no variation of the assignment specification unless agreed in writing by the Company, in which event the Company shall be entitled to charge such additional fees as are appropriate to cover any additional costs that are involved as a result of the variation.

3.5 The Company’s charges, and any additional sums payable, shall be paid by the Client (together with any applicable Value Added Tax and without any set off or other deduction) within 30 days of the date of the invoice. If payment is not made on the due date, the Company shall be entitled, without limiting any other right it may have, to charge interest on the outstanding amount (both before and after judgment) at the rate of 8% per annum above the base rate of Barclays Bank Plc from the due date until the outstanding amount is paid in full calculated on a daily basis.

3.6 All charges quoted to the Client are exclusive of Value Added Tax, for which the Client shall be additionally liable at the applicable rate.

3.7 For all Services provided by the Company: Fees will be agreed prior to the start of an assignment and detailed in the assignment proposal & specification subject to an agreed scope. These fees and scope shall be deemed to have been accepted by the Client as binding upon it unless expressly raised otherwise in writing by the Client prior to commencement of the delivery of Services under that assignment. All fees are subject to Value Added Tax (VAT) or equivalent sales taxes at the prevailing rate. Where fees are fixed or payable in instalments, these will be detailed in the assignment proposal & specification. Fees are not contingent on the delivery of Services unless expressly stated in the either a proposal or subsequent assignment specification. For multiple hires and future-focussed pipelining the Company will generate a list of candidates in accordance with the assignment specification. The Client will manage, cultivate and activate this pipeline as required, unless the Company has been commissioned for an agreed fee to undertake this activity. For talent mapping, pipelining and multiple hire assignments, should a client cancel a project following commencement and prior to completion, the full fee will be payable.

Search assignments guarantee continuation of the search until a successful job offer is secured. The fee is payable in three equal stages:

Stage 1. on commission of the Search

Stage 2. on presentation of the first CV and

Stage 3. on formal offer of employment, agreement that the market has been completely searched or cancellation of the Search.

If the Client terminates or suspends an assignment before the Company has submitted any candidate details, the Company is entitled to retain the first part of its fee as detailed in the assignment specification.

If the Client terminates or suspends an assignment after the Company has started to submit candidates’ details, the Company shall be entitled to invoice its full fee for the assignment.

If the Client materially changes the role specification, such that it renders an identified talent population irrelevant, the Company will confirm an additional fee with the Client to reflect the further work required to deliver the project.

If the Client and the Company both agree that the market has been completely searched without a successful placement being made, the company shall be entitled to invoice its full fee for the assignment.

The Client undertakes to notify the Company as soon as a formal letter of offer of employment has been made, whether or not an appointment is actually made.

In the event that a candidate is rejected by the Client and is subsequently engaged by the Client (within a period of 12 months from the last interview date), the Client shall pay the full fee for the assignment within 14 days of such engagement.

In the event of a successfully placed candidate leaving the Client’s employ within three months of joining, the Company will re-start the search for a new candidate provided that all preceding invoices relating to assignment have been paid by their due date and that the role specification remains as described in the original assignment brief relating to that assignment.

In the event of an assignment being put on hold by the Client, we will restart the search again up to three months afterwards without further payment provided that all preceding invoices for that Search have been paid by their due date and that the role specification remains as described in the original assignment brief.