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Terms and ConditionsGeneral 1.1 Gist Consulting (hereafter sometimes referred to as 'we' or 'our') reserve the right to alter our terms and conditions from time to time by posting new terms and conditions on this website. 1.2 Services appearing via this website should not be inferred to be appropriate for use, or available, in locations other than the United Kingdom. If you choose to access this site from other locations, you are responsible for compliance with local laws governing those locations, and for local taxes applicable to those locations. 1.3 Any contract between us, whether for use of the website or arising from the purchase of services through the website, will be governed by the laws of England and Wales and all parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts. Any contract will be communicated in English. Website 2.1 The design, arrangement and content of this website are the copyright of Gist Consulting. Commercial use of materials on this site without our prior written consent is strictly prohibited. The logo of Gist Consulting, and the phrase 'write for you' are used as trademarks and are the intellectual property of Gist Consulting. 2.2 Some hypertext links in this website may lead to other (external) websites, which are not under the control of Gist Consulting. If you choose to click on these links, and in doing so leave the gistconsulting.co.uk website, we have no control over and will accept no responsibility or liability for the material on external websites, nor for goods, services or any other dealings you might choose to have with them. Terms and Conditions for Writing, Research and Training Services 3.1 In entering a contract with Gist Consulting for the supply of writing, research or training services, you acknowledge that you have been provided with these Terms and Conditions and that this is the basis for the contract between us. 3.2 Confirming the contract A contract to provide writing, research or training services is confirmed when you return a signed agreement to Gist Consulting, authorizing us to proceed on the basis of the quotation and job description contained therein. The production of a document is achieved through: using the resources you may have provided for us; compiling and composing first draft; submission of first draft for your review and proof reading; editing and amending to take account of your review; production of final copy. Responsibility for checking for spelling mistakes, typographical errors and veracity of facts is yours at the review stage. You absolve Gist Consulting of responsibility for any costs/liabilities incurred as a result of the appearance of such errors in the final published form of the document concerned, whether or not these errors appeared in any draft supplied by Gist Consulting.
The production of a research report is achieved through: using the resources you may have provided for us, and/or that we identify as relevant to your agreed information needs; analyzing sources in relation to your information needs; compiling and composing first draft report; submission of first draft report for your review and proof reading; editing and amending to take account of your review; production of final report. Responsibility for checking for spelling mistakes, typographical errors and veracity of facts is yours at the review stage. You absolve Gist Consulting of responsibility for any costs/liabilities incurred as a result of the appearance of such errors in the final form of the report concerned, whether or not these errors appeared in any draft report supplied by Gist Consulting.
Gist Consulting always strive to ensure that deadlines are met, but can not guarantee this. We reserve the right to defer the delivery date(s) by up to four working days, and to give you notice of this at least 1 working day before the date of the original deadline(s).
As part of the resources for producing your document(s), you may give Gist Consulting materials, references, examples, etc. Gist Consulting will make every effort to ensure that the draft that we prepare for you does not break the copyright of such resources. However, you indemnify us against any action arising, directly or indirectly, as a result of use of this content as reference material. If you provide Gist Consulting with draft material that you have written yourself, or which has been written for you by somebody else, you affirm that you are the copyright holder, or that you are authorised by the copyright holder to be used in producing your document. In such a case, you indemnify Gist Consulting against any claim arising from subsequent suggestion that the new document in any way breeches any existing copyright. You will hold Gist Consulting harmless from any and all claims resulting from any negligence on your part or your inability to obtain proper copyright permission. A contract/signed agreement between us for writing and/or research services shall be regarded as a guarantee by you to Gist Consulting that all such permissions and authorities have been obtained, regardless of whether or not we have had sight of documents granting such permission and authority.
Copyright of the document produced as a result of the contract between you and Gist Consulting is assigned to you on receipt by Gist Consulting of full and cleared payment of all fees due. If search engine optimized web content or copy forms part of the contract/agreement signed by yourselves, Gist Consulting will produce web content that makes use of the key words you have provided for us. However, the algorithms (methods) used by the search engines are unpublished, complicated, ever changing and are not under the control of Gist Consulting. We can not guarantee the attainment of a particular ranking in any particular search engine for your chosen key words, nor can we guarantee the longevity of a particular ranking in any particular engine. Our trading terms for writing and research services are that you will pay a deposit of 25% of the total sum on confirming the contract; that a further 25% of the total sum will be payable by you on delivery of the first draft to you for your review; that the balance of the total sum is payable by you within 14 days of the delivery of the final copy. Our trading terms for training are that you pay a 50% deposit before receiving your training, with the balance payable by you within 14 days.
Where payment is not received within 14 working days of the due date shown on the invoice(s), we reserve the right to delay delivery of the next phase of the work, until payment is received. In the case of late payment of the remaining balance, we reserve the right to charge interest. This will be applied in line with the DTi 'Better Payment Practice' guidelines of 8% plus the prevailing Bank of England reference rate. The current Bank of England rate is 4.50% (as of June 2006), making a total interest rate chargeable of 12.5%. We also reserve the right to engage the services of a debt collection agency if payment is not forthcoming after 28 days of the due date shown on the final invoice. 3.11 Publicity and client confidentiality We reserve the right to publicise the writing, research or training services we have provided to you, via our website or other marketing materials. Please let us know if you do not wish to be named or cited as a client of ours. |
