Fees

• All fees and charges specified in proposals or agreed in letters of confirmation will be held for a three month period, after which time they may be subject to review.
• All meetings and events requiring additional consultant time over and above that agreed in our proposal will be charged based on our standard rates.
• Fees are charged on an hourly rate basis and any agreement to charge on a daily rate basis will assume a standard 7 hour working day.
  

Expenses

• From 1 April 2009 travel by car will be charged at 50p per mile.
• Travel, subsistence, accommodation and any other reasonable expenses will be charged at cost. 
• The provision of IT equipment, materials for training/education courses and any associated printing and production charges will be charged at cost.
  

Payment

• All invoices must be paid within 30 days from the date of the invoice.
• VAT will be charged at the current rate at the date of invoice.
• Interest will be payable at 2% per month on all overdue invoices.
  

Amendments

• Any work or expenditure on items not specified in the proposal will only be undertaken with the express authorisation of the Client in writing.

Cancellations

• Any fixed date project work or education/training courses that are booked and subsequently cancelled or rescheduled will be subject to the following charges:

Less than 2 weeks before date of work:              100% of fees
Between 2-4 weeks before date of work:             50% of fees
More than 4 weeks before date of work:              No charge

General

• Clients agree not to approach or employ any Viretec Consulting employees or Associates directly within 12 months of the completion of the current contract.
• Unless otherwise agreed in writing, these terms shall apply to all  quotations, proposals and work agreements between Viretec Consulting and the Client.
  

Any variation to the above Terms of Business must be accepted in writing by Viretec Consulting.