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Ethics and Integrity

We comply with laws, regulations and deliver best Business practice standards. Our overriding aim is to ensure that our professional reputation and integrity, developed over many years, is based upon mutual trust; engendered by the maintenance of the highest ethical standards. These standards include the need to be and the need to be seen to be professionally independent in all the work we do and to treat all information we receive from clients in the strictest professional confidence.

Due Diligence

We balance due diligence with a commercial appreciation of business. Mindful of the laws and regulations on the prevention of international money laundering, Business Development Consultancy Worldwide implements strict risk control procedures and balances thorough due diligence of all clients with a commercial appreciation of the practicalities of business. Whilst we respect and honor the confidentially of our clients, we are committed to undertaking full and thorough due diligence of our clients identities, their place of residence and the nature of their businesses. To this end, we need to be fully appraised of both the rationale behind the establishment of corporate or trust structure and its modus operandi.

Terms and Conditions

In this document the following words shall have the following meanings:

Agreement means these Terms and Conditions together with the terms of any applicable Service Specification; Customer means person(s) or company whom has placed an order;

Intellectual Property Rights means all patents, registered and unregistered designs, copyright, trade marks, know-how and all other forms of intellectual property wherever in the world enforceable;

Service Specification means a quote; Project Requirements & quote is a document or a statement of work, quotation or other similar document describing the services to be provided by Business Development Consultancy;

These Terms and Conditions shall apply to all contracts for the supply of services by Business Development Consultancy to the Customer;

Before the commencement of the services, Business Development Consultancy shall submit to the Customer an Order Form or Service Specification which shall specify the services to be performed and the fees payable.

The Customer shall notify Business Development Consultancy immediately if the Customer does not agree with the contents of the Service Specification. All Service Specifications shall be subject to these Terms and Conditions;

Business Development Consultancy shall use all reasonable endeavors to complete the services within estimated time frames, but time shall not be of the essence in the performance of any services;

Business Development Consultancy shall maintain ownership of copyright of any technologies developed by the company that may be integrated into a customer website or project.

Fees and Payment

All fees shall be quoted in US Dollars. At a point when Business Development Consultancy has completed its part of the work on a project and is solely relying on either the customer or a third party to complete the project Business Development Consultancy is entitled to payment;

Upon agreement of the work to be undertaken and the signing of a formal engagement agreement the client shall pay to Business Development Consultancy in certified funds a fee equivalent to 25% of the total cost of the work agreed to;

No work shall commence until this fee has been received in certified funds; Upon completion of the project the client shall pay the balance of the contract price in certified funds;

Should the client wish any changes Business Development Consultancy will provide up to 4-hours of additional correction time without charge;

Should more time required due to additional changes requested by the client or unreasonable demands on behalf of the client then Business Development Consultancy reserves the right to enter in to a separate agreement for the additional work required.

Client Obligations

To enable Business Development Consultancy to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Customer shall; Co-operate with Business Development Consultancy; Provide Business Development Consultancy with any information reasonably required by Business Development Consultancy;Obtain all necessary permissions and consents which may be required before the commencement of the services; and, Comply with such other requirements as may be set out in the Service Specification or otherwise agreed between the parties;

The Customer shall be liable to compensate Business Development Consultancy for any expenses incurred by Business Development Consultancy as a result of the Customer's failure to comply with Clause 4.1. Without prejudice to any other rights to which Business Development Consultancy may be entitled, in the event that the Customer unlawfully terminates or cancels the services agreed to in the Service Specification, the Customer shall be required to pay to Business Development Consultancy the full amount of any third party costs to which Business Development Consultancy has committed and, in respect of cancellations on less than five working days' written notice, the full amount of the services contracted for as set out in the Service Specification.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Customer's failure to comply with any obligations under Clause 4.1 shall be deemed to be a cancellation of the services and subject to the payment of the damages set out in this Clause. In the event that the Customer or any third party, not being a sub-contractor of Business Development Consultancy, shall omit or commit anything which prevents or delays Business Development Consultancy from undertaking or complying with any of its obligations under this Agreement, then Business Development Consultancy shall notify the Customer as soon as possible and; Business Development Consultancy shall have no liability in respect of any delay to the completion of any project; If applicable, the timetable for the project will be modified accordingly; Business Development Consultancy shall notify the Customer at the same time if it intends to make any claim for additional costs.

Alterations to the Service Specifications

The parties may at any time mutually agree upon and execute new Service Specifications. Any alterations in the scope of services to be provided under the agreement shall be set out in the Service Specification, which shall reflect the changed services and fees and any other terms agreed between the parties; The Customer may at any time request alterations to the Service Specification by notice in writing to Business Development Consultancy.

On receipt of the request for alterations, Business Development Consultancy shall, within 5 working days or such other period as may be agreed between the parties, advise the Customer by notice in writing of the effect of such alterations, if any, on the fees and any other terms already agreed between the parties; Where Business Development Consultancy gives written notice to the Customer agreeing to perform any alterations on terms different to those already agreed between the parties, the Customer shall, within 5 working days of receipt of such notice or such other period as may be agreed between the parties, advise Business Development Consultancy by notice in writing whether or not it wishes the alterations to proceed;

Where Business Development Consultancy gives written notice to the Customer agreeing to perform alterations on terms different to those already agreed between the parties, and the Customer confirms in writing that it wishes the alterations to proceed on those terms, the Service Specification shall be amended to reflect such alterations and thereafter Business Development Consultancy shall perform this Agreement upon the basis of such amended terms.

Warranty

Business Development Consultancy warrants that the services performed under the agreement shall be performed using reasonable skill and care, and of a quality conforming to generally accepted industry standards and practices; Without prejudice to Clause font face="Verdana" size="2">6.1, and except as expressly stated in this Agreement, all warranties whether express or implied, by operation of law or otherwise, are hereby excluded in relation to the services to be provided by Business Development Consultancy.

Indemnification

The Customer shall indemnify Business Development Consultancy against all claims, costs and expenses which Business Development Consultancy may incur and which arise, directly or indirectly, from the Customer's breach of any of its obligations under this Agreement, including any claims brought against Business Development Consultancy alleging that any services provided by Business Development Consultancy in accordance with the Service Specification infringes a patent, copyright or trade secret or other similar right of a third party

Limitation of Liability

Except in respect of death or personal injury due to negligence for which no limit applies, the entire liability of Business Development Consultancy to the Customer in respect of any claim whatsoever or breach of this Agreement, whether or not arising out of negligence, shall be limited to the fees paid by the Customer to which the claim relates; In no event shall Business Development Consultancy be liable to the Customer for any loss of business, loss of opportunity or loss of profits or for any other indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever.

This shall apply even where such a loss was reasonably foreseeable or Business Development Consultancy had been made aware of the possibility of the Customer incurring such a loss. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude or limit Business Development Consultancy liability for death or personal injury resulting from Business Development Consultancy negligence or that of its employees, agents or sub-contractors.

Termination

Either party may terminate this Agreement forthwith by notice in writing to the other if:

The other party commits a material breach of this Agreement and, in the case of a breach capable of being remedied, fails to remedy it within 30 calendar days of being given written notice from the other party to do so;

The other party commits a material breach of this Agreement which cannot be remedied under any circumstances;

The other party passes a resolution for winding up (other than for the purpose of solvent amalgamation or reconstruction), or a court of competent jurisdiction makes an order to that effect;

The other party ceases to carry on its business or substantially the whole of its business; or the other party is declared insolvent, or convenes a meeting of or makes or proposes to make any arrangement or composition with its creditors; or a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver, manager, trustee or similar officer is appointed over any of its assets.

Force Majeure

Neither party shall be liable for any delay or failure to perform any of its obligations if the delay or failure results from events or circumstances outside its reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, strikes, lock outs, accidents, war, fire, the act or omission of government, highway authorities or any telecommunications carrier, operator or administration or other competent authority, or the delay or failure in manufacture, production, or supply by third parties of equipment or services, and the party shall be entitled to a reasonable extension of its obligations after notifying the other party of the nature and extent of such events.

Independent Contractors

Business Development Consultancy and the Customer are contractors independent of each other, and neither have the authority to bind the other to any third party or act in any way as the representative of the other, unless otherwise expressly agreed to in writing by both parties. Business Development Consultancy may, in addition to its own employees, engage sub-contractors to provide all or part of the services being provided to the Customer and such engagement shall not relieve Business Development Consultancy of its obligations under this Agreement.

Assignment

The Customer shall not be entitled to assign its rights or obligations or delegate its duties under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Business Development Consultancy

Severability

If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any Court of competent jurisdiction such provision shall be severed and the remainder of the provisions herein shall continue in full force and effect as if this Agreement had been agreed with the invalid illegal or unenforceable provision eliminated.

Waiver

The failure by either party to enforce at any time or for any period any one or more of the Terms and Conditions herein shall not be a waiver of them or of the right at any time subsequently to enforce all Terms and Conditions of this Agreement.

Notices

Any notice to be given by either party to the other may be served by e-mail, fax, personal service or by post to the address of the other party given in the Service Specification or such other address as such party may from time to time have communicated to the other in writing, and if sent by email shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be received on the day it was sent, if sent by fax shall be deemed to be served on receipt of an error-free transmission report, if given by letter shall be deemed to have been served at the time at which the letter was delivered personally or if sent by post shall be deemed to have been delivered in the ordinary course of post.

Entire Agreement

This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter and supersedes any previous agreements, arrangements, undertakings or proposals, oral or written. Unless expressly provided elsewhere in this Agreement, this Agreement may be varied only by a document signed by both parties.

No Third Parties

Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, nor shall it confer any rights on a third party whether under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise.

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