Back to home  
             
           
  Quotations
All quotations and estimates provided are valid for 30 days. Costs quoted may be subject to change as they are calculated using the brief given, this would apply if any area of the project or brief is changed. No work will commence until a signed quotation/estimate is faxed to us.

VAT
All costs quoted exclude VAT, which will be added at the rate ruling at time of invoice.

Payment Terms
14 days from date of invoice. We reserve the right to request full/part payment in advance. New clients are requested to pay 50% of any quoted costs in advance for the first three projects.

Amendments
We anticipate a small amount of client amendments in our costs, however if this level is exceeded subsequent amendments will be chargeable at our standard artwork rate. You will be advised when this point is breached and informed of the current rate.

Client Approval
We require a signed proof of the project before it is officially approved. If a project is more than 30 days old and becomes inactive due to lack of client approval, we reserve the right to invoice for any time/costs incurred to date.

Preliminary Work
All work carried out, whether experimentally or otherwise, at customers request shall be charged.

 

Copy
We request all copy to be supplied to us in live text digital form. A charge may be made to cover any additional work involved where copy supplied is not clear and legible.

Proof Reading
We do not take any responsibility for copy, it is the responsibility of the client or client's copywriter to proof read all copy. We do however perform a system based spell-check as part of our Pre-Press procedure and will flag any issues we may find.

Proofs/Couriers/Materials
Proofs of all work will be submitted for client approval in the form of PDF, if the client requests a hard copy this may be chargeable. Any deliveries required to supply proofs will be chargeable. Any materials required within hard copy proofs will also be chargeable.

Delivery/Storage
In all printing costs given one Central London based delivery is accounted for, if you require us to store the printed material and/or make multiple deliveries, further charges will apply. We are not liable for any loss to the client arising from delay/damage in transit not caused by our drivers.

Client Suppliers
When requested to work with other client suppliers eg. Printers, any time incurred liaising will be chargeable.

 

Insolvency
If the client ceases to pay his debts in the ordinary course of business or cannot pay his debts as they become due or being a company is deemed to be unable to pay its debts or has a winding-up petition issued against it or being a person commits an act of bankruptcy or has a bankruptcy petition issued against him/her, we without prejudice to other remedies shall:

i. have the right not to proceed further with the contractor any other work for the client and be entitled to charge for work already carried out (whether completed or not) and materials purchased for the client, such charge to be immediate debt due to him/her, and
ii. in respect of all unpaid debts due from the client have a general lien on all goods and property in his possession (whether worked on or not) and shall be entitled on the expiration of 14 days’ notice to dispose of such goods or property in such manner and at such price as he thinks fit and to apply the proceeds towards such debts.

Force Majeure
We shall be under no liability if we are unable to carry out any provision of the contract for any reason beyond our control including (without limiting the foregoing) Act of God, legislation, war, fire, flood, drought, failure of power supply, lock-out, strike or other action taken by employees in contemplation or furtherance of a dispute or owing to any inability to procure materials required for the performance of the contract. During the continuance of such contingency the client may by written notice to us elect to terminate the contract and pay for work done and materials used but subject thereto shall otherwise accept delivery when available.

 
             
     
      © Gould Design Consultancy Limited, 2009
Terms of Business