Terms & Conditions

PRIMARY CLIENT TERMS OF BUSINESS

We are HW Technology Solutions ltd [trading as HW Technology Solutions Ltd] (throughout ‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’ and ‘ours’) of 56 Broadwick Street, Soho, London, W1F 7AJ including, for the purposes of this Agreement, our branch offices and our subsidiary companies (as defined by s.1159 Companies Act 2006) or associated bodies corporate (as defined by s.256 Companies Act 2006).

You are the recipient of these terms and as such you and a Connected Person are our client for the purpose of these Client Terms (throughout ‘you’, ‘your’ and ‘yours’).

Summary of terms

1. We will use our reasonable endeavours to locate suitable Candidates for you, based on the Information you provide to us.

2. We only charge fees for the Introduction of Candidates to you that you use, unless you have retained us for any payable Additional Service which we have agreed in advance. Except for Temporary Assignments, our fees are calculated as a percentage of total Remuneration as shown in the Tables – Fees and Rebates overleaf. The Tables also set out details of any rebate arrangements and the calculation basis of our charges for other Introduction or supply services.

3. Rebates are payable where we have Introduced a Candidate to you for a permanent position and your employment of the Candidate ends within 8 weeks. In that event and subject to the Rebate Conditions we will repay all or part of our fee in accordance with the Rebate Scale.

4. If you are already aware of a Candidate at the time we provide you with details of that Candidate it is important that you inform us immediately.

5. Our Payment Terms for Assignments that we have arranged are set out in the Tables – Fees and Rebates overleaf, but for other Engagements our fees are payable within 14 days of the Engagement.

6. We accept liability for our own negligence and where law requires it, but we accept no liability for the work done for you by the Candidate in any circumstances as it is always your responsibility to ensure that the Candidate is appropriately supervised. Our liability excludes indirect loss, is subject to a cap of £1m except where law requires otherwise, in the case of the supply of a Candidate on a Temporary Assignment is limited to one month’s fee under the Assignment, and in the case of Temporary Placement is limited to our charge for one month.

7. In the case of a Temporary Assignment initially agreed to continue for more than one week if you advise us on the first day that the Candidate is unsuitable we shall only charge you the cost of our supply of the Candidate exclusive of our charge under Fees 3.

Important – Acceptance

Once you have received this document, any act by you of accepting or requesting services from us, or using in any way information from us relating to a Candidate, is deemed to be and shall constitute your acceptance of the Client Terms. Upon your acceptance, and in consideration of the mutual benefits set out, these terms apply.

HW Technology Solution Ltd – 56Broadwich Street, Soho, London, W1F 7AJ

IMPORTANT NOTE

Fees 1 – Fee Scale for Permanent Placements and Engagements of a Candidate except where otherwise specified

our fee is

20% of Basic Salary

Our payment terms for these fees are that you pay us within 14 days of our invoice.

Rebate Scale for Permanent Placements, subject to the Rebate Conditions in the DTOB, is as follows

Week = week in which employment ends

Proportion of Fee Week

(a) 100% this means that if employment ends during the first four weeks 100% will be rebated

(b) 75% this means that if employment ends during weeks 5-6 75% will be rebated

Note: No rebate is due if you have previously used the Candidate.

NOTE re above rebate scale

Fees 2 – Fees for a Temporary Placement of a Candidate where you pay the Candidate

20% (per cent) of the weekly or monthly sum that you pay to the Candidate for the period of the hire.

Our payment terms for these fees are that you pay us within 14 days of our invoice.

Fees 3 – Fees for a Temporary Assignment of a Candidate we supply

Where we supply the Candidate, our fee is calculated on time spent at the rate specified for the Assignment. This is based upon the total of the cost to us of supplying the Candidate (including statutory payments we make to or relating to the Candidate) plus our charge (‘Charge’).

Our payment terms for these fees are that you pay us within 14 days of our invoice.

Fees 4 – Transfer Fee for all Engagements following our supply of the Candidate

The higher of 20% of Remuneration, or a fee charged on Fees 1, chargeable if there is an Engagement within the relevant Transfer Period of a Candidate we have supplied.

The payment terms for these fees are that you pay us within 14 days of the Engagement.

If you wish to engage a Candidate other than by supply through us you may have an option to take a further supply of the Candidate through us instead of paying us a placement fee. The specified further period is 6 months.

HW Technology Solution Ltd – 56 Broadwich Street, Soho, London, W1F 7AJ