Our Free Guide to ROT explains what suppliers of goods can (and can’t) realistically hope to achieve by including Retention of Title clauses in their Conditions of Sale, and how to maximise what can be recovered if and when a customer who owes you money for goods supplied becomes insolvent. It should be read in…
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Do you need a Written Agency or Distribution Agreement with your proposed UK importer? Our Free Guide will help you work through this crucial question, according to whether your importer will be an agent, a distributor, or both.  You will either conclude that you do not need a written agreement, or – more likely –…
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The UK wine trade was rocked by the collapses of First Quench (2009) and then Oddbins in 2011.   A lot of wine producers ended up not getting paid for wine they had supplied in good faith.  This is not a wine trade-specific problem – it is an ever-present danger for any producer or manufacturer who…
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In 2006, prompted by concerns about the behaviour and power of the major UK supermarkets, the UK Competition Commission conducted an investigation and concluded that legislation was required to force them to behave more fairly towards their suppliers.  The result was the Groceries (Supply Chain Practices) Market Investigation Order 2009 , which came into effect…
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