Are you in the Fashion business? Do you worry about getting paid for your orders?? Do you sometimes get paid late?? Have you ever had to "chase" for payment?? Have you ever had a bad debt?? Are you scared of the much-vaunted "credit crunch" and its impact on the retail sector??
If your answers to any of these are "YES" – this seminar is designed for you!
Tuesday 28 October 2008 at 4.00pm at UK Fashion Exports,
5 Portland Place, London W1B 1PW
Timothy O'Callaghan is a Solicitor at Arnold Fooks Chadwick (www.afclaw.co.uk).
He's energetic, he's a great speaker, and he's passionate about ensuring that you have practical
information on this subject to help make your business run profitably. He understands the vagaries of
fashion businesses, and the needs of smaller companies, and he works regularly in our sector.
This 90 minute seminar is relevant to companies in all areas of the fashion business – to designers with
their own collections, to freelance designers and pattern cutters, to wholesalers; in short – it will be
relevant to anyone in fashion who sells anything to a third party!
You will hear about:
- Practical checks you can make on businesses you are about to contract with
- When is an order not an order? The importance of order confirmation
- Steps to take to improve your chances of getting paid - from the beginning of a relationship
- Can a buyer cancel an order? What can you do about that?
- Terms and Conditions - the benefits of having your own essential clauses
- What can you do if you don't get paid?
- Tips on debt collection. What can you do without getting a lawyer involved?
- When is it worth instructing a lawyer?
- Obtaining County Court Judgments (CCJs) - and enforcing them
After the main presentation there will be the opportunity to ask your own questions, and then to meet the speaker and your fellow guests over the customary UK Fashion Exports' glass of wine!
