The provision of Commercial and Contracts Management services in both a pre-sales and post signature environments needs to be integrated with numerous corporate and business functions/departments. Our service is therefore also delivered with experience and professional expertise gained from a wide variety of complimentary business requirements which can be summarised in example form by the following:

1. Development and implementation of commercial sales and purchasing strategies (both from within and outside the EC) including:

i. The drafting and (if necessary) the negotiation of bespoke conditions/agreements, standard sales/purchasing terms and conditions, sales/marketing agency agreements, distribution agreements, commercial exploitation agreements, manufacturing agreements and software licences;

ii. The drafting and (if necessary) the negotiation of responses to the confines of model form conditions such as those of the DEFCONs and US (DOD FAR’S) Governments, CCTA (as was), JCT, IPS, EAB/BEAMA and MF/1.

2. The undertaking of (in both the prime contract and sub-contract roles) tendering, negotiation and subsequent contract administration;

3. Manufacturing administration (including the development and management of in-house assembly line work, job estimating and pricing);

4. Sales and marketing administration (including product distribution and the establishment of sales targets with assessment of progress against such sales targets);

5. Purchasing administration (including the development and management of stock control systems, COSHH, just in time ordering and the selection of preferred sub-contractors and suppliers);

6. General accounting principles (including bookkeeping, ledger controls, PAYE/NI and VAT returns);

7. Development, implementation and on-going assessment of company business plans (including the mission statement);

8. Computerised system management;

9. Personnel administration (including terms and conditions of employment, human resource development and recruitment);

10. Company administration and a company’s statutory obligations (including annual returns, submission of accounts, board meeting minutes and shares);

11. Controlling overheads (including budgetary planning and controls);

12. Collation and presentation of information for appropriate management account structures (including financial planning and modelling, cash flow and profit/loss forecasts);

13. Review and assessment of contracts, tenders and technical documentation (including the establishment and management of bid meetings to assess potential tenders and the analysis of the commercial and financial risks associated with tenders and contracts);

14. Export finance, export credit guarantees and export/import rules and regulations;

15. Retail purchasing and retail sales development (with or without advertising);

16. Marketing and business development;

17. Company re-organisation