Terms Of Business
1) CEE Worldwide Entertainment Agency may act as an
Employment Agency or as an Employment Business, at its
sole discretion. The way in which CEE Worldwide Entertainment
Agency is acting for each booking will be made clear
to all concerned parties prior to the completion of
negotiations, and will be clearly shown in the documentation
issued.
2) When acting as an Employment Agency:
a) CEE Worldwide Entertainment Agency acts as negotiator
only and is not a party to the resulting contract. For
this reason CEE Worldwide Entertainment Agency cannot
accept responsibility for non-fulfilment or breach of
any such contract, but every reasonable safeguard is
assured. Wherever possible in such cases, CEE Worldwide
Entertainment Agency will replace the act or engagement
with one of similar price and quality.
b) CEE Worldwide Entertainment Agency seeks to negotiate
agreements for The Artiste in those branches of the
entertainment field for which The Artiste is suited
by reason of his talent and ability.
c) For the provision of this service CEE Worldwide Entertainment
Agency charges a fee equivalent to an agreed percentage
of the contracted fee receivable by the Artiste, in
accordance with our Commission Policy Statement. CEE
Worldwide Entertainment Agency will also collect any
applicable tax (for example VAT) which is due under
English Law. The charge may be made to either the Artiste
or Promoter subject to the negotiated acceptance of
the party in question.
d) The Fee (commission) is charged only after the provision
of the service has been completed. Therefore there is
no provision for a refund of commission in any circumstances.
e) Where charged to the Artiste, the fee (commission)
will still be due if the artiste fails to appear, said
non-appearance being as a result of any action or inaction
of the artiste.
f) Where charged to the Promoter the fee (commission)
is normally payable in advance and is always non-refundable.
g) Cancellation of any contract negotiated through CEE
Worldwide Entertainment Agency is not normally possible
without the agreement of all concerned parties. In the
event of cancellation by either party without cause
of illness or other unavoidable circumstances, CEE Worldwide
Entertainment Agency reserves the right to levy a charge
of up to 15% of the agreed fee against the canceling
party, to cover the additional expenses involved in
the said cancellation. This is in addition to any amounts
that may be payable by either party under the terms
of the said contract.
h) CEE Worldwide Entertainment Agency normally acts
as negotiator only and as such may not enter into agreements
on behalf of third parties. If at any time CEE Worldwide
Entertainment Agency is authorized to enter into agreements
on behalf of the Artiste or the Client for any individual
booking, such authority will be made known to both parties
during the negotiation.
i) CEE Worldwide Entertainment Agency may receive fees
due to the Artiste (for example in the event of a no
pickup booking or in the course of arriving at a dispute
resolution) but must account to the Artiste for any
such payments that it receives.
i) Agreements are made separately for each booking,
and there is no requirement for any Artiste to accept
any booking offered. The Artiste can therefore end the
relationship by simply not accepting any further bookings
and the Agent can end the relationship by not offering
any such bookings.
k) If any Artiste seeking employment under a normal
non-exclusive agency representation agreement (i.e.
who has not signed under a management or sole representation
contract) should wish to cease being represented by
CEE Worldwide Entertainment Agency and have their name
and details removed from any promotional materials issued
by the Agency they can give a minimum of 30 days notice
in writing. From that point no further promotional materials
featuring the Artiste will be created, but it must be
understood that it is not possible to remove information
from hard copy products already published.
l) The Artiste will be required to honour any and all
contracts negotiated and accepted prior to the expiry
of such written notice. The Artiste must undertake to
ensure that any ongoing commission or other financial
remuneration due is paid to CEE Worldwide Entertainment
Agency promptly and in accordance with these Terms of
Business.
3) When acting as an Employment Business:
a) CEE Worldwide Entertainment Agency is a party to
each contract and accepts responsibility for its obligations
under the terms of each individual agreement including
the obligation to pay the contracted fee to the Artiste
when it is due regardless of whether or not CEE Worldwide
Entertainment Agency has been paid by its customer.
b) The fee payable to the Artiste will be that fee agreed
by him or her and duly indicated in the contract.
c) No charge other than the contracted fee is made.
d) The Artiste will be employed under a contract for
services.
e) Any contract entered into between CEE Worldwide Entertainment
Agency and the Artiste will be for an agreed period
(normally one performance) and will not provide for
cancellation by either party.
f) Since the Artiste will be either self-employed or
an incorporated body there is no entitlement to Holiday
Pay or any payment in lieu thereof.
4) Commission and monies owed to CEE Worldwide Entertainment
Agency shall be remitted within 7 (seven) days of the
engagement or as otherwise stated in the written confirmation.
This agency reserves the right to deduct monies owed
to the agency by any individual Artiste from any monies
due to that Artiste, and forward any balance.
5) In order to ensure that there are no non-appearances
or let downs, all verbal agreements are confirmed by
the signing of a written contract. In the event of very
short notice bookings, the written contract may be sent
after the event for your records.
6) The display and / or presentation of any artiste's
address and / or telephone number at an engagement negotiated
through this agency shall be regarded as a breach of
contract, and may render the Artiste liable to pay severe
damages in respect of that breach.
7) Any contract negotiated through this agency shall
be subject to these terms of business unless otherwise
agreed in writing between all concerned parties. In
particular, any conflicting terms of business shall
have no effect. The document "Commission Policy"
forms part of these terms, and must be read and construed
as such. All contracts to which these conditions apply
shall be construed in accordance with English Law.
8) No servant or agent of this agency has the power
to vary these terms and conditions.
9) Whenever the context so admits, words importing
the masculine shall include the feminine and the singular
number shall include the plural and vice versa as appropriate.
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Commission Policy
This agency normally charges its artistes a fee equivalent
to a commission of 15 % NETT OF PROMPT PAYMENT DISCOUNT.
However, we reserve the right to vary this rate at any
time either in specific cases or in general. This will
only be done with the agreement of the Artiste.
Discount can only be claimed if payment is made within
Seven Days of the date of booking or date of artistes'
receipt of payment, whichever is the later. It can only
be claimed when an account is in order. (i.e. no outstanding
amounts are due.)
In cases where there is a split commission or cases
where there is a higher than average level of expense
in obtaining the booking, this agency may charge a higher
level of commission. This will be done only with the
prior agreement of the artistes.
All commissions are invoiced as if they were paid later
than seven days, with the amount of available discount
clearly indicated on each invoice.
For example, a booking for £100.00 at the standard
rate would be invoiced at £18.00. A discount of
£3.00 would be available for payment within seven
days, so if you paid within that time you would only
pay £15.00.
Similarly, a £300.00 split commission booking
might be invoiced at £81.00. A discount of £13.50
would be available for payment within seven days, so
if you paid within that time you would only pay £67.50.
The date of payment shall be:
i) In the case of payment by post, the date of the
postmark on the envelope.
ii) In the case of payment in person, the date on
which that amount is physically paid.
All accounts with overdue balances that exceed 30 days
will be subject to interest at the rate of 8% per month
compounded.
No responsibility can be accepted for cash posted through
our letterbox. If it is stolen or for any other reason
we do not receive it, you will have to pay again.
We therefore recommend that you pay either by cheque,
or by physically handing your cash to a member of staff
or a person whose name you can take to ensure that such
payments can be traced.
Payments to Artistes will usually be made by cheque
drawn on our clients account.
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policy
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