Terms & Conditions

The following terms and conditions are to be used as a guidlines and are superceded with any Terms and Conditions agreed upon for each and every individual project undertaken by NIU. The specific Terms and Conditions will be presented to the client at proposal stage.

1. NIU Ltd. will act as the prime contractor for the development and will sub-contract specific portions of the task as required, except that NIU Ltd. permanent staff will act as Project Managers and primary contact point for all dealings with the client.
2. Deliverables and payments for the work to be undertaken are detailed in the schedule supplied. Once development work has begun, changes and additions to the required tasks will only be accepted by negotiation with NIU Ltd.
3. The duration of the project will be as defined in the schedule supplied. Extensions to this timeframe caused by non-delivery of materials or non-completion of agreed tasks by the client as specified in the schedule of this document may result in additional charges by NIU Ltd., such charges to be agreed in writing at each payments stage specified in the schedule.
4. If extensions to the agreed timescale become necessary due to the non-delivery by the client of agreed content, assets, sign-offs or other necessary components on or before the deadline dates specified in the schedule supplied, NIU Ltd. reserve the right to invoice pro-rata for work carried out up to the agreed payment date.
5. It shall be the responsibility of the client to ensure that all data and content assets supplied to NIU Ltd. are legally permitted for use, and that any restrictions on use or necessary copyright notices are notified in writing to NIU Ltd. NIU Ltd. accept no liability for breach of copyright or other intellectual rights on data included in the finished product.
6. Staged development will result in deliverables as specified in the schedule supplied. Payment for each stage will be due on delivery. Payment will be tendered within 30 days of our invoice.
7. The intellectual property rights associated with the user interface, screen designs and the overall ‘look and feel’ of the product will become the property of the client.
8. NIU Ltd. will be appropriately acknowledged within the product and associated documentation as designers and software realisors of the product.
9. This agreement may be terminated at any time by NIU Ltd. with 30 days written notice. The client will agree to pay within 30 days all amounts due under the terms of the agreement up to the agreed termination date, with pro-rata payment for dates which fall between scheduled payment stages.