Contract – agency and distribution agreements
What do you need to be aware of when embarking on a new UK wine agency or distribution agreement, and how can contract terms give you increased security and protection?
Whether you're the importer or the producer, you need to consider:
- whether the relationship will operate as an agency or as a distributorship, or as both,
- what your position will be if there isn’t a written agreement,
- how you could improve his position by having one.
We publish two free Guides, to help importers and producers respectively decide whether a written agreement is necessary and, if so, to compile a wish list of the essential terms to be included. Both Guides also include advice on how to approach negotiation of the contract.
To obtain the relevant Guide, click the appropriate link below, complete the request form, and we'll email you a link to download your copy.
REQUEST OUR GUIDE FOR IMPORTERS REQUEST OUR GUIDE FOR PRODUCERS
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Last reviewed/revised — 17.04.2012
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