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Our Fees
At Living our policy is one of openness and clarity. Please see below for our standard business terms along with our standard tariff. The information here does not affect any individual agreements with our current client base.
Standard Consultancy Rates
| Consultant | Daily Rate | | Hourly Rate | | Minimum Charge | | Principal Consultant | £600
| | £75 | | £200 | | Senior Consultant | £440 | | £55 | | £130 | The minimum contract term based on the above rates is 2 days.
We may offer shorter consultancy terms than the above stated 2 days but these are at our discresion and can only be offered on a per contract basis.
Notes on Fees
1) Fees are subject to addition of
expenses and applicable taxes (i.e. Value Added Tax within the EU).
2) Fee rates are subject to change
without notice (except where a contract or similar agreement is already in
place).
3) Fee rates shown are the charges
we make to clients and to intermediate service providers.
4)LC may offer discounts on our
standard rates fees based on factors such as: Our level of interest in a
particular work package, the amount of the work
contracted, closeness of fit with other
work in hand at the time of contract, multiple sites within the
scope of the clients control.
5) LC may surcharge fees to
reflect the impact of terms and conditions imposed by a client. For example, where a client
insists that travel expenses are calculated from a location other that
the base office of the consultant contracted the fees charged will be
increased to offset the cost of travel.
6)Chargeable
hours to be calculated to include all design works, meetings and other
works carried out at the clients request and is not required to have a
separate agreement for each term.
Expenses Explained
Usually the
only chargeable expenses are those for travel and subsistence necessary to
complete an assignment. Where expenses can be reduced by combining assignments
for different clients in a single trip LC will happily pass the savings on to
clients in an equitable manner.
Subsistence Expenses
Subsistence
will be based on actual costs for accommodation and meals while the Consultant
is away from his base office. No charges will be made where meals are provided
by the client. If the client recommends or arranges a comfortable and
convenient hotel, any client arranged discounts will used to minimise costs to the
client. However, in all other cases the Consultant reserves the right to pass
on reasonable charges for his own selection of accommodation and meals.
Travel Expenses
Travel will be charged on the following basis.
| Nature of journey |
Transport charges |
Travel dayes to be charged |
| Journeys within the U.K |
Journeys by road 40p/mile.
Journeys by public transport either:
- lowest available first class rail fair, or
- open standard class rail fair, or
- economy airfair
Plus local rail, bus and taxi fairs as required to and from journey end points. | 0 - 0.5 |
| Journeys within the E.U or where total single journey time is less than 6 hours. |
Economy airfare
Local rail, bus and taxi fares to and from journey end points | 0 - 0.5 |
| Journeys to North America or where total single journey time is between 6 and 10 hours. |
Premium economy airfare
Plus local rail, bus and taxi fares to and from journey end points. | 1.0 - 1.5 |
| Journeys where total single journey time exceeds 10 hours. |
Business class airfare
Plus local rail, bus and taxi fares to and from journey end points. | 2.0 - 2.5 |
Notes on Travel Expenses
1)
Travel days are charged at our
agreed consulting rate for the assignment.
2) Travel within Europe will not
incur travel day cost provided we are able to commence the outward journey
from our office after 17:00 and 23:30 on the day prior to the assignment
and return home by 23:59 on the last day of the assignment.
3) Travel days charges shown above
intended to cover loss of working time resulting from travel. No recovery
time allowance is included. However, if by specific negotiation we agree
to a lower class of travel, the travel day figures will be doubled
to allow for associated post travel recovery time.
4)Where expenses related to
assignments for more than one client, the expenses will be shared in an
equitable manner between the clients.
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