Master Technician Technical Update Payment Terms

Version: 6th November 2026

These terms sit alongside our general Terms and Conditions (techtopics.co.uk/terms-and-conditions). Where the two differ, these terms apply to the Monthly Payment Plan.

Who’s who

  • “You”: the business that pays by Direct Debit.
  • “We”: Technical Topics Ltd.
  • “The Technician”: the Master Technician attending the Technical Update.
  • “Annual Fee”: the fee for one Technical Update.
  • “Payment Period”: the run of monthly payments that pays for one Technical Update.

The plan

  1. The plan is available only as a business to business service, to sole traders, partnerships, LLPs, limited companies and corporations.
  2. The plan spreads the cost of the Technical Update into monthly Direct Debit payments, collected by GoCardless on the dates We give You when You join, or the next working day if that falls on a weekend or bank holiday. The dates do not move if the course date changes. Payments are protected by the Direct Debit Guarantee.
  3. Each Payment Period pays for the Technical Update that follows it, and must be paid in full before the Technician can attend.
  4. You join by setting up the plan by the sign-up deadline We give You, and by doing so You agree to these terms. If You miss the deadline, that year is paid annually and You can join from the next Payment Period.
  5. The plan carries on automatically each year until it is ended under clause 10, 11 or 12.

Prices

  1. We may change the Annual Fee or monthly amount for a future Payment Period. We will tell You in writing at least 30 days before the change takes effect. The amount will not change part-way through a Payment Period, except under clause 7.
  2. Payments include UK VAT where it applies. If the VAT rate changes, Your payments will change to match. If You do not pay UK VAT (for example, a business outside the UK with a valid VAT number), Your payments will not include it.

Moving between annual and monthly payment

  1. We will only change how You pay when You ask Us to. When You move, We will cancel the old payment, so You are never charged twice for the same Technical Update. A move can only start at the beginning of a Payment Period. To move from monthly to annual, tell Us in writing at least 30 days before the next Payment Period starts.

Missed payments

  1. If a payment fails, We will email You that day. We will retry the Direct Debit once, and if that fails, ask You to pay another way. If it is still unpaid 14 days after its due date, the plan ends, no training is provided for that Payment Period, and what You have paid in that period is held as Credit. This replaces the suspension, debt collection and interest sections of our general Terms and Conditions.

Ending the plan

  1. You can end the plan at the end of any Payment Period by telling Us in writing at least 30 days before the next one starts.
  2. If You cancel the plan or Your Direct Debit part-way through a Payment Period, the plan ends, no training is provided for that period, and what You have paid in that period is held as Credit.
  3. If the Technician leaves Your business, tell Us in writing. We will stop the payments and hold what You have paid in that Payment Period as Credit. The place cannot be passed to another technician. The Technician, or their new employer, can pay the full fee so that they can attend.

Credit

  1. Credit can be used by any of Your staff on any of our training, but not with third-party providers. It expires 12 months after it is issued.

Master Technician status

  1. Reaccreditation runs as a continuous annual cycle. If the Technician does not complete a Payment Period and attend the Technical Update, their Master Technician status expires on its expiry date. To regain it, they must complete the full Master Technician route assessment (all six modules).

Changes to these terms

  1. We will give You at least 30 days’ written notice of any change. No material change will apply to a Payment Period already under way unless We both agree in writing.