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Contact the Secretary General for:
Contact your Area Co-Ordinator for: General Advice and Assistance. Your Area Co-Ordinator is a working Agent with great depth of knowledge and has detailed advice information about the MAA and its many services. To find your Area Co-Ordinator please look in the current issue of "Agents News"
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"How do I find new Principals?" The answer is probably "Luck and Diligence." Keep in touch with your industry; maybe you will hear of someone looking for an Agent. The MAA carries adverts in "Agents News" magazine and also provides “Database Searches.” These involve our searching in the Database, using the information provided by our members, for Agents who may be suitable for the Principal, writing to the Agents to see if they are interested and passing the contact details of those who respond to the Principal. The MAA does not have a database of Principals looking for Agents. Advertising is also carried in industry specific magazines. Trade Fairs are important for most industries. Foreign companies may welcome an approach from a UK Agent. Some shows have boards which have Agency opportunities pinned up. Some exhibitors put up "Agent Wanted" boards on their stands. If you think that the products you are interested in are made in a particular country approach their Trade Department at their UK Embassy (All embassies call them something different) The USA has a trade body for each state, some of them in Germany, but ask the US Embassy. How about visiting an overseas trade fair? Flying to many cities has never been cheaper. Try the Internet. Above all, keep in touch with your chosen trade. The "I'll sell anything to anyone" approach is unattractive to most Principals as they are looking for Agents with specific sales expertise and market knowledge. "I'm having problems with a Principal" Have a chat with your Area Co-Ordinator (Phone number is in the magazine). He or she is an experienced Agent and has a thorough knowledge of the MAA. They can talk the situation through with you and discuss a course of action that may, in extreme cases, include reference to our solicitors. If nothing else it should help clarify the situation. "I've got a new contract but I am not sure about it" MAA Members can send a new contract to our solicitors for a free discussion. Any mutually agreed subsequent work is chargeable to the Member. Please contact the Secretary General for details. "My MAA direct debit is on my bank statement but I haven’t had a receipt" Receipts and Renewal Documents are sent out towards the end of the month of payment. If you haven't received yours by the end of the first week of the month following the month of payment please contact the Secretary General. We use a specialist company for direct debits and, to give them time to deal with reclaims and errors, they don't tell us who has paid what until about 12 working days after the payment. "Where can I get a copy of the Agents Regulations?" A copy of the Regulations is enclosed in every New Members Pack. The Commercial Agents (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 The Commercial Agents (Council Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 The Commercial Agents (Council Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 
The Secretary General, Unit 16 Thrales End Harpenden Herts
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