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WEBSITE TERMS OF USE

Website Terms of Use

Last updated 3 August 2026

Important distinction

These website terms govern use of the website. They are separate from FUSION’s standard terms of business for recruitment assignments.

1. About these terms

These terms explain the basis on which you may use fusion-management.co.uk (the “website”). By using the website, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.

The website is operated by FUSION Management Services Limited (“FUSION”, “we”, “us” or “our”), a company registered in England and Wales under company number 09589157.

Questions about these terms can be sent to contact@fusion-management.co.uk.

2. What the website provides

The website provides information about FUSION, permanent recruitment services, current vacancies, engineering recruitment markets and ways to contact us.

Website content is provided for general information. It is not legal, financial, immigration, tax or other professional advice. Recruitment decisions should be made using the full information supplied during the relevant process.

3. Vacancies and applications

We aim to keep vacancy information accurate and current, but roles, salaries, benefits, working arrangements, locations, closing dates and other details may change. A vacancy may be amended, placed on hold or withdrawn without notice.

Displaying a vacancy does not guarantee that it remains available, that an application will progress, or that an interview or appointment will be offered.

Applicants are responsible for ensuring that information supplied to FUSION is accurate and not misleading. Please do not send confidential information that is not reasonably needed for the recruitment process.

Your CV will not be sent to an employer without your permission. How we use personal information is explained in the Privacy Notice below.

4. Employers sharing a vacancy

An employer may share vacancy details or a job specification through the website, by email, by telephone or during a direct discussion with Scott Hemphill or Gavin McBryde.

Submitting or discussing a vacancy does not require FUSION to accept the assignment. We may ask for further information before deciding whether and how to proceed.

When FUSION begins work on a vacancy, our standard terms of business apply to the recruitment assignment. A copy is available at any time by emailing contact@fusion-management.co.uk.

Our standard terms of business, rather than these website terms, govern recruitment introductions, fees, payment, candidate ownership, rebates and other commercial arrangements.

5. Acceptable use

You may use the website only for lawful purposes. You must not:

use the website in a way that breaches any applicable law or regulation;
attempt to gain unauthorised access to the website, its hosting environment or connected systems;
introduce viruses, malicious code or other harmful material;
scrape, harvest or systematically extract website content or personal information without permission;
submit false, misleading, discriminatory, unlawful or abusive material;
impersonate another person or misrepresent your authority to act for an organisation;
use vacancy or candidate information for unsolicited marketing or any unrelated purpose.

We may restrict access, remove material or take other reasonable action where these rules are breached.

6. Intellectual property

Unless stated otherwise, the website and its original text, design, branding, graphics and other content are owned by or licensed to FUSION and are protected by intellectual property law.

You may view, download or print reasonable extracts for your own personal or internal business use. You must not reproduce, republish, sell, distribute or commercially exploit website content without our written permission.

Vacancy descriptions may contain information supplied by employers. Rights in third-party material remain with the relevant owner.

7. Links to other websites

The website may link to third-party websites, including LinkedIn, engineering publications or other external sources. These links are provided for convenience and context.

FUSION does not control third-party websites and is not responsible for their availability, security, content or privacy practices. A link does not necessarily mean that FUSION endorses the third party or its services.

8. Website availability and security

We take reasonable steps to keep the website available and secure, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted access or that the website will always be free from errors, viruses or other harmful material.

We may suspend, withdraw, restrict or change any part of the website where reasonably necessary, including for maintenance, security, legal compliance or business changes.

You are responsible for using suitable security measures and for protecting devices and accounts used to access the website.

9. Liability

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability where it would be unlawful to do so, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

To the extent permitted by law, FUSION is not responsible for loss arising solely from reliance on general website information, temporary website unavailability, a vacancy being changed or withdrawn, or the content of a third-party website.

If you use the website for business purposes, FUSION will not be liable for indirect or consequential loss, loss of profit, revenue, business, opportunity, anticipated savings, goodwill or data arising from use of the website.

This section relates to use of the website. Liability connected with a recruitment assignment is governed by the applicable standard terms of business.

10. Privacy and cookies

The Privacy Notice below explains how we collect and use personal information. It also explains the use of cookies and similar technologies on the website.

Where non-essential cookies or similar technologies are used, they should not be activated unless the visitor has made the relevant choice through the website’s consent controls.

11. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms when the website, our services or relevant legal requirements change. The current version will be published on this page with its latest revision date.

Changes apply from the date they are published. They do not retrospectively change an agreed recruitment assignment or replace terms already supplied for that assignment.

12. Governing law

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales.

The courts of England and Wales will have jurisdiction over disputes relating to these terms, although individuals living elsewhere in the United Kingdom may also have rights to bring proceedings in their home jurisdiction.

PRIVACY NOTICE

Privacy Notice

Last updated 3 August 2026

Plain-English summary

FUSION uses personal information to provide permanent recruitment services, manage employer relationships, respond to enquiries and operate the website. Candidate CVs are not sent to an employer without the candidate’s permission.

1. Who we are

FUSION Management Services Limited (“FUSION”, “we”, “us” or “our”) is the controller of the personal information described in this notice.

We are registered in England and Wales under company number 09589157.

For privacy questions, requests or concerns, email contact@fusion-management.co.uk.

2. Who this notice applies to

This notice applies to candidates, prospective candidates, employees or representatives of clients and prospective clients, referees, website visitors, suppliers and other people who contact or interact with FUSION.

3. Information we may collect

The information collected depends on the relationship and the reason for contact. It may include:

name, contact details, location and communication preferences;
CV, work history, education, qualifications, professional memberships, skills, salary and career preferences;
right-to-work, availability, notice period, mobility and working-arrangement information;
application, interview, offer, placement and correspondence records;
references and referee details;
information supplied by employers about vacancies, hiring requirements and recruitment activity;
business contact details, role, organisation and records of conversations or correspondence;
information needed for invoicing, contracts, compliance, complaints or legal claims;
technical website data such as IP address, device, browser, pages viewed, referral source and cookie choices.

4. How we collect information

We may collect personal information directly from you when you send a CV, apply for a vacancy, register an interest, submit a vacancy, complete a form, email, telephone or speak with Scott or Gavin.

We may also receive information from publicly available professional sources, recommendations, referees, employers, job boards, professional networks, LinkedIn or other recruitment sources where their terms and applicable law permit this.

Technical information may be collected when you use the website, including through cookies and similar technologies.

5. Why we use personal information and our lawful bases

We use personal information only where we have a lawful basis. Depending on the circumstances, this may be:

steps requested before entering into a contract, and performance of a contract;
our legitimate interests in providing recruitment services, maintaining relevant professional relationships, operating the business, protecting systems and handling queries or disputes;
compliance with a legal obligation;
consent, where consent is appropriate or legally required, including certain marketing or special-category processing;
the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Where we rely on legitimate interests, we consider the purpose, necessity and effect on the individual and do not use that basis where the individual’s rights and interests override our interests.

6. Recruitment purposes

For candidates and prospective candidates, we may use information to:

assess experience, preferences and suitability for relevant permanent roles;
discuss vacancies, market conditions, salary expectations and possible career moves;
introduce a candidate to an employer after obtaining permission;
arrange and support interviews, feedback, offers, references and start arrangements;
maintain records of conversations, applications, introductions and outcomes;
contact a candidate about another relevant role or market update where lawful and appropriate;
meet legal, regulatory, equality, security and dispute-handling obligations.

7. Employer and business-contact purposes

For employers, prospective employers and other business contacts, we may use information to:

understand and assess vacancy requirements;
identify and introduce suitable candidates under the applicable terms of business;
manage recruitment assignments, interviews, offers, placements and follow-up;
maintain contact records and relevant market information;
issue and administer terms, invoices and other business records;
respond to enquiries, protect legitimate business interests and manage disputes or legal claims.

8. CV permission and confidentiality

Your CV will not be sent to an employer without your permission.

Before making an introduction, FUSION will normally discuss the employer and role with you and obtain your agreement to the introduction. Where an employer must remain confidential at an early stage, we will explain the available information and seek permission before identifying you to that employer.

Please tell us promptly if information in your CV or profile changes, or if you no longer want FUSION to consider you for roles.

9. Special-category and sensitive information

Recruitment information may occasionally reveal health information, disability, ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade-union membership, sexual orientation or other special-category information. We ask that you provide such information only where it is relevant and necessary.

Where we process special-category information, we will identify an additional legal condition, such as explicit consent, employment and social-protection law, or the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. We may also process equality-monitoring information in an appropriately separated or anonymised form.

We do not ask for criminal-conviction information unless it is relevant, lawful and necessary for a particular role or compliance requirement.

10. Who we may share information with

We may share personal information, where necessary and proportionate, with:

employers and prospective employers, but only in line with the candidate-permission commitment;
candidates, where employer information is relevant and approved for disclosure;
referees and organisations asked to verify qualifications or work history, with appropriate authority;
service providers supporting the website, email, document storage, vacancy management, security and business administration;
professional advisers, insurers, auditors, regulators, law-enforcement bodies or courts where necessary;
a purchaser, investor or adviser involved in a genuine business sale, restructuring or due-diligence process, subject to appropriate confidentiality.

11. Service providers and systems

FUSION uses third-party services to operate the business and website. These may include Webflow for website hosting and forms, Airtable for vacancy and operational records, Google Workspace for email and documents, and other professional advisers or technology providers used for recruitment administration, security, analytics or communications.

Service providers may process information only for agreed purposes and subject to appropriate contractual and security requirements.

12. International transfers

Some service providers may store or access information outside the United Kingdom. Where this happens, FUSION will use an approved transfer mechanism or another lawful safeguard, such as UK adequacy regulations, the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or the UK Addendum to approved standard contractual clauses, as appropriate.

Further information about relevant safeguards can be requested from contact@fusion-management.co.uk.

13. How long we keep information

We keep personal information only for as long as it is reasonably needed for the purpose for which it was collected, including legal, accounting, regulatory and dispute-handling requirements.

Candidate and prospective-candidate records will normally be reviewed after 24 months without meaningful contact or recruitment activity. We may contact you before that point to confirm whether you would like FUSION to retain and update your details.

Client, supplier, financial and contractual records may normally be retained for up to 6 years after the relevant relationship or transaction, or longer where law, regulation or an active dispute requires it.

Unsuccessful applications and vacancy-specific notes may be kept for a shorter or longer period where reasonably necessary to manage the recruitment process, respond to queries, establish or defend legal claims, or consider the candidate for another role with permission.

When information is no longer required, we will delete it, anonymise it or securely restrict its use.

14. Security

We use reasonable organisational and technical measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.

No internet transmission or storage system is completely secure. Please use appropriate care when sending personal information and contact us promptly if you believe information has been sent to the wrong person or an account has been compromised.

15. Your data-protection rights

Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:

access personal information and receive a copy;
correct inaccurate or incomplete information;
ask for information to be deleted;
restrict how information is used;
object to processing based on legitimate interests or to direct marketing;
receive certain information in a portable format;
withdraw consent where processing relies on consent;
ask for human review of a decision based solely on automated processing, where applicable.

These rights are not absolute. A request may be limited where an exemption applies or where information must be retained for a lawful reason. FUSION does not currently use solely automated decision-making to decide whether a candidate is introduced, interviewed or appointed.

16. How to make a request or complaint

To exercise a right or ask a privacy question, email contact@fusion-management.co.uk. We may need to confirm your identity before acting on a request.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). We would appreciate the opportunity to address the issue first, but this does not affect your right to contact the ICO.

17. Cookies and similar technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website and, where you agree, to understand how it is used. These technologies may remember choices, support website functions and provide analytics information.

18. Managing cookies

We use strictly necessary cookies where they are required to provide the website, maintain security or remember your cookie choices. These cookies do not require your consent.

We do not activate analytics or other non-essential technologies unless you choose to accept them through the website’s cookie controls.

You can accept or reject non-essential cookies and change your choice at any time using Cookie settings. You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings, although some website functions may be affected.

19. Links and external services

The website may link to external services such as LinkedIn or third-party publications. Those organisations control their own privacy practices. Please read their notices before supplying information to them.

20. Changes to this notice

We may update this notice when our services, systems, website or legal obligations change. The current version will be published on the website with the latest revision date.

Where a change materially affects how existing personal information is used, we will take reasonable steps to bring it to the attention of affected people.