All membership access requires Stripe Checkout. Accounts are only activated after a successful checkout, including when a discount reduces the total to GBP 0.
Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled through the Stripe billing portal or another supported workflow.
Discounts, coupons, or promotion codes can reduce the price, including to GBP 0. Discounted memberships remain subscriptions and are still tied to Stripe customer and subscription records.
Cancelling a subscription stops future renewals. If Stripe records the cancellation as ending at the end of the current billing period, access continues until that period ends. If Stripe records the subscription as cancelled, unpaid, incomplete, past due, or otherwise not active, member access may be restricted.
Plan changes, upgrades, or account access are subject to the current subscription status and platform rules in force at the time.
Already-paid membership fees are not automatically refundable once digital access has been provided. Refunds are only issued where required by law, where a specific written refund commitment has been agreed in advance, or where The Business Circle Network chooses to make a discretionary case-by-case refund. This does not affect any statutory rights.