Edna and Ababio have decided to expand their bee-related business, ‘Bees for Life’ (BFL.) Traditionally, their beekeeping business involved caring for the bees and selling bee-related products such as honey, wax, and bee pollen. However, they realised they could significantly grow their business by expanding into other products – in this case, decorative beeswax candles. Ababio discovered his artistic side and had a real flair for creative candle moulds and designs. Business was going extremely well, and sales from their market stall and online shop were flourishing. They had already grown enough that they had to source beeswax from other suppliers to keep up with demand. Their next step was to pursue contracts with some of the larger retailers. One of the retailers (Morgana’s Emporium) inquired if all the wax they used in their candles was ‘British’, as this was particularly trendy at the moment. Edna contacted her various suppliers who confirmed that all their wax was produced in Britain. She then wrote back to Morganna’s Emporium detailing the list of suppliers along with the information they sent her about their sources. They were also in negotiations with ‘Best Events Ever’ (BEE) and ‘Queen Celebrations’ (QE.) After sending a formal acceptance to BEE’s offer by mail, QE had gotten back to them with an offer involving a surprisingly large order and at a price per candle much higher than what they had negotiated with BEE. However, it was also of a scale they couldn’t supply while also completing BEE’s order. After little deliberation, they decided to accept QE’s offer, and immediately sent an email withdrawing their acceptance by email to BEE knowing the email would arrive well before their acceptance sent by the national postal service. Unfortunately, it wasn’t long before their good luck in business began to turn for the worse. Morgana’s Emporium contacted them after a customer had complained that the candles they described as being made from ‘British Beeswax’ (with details provided about the various suppliers) in fact included beeswax from France. Morgana’s Emporium said they would be seeking damages for breach of contract and misrepresentation. When Edna and Ababio looked into it, they discovered that one of their suppliers had in fact lied to them and so their candles did include French beeswax. The same day, BEE got in touch to confirm they were expecting their first delivery by the end of the week. Advise Edna and Ababio