Exhibit 10.3

                            As of September 30, 2003

Willey Brothers Inc.
10 Main Street
Rochester, New Hampshire 13839
Attention: James F. Brooks

Fleet Capital Corporation
60 East 42nd Street
New York, New York 10017
Attention: Loan Administration Manager

            Re:   Subordinated Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of
                  October 22, 2001 between Willey Brother Inc. and Corporate
                  Mezzanine II, L.P.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We refer to (i) the  promissory  note,  dated  October 22, 2001, in the original
principal  amount of $5,000,000  (the "Note") made by Willey  Brothers Inc. (the
"Company")  to the order of  Corporate  Mezzanine  II, L.P.  ("CMII"),  (ii) the
Purchase Agreement, as defined therein, (iii) the Common Stock Purchase Warrant,
dated October 22, 2001 issued by BrandPartners  Group,  Inc. ("BPG") to CMII for
the purchase of 405,000  shares of Common Stock of BPG (the  "Warrant") and (iv)
the Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2001 (the
"Subordination  Agreement"),  by and among the Company,  CMII and Fleet  Capital
Corporation  ("Fleet").  Terms  defined in the Note,  when used  herein,  shall,
unless otherwise  defined herein,  have the respective  meanings provided in the
Note.

Section 2(a) of the Note provides that the Company shall pay accrued interest on
the Note on each  Interest  Payment  Date.  The next  Interest  Payment  Date is
September 30, 2003.  Subject to the conditions set forth in the fourth paragraph
of this  letter,  CMII,  as  Holder of the Note,  hereby  agrees to extend  such
Interest  Payment Date until the  earliest to occur of a) December 2, 2003,  (b)
the date  that all or any  portion  of  Fleet's  commitments  under  the  Credit
Agreement  (as  defined  in  the  Subordination  Agreement)  are  terminated  or
cancelled or (c) the date that all or any portion of the  Company's  obligations
under the Credit Agreement (as defined in the Subordination  Agreement)  becomes
immediately due and payable.

Fleet hereby agrees that in the event that prior to the next payment of interest
on  the  Note  a  Subordinated   Payment   Blockage  Period  or  a  Subordinated
Non-Monetary  Payment  Blockage  Period  (as  such  terms  are  defined  in  the
Subordination   Agreement)  commences,   then,  and  in  any  such  event,  such
Subordinated  Payment Blockage Period or such Subordinated  Non-Monetary Payment
Blockage  Period,  as the case may be, and the period referred to in clause (ii)
of  Section  2.4.3  of the  Subordination  Agreement,  shall be  deemed  to have
commenced on September 30, 2003.

This letter will not be effective and none of the time periods  identified above
will be deemed to have  commenced  on  September  30,  2003 until the  following
conditions shall have been satisfied:
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      1. The Company and Fleet shall have executed and delivered  this letter to
      CMII.

      2. CMII shall have  received  evidence  satisfactory  to it that Fleet has
      extended the final maturity date of the principal amount of its loans [and
      its  commitment  to lend]  under the Credit  Agreement  (as defined in the
      Subordination Agreement) by a minimum of sixty (60) days commencing on the
      date of this letter.

      3. BPG shall have  issued to CMII,  warrants  for the  purchase  of 10,000
      shares of common stock of BPG at a price of US$0.24 per share, the closing
      price on the date  hereof,  substantially  in the form of Exhibit E to the
      Purchase Agreement.

CMII  reserves  all other  rights  under the Note and  Warrant,  and this letter
applies  solely to the  purposes  set forth  above.  The Note,  the  Warrant and
Purchase Agreement remain in full force and effect.

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Please  acknowledge your agreement to the foregoing,  by signing and returning a
counterpart of this letter.

Very truly yours,

CORPORATE MEZZANINE II, L.P.

By: /s/ Mustafa Bohamad
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    Name:  Mustafa Bohamad
    Title: Vice Chairman

Agreed:

WILLEY BROTHERS INC.

By: /s/ James F. Brooks
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    Name:  James F. Brooks
    Title: President

FLEET CAPITAL CORPORATION

By: /s/ Vincent J. Pitts
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    Name:  Vincent J. Pitts
    Title: Vice President

BRANDPARTNERS GROUP, INC.

By: /s/ James F. Brooks
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    Name:  James F. Brooks
    Title: President


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