Terms and Conditions for Advertisers and Users
1) Introduction
1.1 By using the Website, placing an Advertisement and/or registering as a member of the Website the Advertiser confirms his, her or its agreement to the Online Publisher’s terms and conditions, including the Privacy Policy as set out below.
1.2 In this contract the following expressions have the following respective meanings unless the context otherwise requires:
"Online Publisher" means LettingZone Limited (Company Registration Number 04068066) whose registered office is at Globe House, Eclipse Park, Sittingbourne Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3EN
"Advertiser" means the person or company identified on the order form.
“Advertisement ” means the Advertisement or Advertisements placed on the Website by the Online Publisher on behalf of the Advertiser.
"Insertion Order" means advertising order form.
“Level of Service” means either Platinum, Gold or Silver service.
"Website" means the particular website as detailed on the insertion order.
2. Terms of payment:
Payments can be made by standing order or by invoice.
Advertisers paying by invoice will be invoiced on a monthly basis for the contract period set forth on the Insertion Order according to the Level of Service. Payment shall be made in full to the Online Publisher within 7 days of the invoice date. All payments to the Online Publisher hereunder shall be made in Sterling and shall be exclusive of any V.A.T chargeable thereon which shall be payable by the Advertiser in addition, where applicable. Amounts paid after the due date shall bear interest at the rate of 2% per annum above the base lending rate of Barclays Bank plc from time to time from the date when payment should have been paid until the date of actual payment, whether before or after judgment. In the event of any failure by the Advertiser to make payment, the Advertiser will be responsible for all expenses (including legal fees) incurred by the Online Publisher in collecting such amounts. In the event of late payment the Online Publisher reserves the right to suspend the Advertisers information posted on the website. In this event the Online Publisher may post an "account suspended" notice in place of any company information supplied.
Any invoice outstanding beyond the due date will be subject to a surcharge of 20% plus VAT to cover the collection costs incurred. This surcharge together with all other charges and legal fees incurred will be the responsibility of the Advertiser and will be legally enforceable.
3. Acceptance
3.1 Acceptance of advertising is subject to space availability and receipt of signed contract or Insertion Order by the Online Publisher.
3.2 Receipt of a completed Standing Order Mandate will be considered as acceptance of these terms & conditions of the contract.
4. Advertisers Representations:
4.1 The Advertiser warrants and represents to the Online Publisher that he she or it
(1) has the right to publish the contents of the Advertisement , without infringement of any rights of any third party including, without limitation, intellectual property rights;
(2) has complied with the codes of practice issued by the Advertising Standards Authority in respect of electronic and on-line advertising and all other relevant industry codes of practice;
(3) will be fully responsible for the terms (including, without limitation, description, price and compliance with all applicable laws and regulations) of any contract for the letting of any property to potential tenants who have seen the advert displayed by the Online Publisher.
4.2 The Advertiser agrees to indemnify the Online Publisher forthwith on demand and hold the Online Publisher harmless against any and all expenses, damages and losses of any kind (including reasonable legal fees and costs) incurred by the Online Publisher in connection with any claims, actual or threatened, of any kind (including, without limitation, breach of contract, any claim of trademark or copyright infringement, libel, defamation, breach of confidentiality, false or misleading advertising or sales practices) arising from the Advertisement and/or any material of the Advertiser to which users can link through the Advertisement and any other contract of any kind entered into by the Advertiser and a third party.
4.3 The Advertiser will defend or settle at its own expense any action or other proceedings brought against the Online Publisher that relates to the Advertisement and/or any material of the Advertiser to which users can link through the Advertisement . The Online Publisher shall notify the Advertiser promptly of any such claim and shall permit the Advertiser to assume and control the defence of such action with Counsel chosen by the Advertiser (who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Online Publisher) and shall not enter into any settlement or compromise of any such claim without the Advertiser's prior written consent. The Advertiser shall pay any and all proper costs, damages and expenses (including but not limited to reasonable legal fees and costs) awarded against or incurred by the Online Publisher in any such action or proceedings.
4.4 The Advertiser will only offer internal links within articles or banners to the Advertiser’s own website and not to any third party.
5. Online Publisher’s Rights
5.1 The Online Publisher reserves the right to:
(1) re-design parts of or the entire website as detailed in the insertion order and to re-position advertising and sponsorship accordingly without prior notice; and
(2) review and increase the monthly fee upon one month’s notice to the Advertiser at any time
(3) from time to time change, alter, adopt, add or remove portions of these terms and conditions. Any such changes will be posted on the Website
5.2. The practice of deep linking may be necessary, thus enabling visitors to by-pass your home page to visit specific areas of your website directly.
5.3. Optimised web pages containing your company name and information may be submitted to search engines at the expense of the Online Publisher.
5.4. Positioning of the Advertisements is at the sole discretion of the Online Publisher except where a request for a specific preferred position is acknowledged by the Online Publisher in writing. Material must be received by the agreed date, otherwise position may be lost, reduced or, in the case of directory listings or fixed position Advertisement s, the insertion term may be reduced.
6. The Online Publisher may create an Advertisement on behalf of the Advertiser if material is not received by the agreed deadline.
7. This Agreement can be terminated by either party upon 30 days notice at any time.
8. The content of the Advertisements are subject to Online Publisher's approval. The Online Publisher reserves the right to reject or cancel any Advertisement , insertion order, space reservation or position commitment at any time, or remove any Advertisement from any website page controlled by the Online Publisher, or reject any URL link embodied within any Advertisement .
9.1 The Online Publisher will notify the Advertiser by email that the Advertisement has been added to the website.
9.2 The agreed duration will begin from notification by the Online Publisher.
9.3 The Advertiser must notify the Online Publisher as soon as is reasonable by either email or fax of any inaccuracy or changes that need to be made.
9.4 The Online Publisher does not undertake to review the contents of any Advertisements and any such review of, and approval by, the Online Publisher shall not be deemed to constitute an acceptance by the Online Publisher that such Advertisement is provided in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, nor shall it constitute a waiver of the Online Publisher's rights hereunder. The Online Publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy of any advert. In the event that any advert is inaccurate, the Advertiser's sole remedy is for the Online Publisher to remedy such inaccuracy within 2 working days of it being notified of the inaccuracy by the Advertiser.
10. All personal data of any Advertiser shall be held in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
11. Limitation of Liability. The Online Publisher will not be liable, in contract, tort (including, without limitation, negligence), for pre-contract or other representations (other than fraudulent or negligent misrepresentations) or otherwise out of or in connection with these terms and conditions to Advertisers or Users for:
any economic losses (including without limitation loss of revenues, profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings); or
any loss of goodwill or reputation; or
any special or indirect or consequential losses;
in any case whether or not such losses were within the contemplation of either party at the date on which the event giving rise to the loss occurred, suffered or incurred by a party arising out of or in connection with the provisions of any matter under these terms and conditions. In particular, and without limitation, the Advertiser acknowledges that the Online Publisher will not be liable for such losses whether arising from a failure to publish an Advertisement , or from the inaccuracy of any data contained in any Advertisements (whether such inaccuracy arises from any action, or failure to act, of the Online Publisher, the Advertiser or a third party).
Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude or limit the Online Publisher's liability for death or personal injury resulting from its negligence or that of its servants, agents or employees.
Subject to the above, the liability of the Online Publisher in contract, tort, negligence, pre-contract or other representations or otherwise arising out of or in connection with these terms and conditions or the performance or observance of its obligations under these terms and conditions, and every applicable part of them shall be limited to the amendment of any inaccurate data in accordance with Section 9 above or in the event that the Online Publisher fails to electronically publish an Advertisement , the Advertiser's sole remedy and the Online Publisher's entire liability to the Advertiser shall be limited at the Online Publisher's option to either a refund of the advertising fee or relevant portion thereof, or placement of the Advertisement at a later time in a comparable position.
The Advertiser and User acknowledges that any website on which an advert is displayed is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without any representation or endorsement. The Online Publisher makes no warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, in relation to such website, including but not limited to, implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security, accuracy, condition or completeness, or any implied warranty arising from course of dealing or usage or trade or that the website will meet any requirements or will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs or are fully functional, accurate, or reliable.
12. The Online Publisher shall have the right to hold the Advertiser or its agent liable for such monies as are due and payable to Online Publisher for advertising which the Advertiser or its agent ordered and which advertising was published and displayed.
13. The Online Publisher is not liable for delays in delivery and/or non-delivery in the event of any situation beyond the control of the Online Publisher.
14. No conditions other than those set forth in the Insertion Order or these terms and conditions shall be binding unless expressly agreed to in writing. In the event of any inconsistency between the Insertion Order and this Agreement, this Agreement shall prevail.
15. Unless otherwise indicated, the Website and its contents are the property of the Online Publisher. The copyright in the material contained on the Website belongs to the Online Publisher or its licensors. The trademarks appearing on the Website are protected by the laws of England and international trademark laws. Reproduction of material on this Website is prohibited unless express permission is given by the Online Publisher.
Save as expressly set out herein no license is granted in respect of any intellectual property rights vested in the Online Publisher or other third parties.
The Online Publisher reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access and use of the Website at any time without notice.
An Advertiser or User may not redistribute any of the content of the Website or create a database in electronic form or manually by downloading and storing any such content without the prior authorisation of the Online Publisher.
An Advertiser or User may link to but not replicate the content on the Website provided you do not create a frame or any other bordered environment around the content and provided that any such linking does not imply any endorsement of any product or services and provided further that the website linking to the Website does not contain any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, trademark, design right or patent, infringing, distasteful or offensive material. The Online Publisher reserves the right to require you to remove any link to the Website.
16. Miscellaneous
These terms and conditions (as amended from time to time) together with any document expressly referred to in any of the terms, contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter covered and supersede any previous agreements, arrangements, undertakings or proposals, written or verbal, between the parties in relation to such matters. No verbal explanation or verbal information given by any party shall alter the interpretation of these terms and conditions. Each party confirms that, in agreeing to these terms and conditions, it has not relied on any representation save insofar as the same has expressly been made a representation in these terms and conditions and agrees that it shall have no remedy in respect of any misrepresentation which has not become a term of these terms and conditions save that the agreement of each party contained in this.
The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any provision of these terms and conditions shall not affect or impact the continuation in force of the remainder of these terms and conditions.
Nothing in these terms and conditions shall be construed as creating a partnership or joint venture of any kind between the parties or as constituting either party as the agent of the other party for any purpose whatsoever and neither party shall have the authority or power to bind the other party or to contract in the name of or create a liability against the other party in any way or for any purpose.
These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the parties hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts in respect of any dispute or matter arising out of or connected with these terms and conditions.
