Website Terms Of Use

Thank you for visiting www.bridgingvat.com (“the Website”). Please read the following information carefully as the following terms and conditions will apply to your use of the Website (including (without limitation) any ‘web-chat’ facility). The Website is operated by Bridging Vat Limited, trading as Bridging Vat, a company registered in England and Wales under company registration number 11374033 and its registered office address situated at 6 The Centre, The Crescent, Colchester Business Park, Colchester Essex CO4 9QQ.

You can contact us:

By email at info@bridgingvat.com
By phone at 01206 645050
By post at Bridging Vat Limited, 6 The Centre, The Crescent, Colchester Business Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 9QQ

USE OF THE WEBSITE

These Website Terms of Use together with the Privacy Policy and the Cookie Policy set out the terms and conditions of you using the Website (including (without limitation) any 'web-chat' facility). By accessing or using the Website, you are accepting the Terms of Use and that you agree to be bound by and comply with them.

However, if you do not or cannot accept the Website Terms of Use you must stop using the Website immediately.

The Terms of Use may change from time to time but by browsing the Website you are accepting the terms of use which are in use at that time.

You are responsible for ensuring that anyone else who accesses our website through your internet connection is aware of these Terms of Use and the policies referred to above and that they comply with them.

GOVERNING LAW

The Website is made available free of charge. The Website is designed for use within the UK and by accessing the Website you are agreeing that the laws of England and Wales will be applicable to any disputes which may arise. The courts of England and Wales will have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from or related to, a visit to the Website although we retain the right to being proceedings against you for breach of these conditions in your country of residence or any other relevant country.

The Website is designed for use within the UK only. If you choose to access information on the Website from outside of the UK, it is your responsibility to comply with the applicable local, national or international laws and any use of the Website outside of the UK is entirely at your own risk.

NO RELIANCE ON INFORMATION

Although we have taken all reasonable care to ensure that the information provided on the Website is accurate, we make no representation or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the accuracy timeliness or completeness of any such information.

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on the Website, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on the Website is accurate, complete or up-to-date.

We neither warrant nor represent that your use of the Website will not infringe the rights of third parties.

The content on the Website (including (without limitation) any information provided via any ‘web-chat’ facility) is provided for general information only. Nothing contained on the Website constitutes legal, investment, tax or other advice and is not to be relied on in making an investment or other decision. You should obtain relevant and specific professional advice before making an investment decision.

LIMITATION OF OUR LIABILITY

Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by English law. If you are a consumer user nothing in these Terms of Use affects any statutory right or remedy that you may be entitled to.

To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to the Website or any content on it, (including (without limitation) any information provided via any ‘web-chat’ facility), whether express or implied

We will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:

use of, or inability to use, the Website; or
use of or reliance on any content displayed on the Website (including (without limitation) any information provided via any ‘web-chat’ facility).

If you are a business user, please note that in particular, we will not be liable for:

loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue;
business interruption;
loss of anticipated savings;
loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

If you are a consumer user, please note that we only provide the Website for domestic and private use. You agree not to use the Website for any commercial or business purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the Website or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.

Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of any services provided to you and will be governed by different terms and conditions.

You have sole responsibility for adequate protection and backup of data and/or equipment used by you in connection with the Website and will not make a claim against us for lost data, re-run time, inaccurate output, work delays or lost profits resulting from the use of such materials.

We do not guarantee that the Website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access the Website. You should use your own virus protection software.

YOU AGREE THAT YOU WILL NOT USE THE WEBSITE TO DO THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES

You may only use our website for lawful purposes and in compliance with all applicable laws, including without limitation data protection and privacy laws, laws relating to copyright of content and laws relating to unsolicited commercial electronic messages.

You must not:

commit or encourage any criminal offence including fraud;
send via any of the forms provided on the Website (or via any ‘web-chat’ facility) any material which is offensive, or which may be abusive, indecent or in breach of confidence, copyright, privacy or any other rights
hack into any aspect of the Website
circumvent, or attempt to seek to circumvent, any of the security safeguards of the Website
permit any third party to do any of the above.

You must not misuse the Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful or repetitive requests designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or to diminish the quality of, interfere with the performance of or impair the functionality of the Website. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Website, the server on which the Website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Website.

We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use the Website will cease immediately.

CHANGES TO THE WEBSITE

We reserve the right to update the Website at any time. Please note that any of the content on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update it.

We do not guarantee that the Website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to the Website is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of the Website without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.

We do not guarantee that the Website, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in the Website, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

You may use the Website for your personal use and information and you may make a copy of the pages of the Website but only for your personal non-commercial use, provided that you keep all copyright and other proprietary notices intact. You must not use any part of the content on the Website for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

If you print off, copy or download any part of the Website in breach of these terms of use, your right to use the Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

LINKS TO AND FROM THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

Links on the Website and other websites that we operate may lead to third party websites. The content, accuracy and function of such websites is outside of our control and we cannot accept any responsibility for the same and nor do we endorse the contents of such third party websites. In particular, any dealings that you have with such third party website operators shall be on the terms and conditions (if any) of that website operator, as these terms and conditions of use are limited to the Website.

You may create a link to the Website from another website, but only if you comply with the following conditions:

you may only link to the homepage of our website. You must not create a link to any other page of the Website, nor frame any page of the Website;
you may only link to other Website from a website which you own; and
you must not suggest that we have any association with you or that we approve or endorse your website or any of your products or services unless we expressly agree that you can do so.

We reserve the right to require you to remove any link to the Website at any time and without giving you prior notice.

Last updated: 1st October 2018