Terms and Conditions

This website is operated by First Franchise Ltd (registered number 04119797) whose registered office is at 8 Avery Hill Rd, London SE9 2BD

Please read these provisions carefully before using our web site. By accessing or using our web site, you agree to be bound by the provisions set out below. If you do not agree to be bound in this way, do not continue to access or use our web site. We may modify these provisions at any time. Any such modifications are effective immediately from the time they are included on our web site. You agree to review these provisions regularly to ensure you become aware of any modifications to them.

Confidential Information

The Internet is not a secure medium and privacy cannot be assured. We cannot accept any responsibility for any harm or damage you may experience or incur by sending personal or confidential information to us over the Internet or if we send you such information at your request.

If you choose to give us personal information via the Internet we may need to correspond with you, for example, to let you know how we will use such information. If you inform us that you do not wish to have this information used as a basis for further contact with you then we will respect your wishes.

Contracts

Please note that contracts may be concluded on our behalf by e-mail.

Encryption

Please note that any e-mail sent to or from us via this web site and any attachments will not be encrypted. They may therefore be liable to be compromised. This is an inherent risk in relation to e-mail.

We do not, to the extent permitted by law, accept any liability (whether in contract, negligence or otherwise) for any external compromise of security and/or confidentiality in relation to transmissions sent by e-mail.

Cookies

Cookies are software applications which are placed onto the hard drive of your computer by web sites. The aim of a cookie is to track a user’s navigation in the web site and store the information on the user’s hard drive. This information should make your web site visits more productive by storing and using information on your web site preferences and habits. They do not identify users personally but they do identify each user’s computer. Your browser software can choose whether or not to accept cookies and most browser software is initially set up to accept them.

We may offer cookies to you and you should ensure that your browser software is set not to accept cookies if you do not wish to receive them.

Data Protection

Our Privacy Policy contains further information about the collection and use of your data. We advise you to read it carefully.

We can follow your navigation through our web site and identify the web pages which you visit. We may use such information to build statistics on users of our web site for our own use and for the use of third parties.

Material on this website

This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, data about Garden Centres, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. The material is protected by intellectual property laws including, but not limited to, copyright owned by us. Trade marks, logos and other intellectual property used in connection with this website are the property of Promotional Space Limited or third parties. No licence of any such intellectual property rights is granted to you as a result of your use of this website.

Infringement of our copyright in this web site or the materials associated with this web site may lead to criminal and/or civil sanctions in the UK, US and other countries.

Permission is granted to you to electronically copy and to print hard copy portions of this web site for the sole purpose of using this web site as a research and information resource provided you agree not to change and/or delete any content, web design and/or layout contained in that material. Any other use of materials on this web site, including modification, distribution or republication, are strictly prohibited.

If you believe that any content of our web site in any way infringes intellectual property rights belonging to you or any third party, please contact us immediately.

Website Links

This website contains links to other websites. We do not accept responsibility or liability for the content of other websites which are not under our strict control. Any link is not intended to be, nor should be construed as, an endorsement of any kind by us that other website.

You may not create a link to this website from another website or document without our prior written consent.

We shall have no liability to you for any loss or damage you may suffer if you enter into any contract as a result of viewing a third party web site linked to our web site.

We do not guarantee that any links to third party web sites contained on our web site will function correctly.

Website Photographs

This website contains photographs taken by or for First Franchise. These cannot be used on any other website or project without the consent or approval of First Franchise.

All photographs listed on First Franchise are intended for demonstration purposes only.

Viruses

Please note that viruses and similar destructive programs are an inherent risk of communication via the Internet.

We will use our reasonable endeavours to prevent contamination of any material sent to you with any virus or similar destructive code.

We do not, to the maximum extent permitted by law, accept any liability for any virus or similar destructive code which computer equipment and/or software used by you may suffer as a result of your accessing our web site and/or any other communication via the Internet between you and us.

It is your responsibility to scan what you choose to download from our web site to ensure that it is free of such items as viruses, worms, trojan horses and other similar destructive code.

General Disclaimers

This website contains material concerning Garden Centres where, from time to time advertising space may be available for you to advertise on. As this material has been provided by the Garden Centres(s) concerned and as this service is being provided free of charge to you we shall not be liable to you in respect of any losses incurred by you arising from any actions or omissions by us or by you in relying upon this material. To this end you agree and acknowledge that the material on this website is subject to change at any time by either the Garden Centres or by us (to, for example, correct any errors in the content) and that we shall not be liable to you for the consequences of any such change(s) whenever made. All material is provided on an “as is” basis and no warranties whatsoever are given by us.

Neither we nor any of our affiliates, directors, employees or other representatives will be liable for losses arising out of or in connection with the use of this web site.

We are only providing this web site and its contents on an “as is” basis and we make no (and expressly disclaim all) representations and/or warranties of any kind with respect to this web site or its contents including without limitation warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. In addition we do not represent or warrant that the information accessible from or via this web site is accurate, complete or current.

The limitations of liability in relation to this web site apply to all damages of any kind, including, without limitation, compensatory, direct, indirect or consequential damages, loss of data, income, production or profit, loss of or damage to property and claims of third parties.

The limitations of liability in relation to this web site do not limit our liability to the extent that it cannot be limited and/or excluded by applicable law.

You are liable for any telephone charges and any charges made by your internet service provider as a result of your use of the internet service.

Any rights not expressly granted by us are reserved.