Terms & Conditions

This website is intended for use as a source of general information only.

By using this website, you agree to these Terms and Conditions of Use. If you do not accept these Terms and Conditions of Use and do not intend to be bound by them you must not use this website and should exit it immediately.

Intellectual Property Rights

All website design, text, graphics, the selection and arrangement thereof, software compilations, underlying source code, software and all other material on this website are subject to copyright which is either owned by The Chimes or used under license from third party copyright owners. Materials contained on this site may be downloaded to a single personal computer and hard copy portions may be printed but in each case solely for your own internal use. Except as specifically provided, no part of this website may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form, for any other purpose. Under no circumstances shall the use of this website grant to any user any interest in any intellectual property rights of The Chimes whatsoever. 

No rights are granted to use any trade marks or logos which appear on this website otherwise than as set out below. 

This website contains The Chimes trade marks and logos which subject to the prior written approval of The Chimes may be downloaded for reproduction for use in connection with the marketing and promotion of projects in which The Chimes is involved but must not be downloaded or used for any other purpose whatsoever. In particular, under no circumstances must the logos be used in connection with any defamatory, illegal or illicit materials or projects or otherwise in any way which may cause any damage to the reputation or goodwill of The Chimes. In each circumstance where The Chimes trade mark or logo is used, such use must be accompanied with a statement that the trade mark or logo as applicable is the property of The Chimes together with any appropriate symbol TM or ®. The Chimes may at any time impose additional conditions for the downloading and use of its trade marks and logos. For the avoidance of doubt, under no circumstances shall any user acquire any interest in the intellectual property rights in such trade marks or logos. No rights are granted to use any third party trade marks or logos which appear on this website. 

You must not, nor must you allow any other person to reproduce, publish, transmit, circulate, distribute, copy, alter, add to, delete, remove or tamper with this website or any part of it or indirectly disrupt or interfere (or attempt to disrupt or interfere) with or alter this website, other than in the course of viewing or using this website in accordance with these Terms and Conditions of Use.

Any aspect of this website including the information contained herein may be altered, deleted, adapted or in any other way amended at any time and without notice by The Chimes. These Terms and Conditions may change from time to time and those changes will be posted on this website for your information. You are advised to review this page on a regular basis. If you continue to use the site after any such amendments have been made then you will be deemed to accept those amendments and accordingly will be bound by them. 

The Chimes reserves the right to charge for any or all of the information supplied on this website at any time in the future. Users will be informed on this site if The Chimes imposes any such charges.

Links

This website contains links to other websites which may be of interest. These links are provided for your convenience only and The Chimes has no control over and does not endorse nor is in any way responsible for the content of such sites. If you wish to provide a linked internet website to the The Chimes site you must seek the prior written approval of The Chimes.

Limitation of Liability and Disclaimer

The Chimes is providing this website on an “as is” basis and to the fullest extent permitted by law makes no (and expressly excludes all) representations (except for fraudulent misrepresentation) and warranties of any kind with respect to this website and its contents including, without limitation, warranties as to quality and fitness for purpose. The Chimes does not represent or warrant that the information accessible via this website, is accurate, complete or current nor that this website will meet particular requirements, be available, accessible, uninterrupted, timely, secure or operate without error or that it will be free from viruses or other harmful elements. 

Except as specifically stated on this website, to the fullest extent permitted at law, neither the Company nor any of its affiliates, directors, employees or other representatives, will be liable (whether under contract, tort, statute or otherwise howsoever arising) for any damages, losses, costs, claims, liabilities or expenses arising out of or in connection with the use of this website. This limitation of liability shall apply to all damages, losses, costs, claims, liabilities and expenses of any kind whether direct or indirect and consequential, including ( but without limitation) legal costs or expenses, direct loss of profit, direct loss of anticipated savings, loss of data, indirect loss of profit, indirect loss of anticipated savings, loss of revenue, loss of business, loss of use of money, loss of opportunity or loss of or damage to property and/or any wasted expenditure and third party claims. For the avoidance of doubt the losses as listed in this Clause 9 are intended to be severable. 

Nothing in this agreement shall exclude or limit the liability of The Chimes for death or personal injury caused by its negligence or for fraudulent misrepresentation.

Forums

From time to time, this website may contain an online forum where users can make contributions. The Chimes is not responsible for and shall have no and expressly excludes all liability in relation to any expressions of opinion, data, information or any other material whatsoever which is submitted on this site by any user including in the use of the Forum or otherwise. The Chimes shall not be liable for any application of or reliance on any information contained on this website whether submitted via a Forum or otherwise. 

Under no circumstances should any user make any submission which is defamatory, abusive, obscene, unlawful, of a racist, sexist or other discriminatory nature, or which is otherwise offensive or could in the opinion of The Chimes cause offence to any person or damage the reputation of The Chimes, its associated companies, clients and other contracts. You must not use any abusive or aggressive language, swear, threaten, harass or abuse any other person, including other users. All users must use their own identity when making any contribution. No user must post nor recommend any other website nor post any advertisement on the website. 

You must not corrupt the site, flood the site with information so as to cause the site not to function or use any features which may affect the function of the site for example viruses, worms, logic bombs or similar. You must not interfere or tamper with, remove, delete or otherwise alter in any way, any information which is included on the website. 

The Chimes reserves the right to remove any material whatsoever submitted to a forum or otherwise to the website for any reason. 

Where any user is in breach of these Terms and Conditions, The Chimes may but shall not be required, to provide a warning to such user for failure to comply. Further, The Chimes has the right to ban any user at any time (whether or not any prior warning has been given) and shall have ultimate discretion in allowing persons to use the forum and/or the website. 

Law and Jurisdiction 

These Terms and Conditions and your use of this website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. By using this website you accept that any dispute under these Terms and Conditions or arising out of use of this website shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts to which you submit. 

You are responsible for compliance with any applicable laws of the country from which you are accessing this website.

General

Any information or contributions which you post on this site either in a Forum or otherwise are submitted on a non-confidential basis. The Chimes shall be free to use any such information and by submitting any such contributions you grant to The Chimes the right to use such information in any way and for any purpose including reproducing the information. The Chimes shall be free to use such communications including any ideas, concepts, inventions, techniques or know-how disclosed therein for any purpose including developing, manufacturing and or marketing goods or services. 

If for any reason any part of these Terms and Conditions is deemed to be unenforceable then the validity of the remaining terms shall not be affected. 

Any waiver by The Chimes all of a breach of any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not be deemed to be a wavier of any subsequent breach of any provision. 

All disclaimers, terms, conditions as set out in this website and the Privacy Policy shall form part of these Terms and Conditions of Use of this website. 

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions is intended to confer on any person any right to enforce any provision of these Terms which that person would not have had but for the Contract (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.