Conditions Relating to Your Use of www.spservices.co.uk

1. Your Account ~ If you use the website, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer to prevent unauthorised access to your account. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You should take all necessary steps to ensure that the password is kept confidential and secure and should inform us immediately if you have any reason to believe that your password has become known to anyone else, or if the password is being, or is likely to be, used in an unauthorised manner. Please ensure that the details you provide us with are correct and complete and inform us immediately of any changes to the information that you provided when registering. SP Services reserves the right to refuse access to the website, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders at our discretion. If we cancel an order, it will be without charge to you.

2. Access to spservices.co.uk ~ We will do our utmost to ensure that availability of the website will be uninterrupted and that transmissions will be error-free. However, due to the nature of the Internet, this cannot be guaranteed. Also, your access to the website may also be occasionally suspended or restricted to allow for repairs, maintenance, or the introduction of new facilities or services. We will attempt to limit the frequency and duration of any such suspension or restriction.

3. Licence for website access ~ SP Services (UK) Ltd grants you a limited licence to access and make personal use of this website, but not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of SP Services (UK) Ltd. This licence does not include any resale or commercial use of this website or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this website or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This website or any portion of this website may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without our express written consent. You may not frame or use framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of spservices.co.uk and its affiliates without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilising SP Service’s or its affiliates' names or trademarks without the express written consent of SP Services (UK) Ltd. Any unauthorised use terminates the permission or license granted by SP Services (UK) Ltd. You are granted a limited, revocable, and non-exclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of spservices.co.uk as long as the link does not portray SP Services, its affiliates, or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any SP Services (UK) Ltd logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without our express written consent.

4. Your conduct ~ You must not use the website in any way that causes, or is likely to cause, the website or access to it to be interrupted, damaged or impaired in any way. You understand that you, and not SP Services (UK) Ltd, are responsible for all electronic communications and content sent from your computer to us and you must use the website for lawful purposes only. You must not use the website for any of the following: for fraudulent purposes, or in connection with a criminal offence or other unlawful activity; to send, use or reuse any material that is illegal, offensive, abusive, indecent, defamatory, obscene or menacing; or in breach of copyright, trademark, confidence, privacy or any other right; or is otherwise injurious to third parties; or objectionable; or which consists of or contains software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings or any "spam" ; to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety

5. Guest Book Comments ~ Users of this website may submit suggestions, ideas, comments, or questions onto the SP Services (UK) Ltd guest book as long as the content is not illegal, obscene, abusive, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties, or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of any content. SP Services (UK) Ltd reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit any content. If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant SP Services (UK) Ltd and its affiliates a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sub licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant SP Services (UK) Ltd and its affiliates and sub licensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You agree to waive your right to be identified as the author of such content and your right to object to derogatory treatment of such content. You agree to perform all further acts necessary to perfect any of the above rights granted by you to SP Services (UK) Ltd, including the execution of deeds and documents, at the request of SP Services (UK) Ltd. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that, as at the date that the content or material is submitted to SP Services (UK) Ltd: (i) the content and material is accurate; (ii) use of the content and material you supply does not breach any applicable SP Services (UK) Ltd policies or guidelines and will not cause injury to any person or entity (including that the content or material is not defamatory). You agree to indemnify SP Services (UK) Ltd and its affiliates for all claims brought by a third party against SP Services (UK) Ltd or its affiliates arising out of or in connection with a breach of any of these warranties.

6. Copyright and database rights ~All content included on the website, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of SP Services (UK) Ltd, its affiliates or its content suppliers and is protected by United Kingdom and international copyright and database right laws. The compilation of all content on this website is the exclusive property of SP Services (UK) Ltd and its affiliates and is protected by United Kingdom and international copyright and database right laws. All software used on this website is the property of SP Services (UK) Ltd, our affiliates or our software suppliers and is protected by United Kingdom and international copyright laws. You may not systematically extract and/or re-utilise parts of the contents of the website without SP Services (UK) Ltd express written consent. In particular, you may not utilise any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools to extract (whether once or many times) for re-utilisation of any substantial parts of this website, without SP Services (UK) Ltd express written consent. You also may not create and/or publish your own database that features substantial (e.g. our prices and product listings) parts of this website without SP Services (UK) Ltd express written consent.

Conditions Relating to the Sale of Products to You
• 1. Acceptance of the goods by the Buyer indicates acceptance of the Terms and Conditions given below.
• 2. New credit accounts may be opened upon receipt of two satisfactory trade references and Bankers' name and details.
• 3. Public and Government Authorities may be treated as account customers upon receipt of a written order, signed by a duly authorised officer. Voluntary Organisations must complete an "Account information form" to be signed by an Authorised Person.
• 4. Credit account payment must be made within 28 days of the Invoice Date unless otherwise agreed. Interest will be charged at 5% over base rate on all overdue amounts. The company reserves the right not to deliver if the buyer’s account is overdue or credit unsatisfactory.
• 5. Risk in the Goods shall pass to the Buyer on delivery. The Title in the Goods shall not pass to the Buyer until payment has been made by the buyer in full of all sums owing by the buyer to SP Services.
• 6. All Goods remain the property of SP Services until payment is received in full. In the event of non-payment by the buyer in accordance with the terms agreed, the buyer hereby authorises SP Services to enter upon the buyers' premises to remove the goods.
• 7. Dates given by SP Services for the delivery of Goods are approximate only and do not form part of the Contract. SP Services accept no liability for any loss consequential or otherwise rising from the delay.
• 8. SP Services reserve the right to amend its prices without prior notice.
• v9. All prices quoted are exclusive of VAT and carriage, which will be charged at the current rate, where applicable.
• 10. Customers exempt from VAT under the zero rated schedule MUST supply a VAT Exemption Certificate with a written order, Otherwise VAT will be charged and cannot be refunded by the Seller. Please note not all products are eligible for zero rating.
• 11. Under no circumstances will SP Services be liable for:
  (i) any goods considered damaged in transit unless such damage is reported to us within 48 hours of receipt of the goods.
  (ii) defects or damage resulting from fair wear and tear, neglect, improper use by the Buyer, or failure of the Buyer to comply with manufacturers instructions.
  (iii) goods which have been adjusted, altered, adapted or repaired.
  (iv) the suitability of any goods for any particular purpose or use whether or not the purpose or conditions were communicated to the Seller.
• 12. Any alleged defects must be notified by the Buyer to SP Services within 3 working days of delivery. Any defective goods should be held for inspection.
• 13. Complaints in respect of alleged defects will not be grounds for the Buyer to withhold payments, and give no right of set-off against payments due from the Buyer to SP Services.
• 14. Goods cannot be returned unless the Buyer has been issued with an official Goods Return Number. A minimum 10% re-stocking and administration charge may be applied to goods returned without authorisation
• 15. Credit will not be issued for returned Goods, which, in the opinion of SP Services, are in an un-saleable condition. Goods must be returned unused and complete with original packing materials and instructions.
• 16. Goods of a type not normally held in stock, and therefore specially ordered, are non-returnable.
• 17. Products may vary from those illustrated and are supplied un-kitted unless otherwise stated
• 18. When you place an order to purchase a product from SP Services, we will send you an e-mail confirming receipt of your order and containing the details of your order. Your order represents an offer to us to purchase a product which is accepted by us at the time that your payment is taken. You will also receive an email confirming the dispatch and the acceptance of the order. No contract has been formed until this point.

* Price Match is subject to proof of the selling price on an identical product. SP Services reserve the right to retract the 'Price Match' offer without prior notice.

** Money back guarantee is only applicable on goods returned undamaged and in original packaging, unless the goods are faulty and covered under our 12 month warranty. Goods must be returned within 30 days from date of invoice, unless otherwise agreed in writing. Authorisation must first be obtained from SP Services before goods can be returned. Postage will not be refunded on goods returned which are not faulty.

*** The Company’s Policy is one of continuous development and the right is reserved to make changes without notice.

**** None of the Company’s employees or Agents have the authority to bind the company by an oral agreement at variance to these conditions of sale. Every possible care has been taken to ensure that the prices listed on this website are correct. Prices listed should be considered "Invitation to Treat". Please contact customer services on 01952 288981 for any changes to products or advertised prices that may have occurred due to circumstances beyond SP's control.

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