Terms and Conditions of Use

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE
1. General
Your use of www.contractorfriend.co.uk website (“website”) is subject to these Terms and Conditions. By using our website you indicate that you accept these Terms and Conditions of Use and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not accept in full you do not have permission to access this website and therefore you should cease using our website immediately.
These terms and conditions apply to the entire Contractor Friend website including correspondence via e-mail between Contractor Friend and you (the user/subscriber).
“Contractor Friend” or “we” or “our” or “us” shall mean Contractor Friend.
“You” or “your” shall mean the user of this website. If you are accessing or using our website in your capacity as an employee, director, officer, partner, agent of a corporate or unincorporated entity etc. “you” and “your” shall refer to you and such entity and you represent that you are authorised to accept these Terms and Conditions on behalf of such entity and agree to be personally bound by the following Terms and Conditions.
2. Availability of our website
Whilst we endeavour to make our website available 24 hours a day, we will not be liable if for any reason this website is unavailable at any time or for any period.  Due to the nature of the Internet we cannot guarantee that your access to this website will be uninterrupted, timely or error-free.  In addition, we may occasionally need to carry out repairs or maintenance or introduce new facilities and functions and that it may be necessary for access to some or this entire website to be temporarily suspended. We shall use reasonable endeavours to ensure maintenance is carried out with as little disruption as reasonably practicable to the ability of browsers to access this website. We shall, in any event, be entitled to suspend, restrict or terminate access to this website or to modify any part of it for any reason at any time.
Access to this website may be suspended or withdrawn to or from you personally or all users temporarily or permanently at any time and without notice.  We may also impose restrictions on the length and manner of usage of any part of this website for any reason.
We do not guarantee that this Site will be compatible with all hardware and software which you may use.  Although we may put in place security measures for your protection, we shall not be liable for damage to, or viruses or other code that may affect, any computer equipment, software, data or other property as a result of your access to or use of this Site or your obtaining any material from, or as a result of using, this website.  We shall also not be liable for the actions of third parties in breaching any security measures.
3. Changes and alternation
We reserve the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or cease to supply any product or service contained within this website. We will not be liable to you if such removal takes place.
We aim to update our site regularly, and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to our site, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.
4. Personal use
This website is for non-commercial, personal use only. Contractor Friend will be entitled to charge you at its rates in case this website and its content are used for commercial purposes.
5. Intellectual Property and Copyright
Unless otherwise stated, the copyright, database rights and any other rights in all information, data, text, artwork, pictures, photographs, images, graphics, logos, know-how on our website and the design, layout, look and appearance of this website are owned by Contractor Friend or licensed to us by our suppliers. 
You are permitted to print or download materials, forms and portable document formats (PDFs) etc. from our website to a local hard disk for your personal use only.
You may not otherwise copy, distribute, sell or publish any of the content of this website without prior written permission.
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.
Our status as the authors of material on our site must always be acknowledged.
You must not use any part of the materials on our site 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 our website in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our website will cease immediately.
6. Trade Marks
The logos, images and names on our website which identify Contractor Friend or third parties and their products and services are proprietary marks of Contractor Friend and/or the relevant third parties. Nothing contained in this website shall be deemed to confer on any person any licence or right on the part of Contractor Friend or any third party with respect to any such image, logo or name.
7. Liability
Contractor Friend uses reasonable endeavours to ensure the accuracy and completeness of all the information on the website. However, it is advisable that you always check any information on the website before making any decisions based on that information.
We endeavour to ensure that this website is accessible 24 hours a day. However, we will not be liable for any costs, expenses, losses or liabilities that you, your business or any other person may suffer if this website is unavailable at any time or if your access to our website is interrupted, restricted or delayed for any reason.
Except in the event of death or personal injury caused by our negligent acts or omissions, we shall not be liable in any way for any damages arising in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise in respect of loss or damage arising out of or in connection with your use of this website. In no event will Contractor Friend be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential damages in contract or tort (including negligence), including loss of profit, loss or damage to property or relating to claims made by third parties.
This website may contain links to third party websites which are not under the control of Contractor Friend. We are not responsible for the material on such third party sites, links to which are provided solely as a convenience.
8. Prohibited uses of this website and Restrictions
Our website can be used only for lawful purposes. You must not to use this website:

• In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
• In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
• For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.
• To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards.
• To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).

To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.
You also agree: