Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions

This website is owned and made available by UK Government Investments Limited (“UKGI”, also referred to as “We”, “we”, “us” or “our”), a company registered in England & Wales, with company number 09774296. Its registered office is at 27-28 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W 8DH.

This page and any pages it links to explains UKGI.ORG.UK’s terms and conditions (our “terms and conditions”). You must agree to these to use UKGI.ORG.UK.

Using UKGI.ORG.UK

Use of this website is subject to the following Terms and Conditions, which you are deemed to accept by using the site.

You agree to use UKGI.ORG.UK only for lawful purposes. You must also use it in a way which does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of, this site by anyone else. We update UKGI.ORG.UK all the time and can change or remove content at any time without notice.

Linking

UKGI does not object to other websites linking to this website, provided that you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it and further that the information contained herein is not distorted, that it is clear that UKGI is the source of the information and that the link is not placed anywhere on a site where it suggests an endorsement of any kind.

You must contact us for permission if you want to either:

·         charge your website’s users to click on a link to any page on UKGI.ORG.UK

·         say your website is associated with or endorsed by UKGI.ORG.UK

For informational purposes only, this website provides links to other websites. UKGI is not responsible for the content of external websites linked to or referenced from this site. UKGI neither endorses the information, content, presentation, or accuracy of such sites.

We’re not responsible for:

·         the protection of any information you give to these websites

·         any loss or damage that may come from your use of these websites, or any other websites they link to

You agree to release us from any claims or disputes that may come from using these websites. You should read all terms and conditions, privacy policies and end user licences that relate to these websites before you use them. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

Intellectual Property

The website and all materials on the website are the intellectual property of UKGI or its licensors. You may download and temporarily store one or more of the pages of this website for the purposes of viewing them.  You may also print any of the publications in this website so long as each copy is a complete copy, no amendment is made to it and it is for non-commercial purposes.

Any other storage, copying, transmission or distribution of the content of or the publications in this website is prohibited without the prior written consent of UKGI.  Any permission to use material on this site does not extend to any material identified as being the intellectual property of a third party.  Authorisation to use such material must be obtained from the relevant intellectual property owners.

Disclaimer

While UKGI takes reasonable endeavours to ensure that the information and materials on this website is correct, the content of this website is for information only and we don’t provide any guarantees, conditions or warranties that the information will be:

·         current

·         secure

·         accurate

·         complete

·         free from bugs or viruses

We don’t publish advice on UKGI.ORG.UK. You should get professional or specialist advice before doing anything on the basis of the content.

We’re not liable for any loss or damage that may come from using UKGI.ORG.UK. This includes:

·         any direct, indirect or consequential losses

·         any loss or damage caused by civil wrongs (‘tort’, including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise

·         the use of UKGI.ORG.UK and any websites that are linked to or from it

·         the inability to use UKGI.ORG.UK and any websites that are linked to or from it

This applies if the loss or damage was foreseeable, arose in the normal course of things or you advised us that it might happen.

This includes (but isn’t limited to) the loss of your:

·         income or revenue

·         salary, benefits or other payments

·         business

·         profits or contracts

·         opportunity

·         anticipated savings

·         data

·         goodwill or reputation

·         tangible property

·         intangible property, including loss, corruption or damage to data or any computer system

·         wasted management or office time

We may still be liable for:

·         death or personal injury arising from our negligence

·         fraudulent misrepresentation

·         any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law

Visitors to this site should not rely upon the information or materials contained on this site particularly when making any investment or financial decision.

Whilst we try to ensure that UKGI.ORG.UK is available 24 hours a day, we will not be liable if for any reason any of the content is unavailable at any time or for any period. We may suspend access temporarily and without notice.

Information about you and your visits to UKGI.ORG.UK

We collect information about you in accordance with our privacy policy and our cookies policy, both of which form part of our terms and conditions. By using UKGI.ORG.UK, you agree to us collecting this information and confirm that any data you provide is accurate.

Virus protection

We make every effort to check and test UKGI.ORG.UK for viruses at every stage of production. You must make sure that the way you use UKGI.ORG.UK doesn’t expose you to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which can damage your computer system.

We’re not responsible for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or computer system that might happen when you use UKGI.ORG.UK.

Viruses, hacking and other offences

When using UKGI.ORG.UK, you must not introduce viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or any other material that’s malicious or technologically harmful. You must not try to gain unauthorised access to UKGI.ORG.UK, the server on which it’s stored or any server, computer or database connected to it. You must not attack UKGI.ORG.UK in any way.  This includes denial-of-service attacks. We’ll report any attacks or attempts to gain unauthorised access to UKGI.ORG.UK to the relevant law enforcement authorities and share information about you with them.

Changes to these terms and conditions

The terms and conditions may be updated from time to time and at any time without notice to you and you are deemed to accept any such updates.  The current version of these terms and conditions is always available on the site.

Severability

If these Terms and Conditions or any part of them should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable under the laws of any state or country in which these Terms and Conditions are intended to be effective, then to the extent that they are so illegal, invalid or unenforceable, they shall in that state or country be treated as severed and deleted from these Terms and Conditions. The remaining Terms and Conditions shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable in that state or country.

Events beyond our control

We will not be responsible for any breach of the terms and conditions caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including without limitation acts of god, war, terrorism or technical difficulties.

Governing Law

These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any dispute arising in connection with these Terms and Conditions.