Website Terms of Use

Welcome to our website.

If you continue to browse and use this website you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy www.behrens.co.uk, govern your use of this website. The terms “Behrens”, “us”, “our” or “we” refer to the owner of the website. The term “you” refers to the user or viewer of our website.

We recommend that you print a copy of these terms of use for future reference.

If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use our website.

If you order goods from our website, the terms and conditions for the supply of goods at www.behrens.co.uk will apply.

Information about us:

www.behrens.co.uk is a site operated by Sir Jacob Behrens and Sons Ltd, a company registered in the United Kingdom under company number 00454323 and with our registered office at Centrepoint, Marshall Stevens Way, Manchester, M17 1PP.

Your use of this website:

The content on our website is for your general information and use only. The content on the website, including these terms of use, are subject to change without notice. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make to these terms of use, as they are binding on you. Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law. We do not guarantee that our website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our website is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw or discontinue all or any part of our website without notice. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.

You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our website through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.

Intellectual Property Rights:

The intellectual property rights on the website and in the material published on it are owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. This material is protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved. Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents of the website in any form is prohibited other than as set out below.

You may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only. You may copy the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if our status (and that of any identified contributors and licensors) as the authors of content on our website is acknowledged.

You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.

You may 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.

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 and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

All trade marks reproduced on this website, which are not the property of, or licensed to us, are acknowledged on the website. Unauthorised use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.

Limitation of our liability:

Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by English law.

To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our website or any content on it, whether express or implied.

We will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:

1. use of, or inability to use, our website; or
2. use of or reliance on any content displayed on our website.

If you are a business user, please note that in particular, we will not be liable for:

1. loss of profits, sales, business or revenue;
2. business interruption;
3. loss of anticipated savings;
4. loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or
5. any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

If you are a consumer user, please note that we only provide our website for domestic and private use. You agree not to use our website for any commercial or business purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.

Different limitations and exclusions of liability will apply to liability arising as a result of the supply of any Products, which will be set out in our terms and conditions of supply of Products at www.behrens.co.uk.

User Generated Content:

If it is the case that you supply/upload any content to the website – whether it be pictures, text, sound recordings or whatever – the content you supply must comply with the following rules:

1. it must not be obscene, abusive, offensive or racist and it must not promote or propose hatred or physical harm against anyone;
2. it must not harass or bully another person;
3. it must be true and honest so far as you know;
4. it must not be defamatory of anyone;
5. it must not use the material or content or infringe the rights or privacy of anyone else; for example you should not use images of well-known characters, footage or music (unless it is your own);
6. it must not contain someone else’s personal details or confidential information relating to other people; and
7. it must not promote or condone terrorism, violence or illegal behaviour.

We reserve the right to refuse to accept or refuse or cease to use any content supplied by any person that we think contravenes these rules.

Viruses:

We do not guarantee that our website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our website or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access our website. You should use your own virus protection software.

You must not misuse our website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our website, the server on which our website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our website. You must not attack our website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use our website will cease immediately.

Linking to other websites:

This website may include links to other websites and resources provided by third parties. These links are provided for your convenience to provide further information. They do not signify that we endorse such websites. We have no responsibility for the content of the linked websites and we will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. You may not create a link to this website from another website or document without our prior written consent.

Applicable Law:

If you are a consumer, please note that these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have non-exclusive jurisdiction. However, if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.

If you are a business, these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by the laws of England and Wales. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Contact Us:

To contact us, please email our Customer Care team at info@behrens.co.uk

Thank you for visiting our website.