Terms & Conditions

scott-mason reserves the right to amended these Terms & Conditions at any time.

Quotation
scott-mason will provide the service and features as described in their quotations and then subsequent Systems Requirement Specifications when applicable. All quotations are valid for 30 days. scott-mason reserves the right to withdraw quotations, in writing, within the 30 day period, unless a deposit has been paid by the client. A copy of the written quotation is to be signed and dated by the customer to indicate acceptance and should be returned to
scott-mason with deposit.

Deposit & Payment
A 50% non-refundable deposit will be paid by the client to scott-mason, based on the fees likely to be incurred as presented in the quote, before scott-mason starts work on the client’s account, excluding any initial draft design.
Any features deemed by scott-mason as additional to the existing quote are subject to an additional cost. In these circumstances, scott-mason will give notice prior to implementation and seek agreement of the additional cost.
An invoice for 50% of the costs of these additional features will be issued with payment due within 7 working days.
The remaining 50% will be added to the final invoice. On completion of the services, work or goods provided, an invoice for all residual fees will be sent to the client. scott-mason reserves the right to withhold or remove a website or any work scott-mason creates for a client from publication or submission prior to full and complete payment. All payments are due prior to the launch of a website, printing of document or supply of CD. If a client becomes unresponsive for more than a month at any point during the progress of a project we shall be entitled but not obliged forthwith to demand all payments due on a project including the final installment. Unresponsiveness includes but is not limited to, failure to communicate by email or telephone and failure to provide material in relation to progressing the project. All invoices are due for payment strictly within 7 working days of the date of invoice. Late payments will be subject to interest charges on any monies owed at the rate of 2.25% interest per month, calculated weekly and compounded monthly. Failure to apply interest does not constitute a waiver of the option to charge. For late payments, scott-mason reserves the right to withdraw all services, until the outstanding debt is settled. This may include, but is not limited to, removing any material stored on any server, preventing access to any and all documents, papers, material etc. belonging to the Client. scott-mason is not obliged to keep electronic or paper copies of any such material for more than 3 months from the date they were supplied or created. scott-mason shall not be liable for any loss monetary or otherwise, as a result of taking any such actions. scott-mason services are available for purchase by individuals in any country, and may be subject to local taxation. The currency of all transactions will be Great British Pound Sterling. Payment can be made by Bank Transfer, cheque or cash.

Draft Designs
An initial draft design may be provided at the discretion of scott-mason on a speculative basis. scott-mason is under no obligation to provide a draft design for any request. scott-mason may use the information provided by the client to contact the client regarding their requirements. Draft designs are entirely the copyright of scott-mason until fully purchased by the client. If a choice of design is presented, only one solution is deemed to be given by scott-mason as fulfiling the contract. All other designs remain the property of scott-mason, unless agreed in writing. scott-mason reserves the right to use any draft designs in any marketing material representing scott-mason. The images in any draft design may be substituted with alternative images in the final design. scott-mason reserves the right to amend a draft design entirely for the final design.

Alterations
The customer agrees that changes required over and above the estimated work or required to be carried out after the final approved design will be liable to a separate charges. scott-mason reserves the right of what deems to be an acceptable level of alteration.

Data Formats
The client agrees to scott-mason's definition of acceptable means of supplying data to the company.
Text is to be supplied in electronic format as standard text (.txt), MS Word (.doc) on floppy disc, or CD-ROM, or via
e-mail. Images which are supplied in an electronic format, are to be provided in a format as prescribed by scott-mason via CD-ROM, or e-mail. Images must be of a quality suitable for use without any subsequent image processing, and scott-mason will not be held responsible for any image quality which the client later deems to be unacceptable.

scott-mason cannot be held responsible for the quality of any images which the client wishes to be scanned from printed materials.

Site Build
All websites will be built for compatibility with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and above. All websites will be built at a fixed width for optimal viewing in 800 x 600 resolution.The client is responsible for securing copyright agreement for the use of any material submitted by them to scott-mason for use in the client’s project. Copyright of all material prepared in addition to the website by scott-mason is reserved by scott-mason. scott-mason reserve the right to maintain a visible hyperlink on each page of a website it creates in part or whole, linking directly to the scott-mason website homepage. This link is not to be removed or modified in anyway without the express written permission of scott-mason. scott-mason reserves the right to use the services of third parties.

Delivery Policy
Upon receipt of final approval in writing from the client, and once all payments have been received, the ownership and copyright for the project will transfer to the client and the website will be launched or project sent to print or burnt to CD, with the followingrestrictions: -

a) Images including but not limited to photographs and computer generated images, supplied by scott-mason, remain the copyright of scott-mason or their suppliers and may not be reproduced, electronically or in print, without the express written permission of scott-mason.

b) Only one instance of a website can be made available on the World Wide Web.

c) No portion of the coding can be copied/duplicated or redistributed in any form electronic or otherwise.

On final written approval and final payment the client will be given full access to all the files of the project.
All data stored in an online database is the property of the client along with any rights and responsibilities associated with this, including, but not limited to, the clients responsibilities and duties in relation to the Data Protection Act. Hosting and domain name registration arrangements will be subject to an additional charge. Subsequent annual charges will apply. Any deposit paid is non-refundable. Any errors identified with work undertaken by scott-mason must be notified in writing on immediate discovery of the error. scott-mason will attempt to resolve any genuine errors as quickly as possible. scott-mason cannot accept responsibility for any loss either monetary or otherwise due to any web site errors.

Disclaimer
The Client indemnifies scott-mason and shall keep scott-mason indemnified and hold scott-mason harmless from and against any and all breaches by the Client of all items within the entire scott-mason terms and conditions and any claim brought against scott-mason by any third party in connection with or resulting from the provision of the Services by scott-mason to the Customer including, but not limited to, all claims, actions, proceedings, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses (including all reasonable legal costs and expenses) howsoever suffered or incurred by us in consequence of the breach or non-observance of the terms and conditions of this. scott-mason reserves the right to withdraw any of our services in whole or in part without prior notice. scott-mason shall be under no liability whatsoever to the Client for any costs, losses and damages, howsoever arising, that the Client may incur or may have incurred, due to the removal of such services.

scott-mason.co.uk
scott-mason takes all reasonable measures to ensure that the content of the scott-mason website is valid and correct. scott-mason cannot be held responsible for any decisions taken based on the content of the scott-mason website.

Privacy Policy
Preservation of your privacy is important and we would like you to know how we use your personal information. Information which identifies you personally will be utilised only to provide the services you require and for providing you with information about our products and services. It will not be sold or disclosed to third parties without your permission unless we are required to do so by law.

Acceptance of Quotation and Terms and Conditions
The placement of an order for design and/or any other services offered by scott-mason and validated by the customer's signature on the estimate or quotation form, constitutes acceptance of the quotation and agreement to comply fully with all the Terms and Conditions and forms a Contract for Business between the signatory and scott-mason.

All content of this website (scott-mason.co.uk) is the copyright of scott-mason and may not be reproduced in any way without express written permission from scott-mason. All copyrights and trademark notices, marks, disclaimers and other such elements must be preserved and upheld at all times. scott-mason does not accept any responsibility for the contents of materials viewable from this site. These materials may be provided by (but are not limited to) links, frames, portals or other websites.

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