The Gardeners Guild.co.uk terms of use

1. We (The Gardeners Guild LLP or 'The Guild') provide thegardenersguild.co.uk website. We are a limited Liability Partnership registered in England and Wales (registration number OC323424) and our registered office is at 34 Boulevard, Weston Super Mare, BS23 1NF. Write to The Gardeners Guild, PO Box 627, Weston Super Mare, BS23 9LP.

2. We legally own a wide range of intellectual property rights used in and relating to this website, including:
A - each of the trademark The Gardeners Guild.
B - the members directory database ('the database') which you can get access to using this website;
C - the design, text, graphics and other content of the web pages on this website, together with all the web addresses associated with those web pages, other than those which we use under licence;

3. thegardenersguild.co.uk also has information supplied by other organisations, including information about commercial insurance.

4. For the purpose of these conditions, we refer to thegardenersguild.co.uk website and the members directory database collectively as 'the website'.

5. If you log on to or use any part of the website you agree to these conditions. If you do not want to agree to these conditions, do not log on to or use this website.

About the conditions

6. We may change these conditions at any time without giving you notice. Please check these conditions from time to time for any changes. By continuing to use the website you agree to all the changes we make to these conditions.

Using thegardenersguild.co.uk

7.  thegardenersguild.co.uk allows you to view information about The Gardeners Guild, its activities and its members. You are allowed to use the website for this purpose unless this is not allowed under paragraph 10 of these conditions.

8. We may limit your access to some parts of the website depending on whether registration is required. If you have registered, please do not tell other people your log in, password or any other piece of information that is part of our security procedures. We take steps to prevent people misusing the website and to make sure that our rights are not affected.

9. We process information about you in line with the Data Protection Act. By using the website, you agree to the way in which we process personal information you have supplied to us.

10. You cannot use the website:
A - for any unlawful purpose;
B - to harm, threaten, abuse or harass another person, or in a way that invades someone's privacy or is (in our reasonable opinion) offensive or is unacceptable or damaging to The Gardeners Guild LLP;
C - to create, check, confirm, update or amend your own or someone else's databases, records, directories, customer lists, mailing or prospecting lists;
D - to tamper with, update or change any part of the website;
E -  in a way that affects how it is run;
F -  in a way that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionably large burden on The Guilds communications and technical systems as determined by us; or
G - using any automated means to monitor or copy the website or its content, or to interfere with or attempt to interfere with how the website works.

Limitations

11. The Gardeners Guild is primarily concerned with identifying gardeners with a horticultural qualification. It should not be considered an assurance of any other aspect of a gardeners business. Please be aware that there are some limitations to what The Gardeners Guild can achieve, in particular we do not:
- Guarantee the financial status of any business
- Accept any liability for any goods or services provided by any business
- Guarantee that the price of goods and services supplied is competitive relative to any other business
- Guarantee the quality or condition of any goods or services provided by any business

12. Whilst we make every effort to ensure that our members are professional we cannot guarantee that their work will never give rise to a complaint. However, should this be the case, we expect that they treat you fairly and without undue delay. If you buy goods or services from any of the members currently listed on our website, we hope that your experience will be positive and we encourage you to leave feedback to let us know your views. You can do this by emailing us at enquiries@thegardenersguild.co.uk web page.

Complaints

13. If there is a problem with the goods or services you are buying, please let the member concerned know as soon as possible so that a solution may be found.

14. If you do not receive a response or remain unhappy please let us know. Although we are not a party to the agreement between you and the seller, and will not be able to compensate you, where appropriate we may take disciplinary action against the member if the terms of membership have been breached. You can also contact Consumer Direct on 08454 04 05 06 for free, impartial consumer advice.

Choosing a Gardener

15. The web site lists business contact details, the goods and services they provide and, in some cases, their qualifications and membership of statutory bodies.

16. When choosing a business, particularly when arranging a service, you should satisfy yourself that you both agree what work is to be done and the price that is to be paid. You should obtain more than one quote and choose the business you are most happy with. Clearly the price is important but it is not the only factor you should take into consideration.

Members

17 Every reasonable effort is taken to ensure that the information on this site is accurate. If you become aware of any errors, omissions or information which requires amendment, please notify us as soon as possible.

Disclaimers

18. You use the website at your own risk. 
A - We advise you to make sure you are satisfied with the exact type and nature of goods or services being offered by any member or organisations featured on the website. We also recommend that you check the qualifications of people, companies and organisations offering the goods or services. We are not an agent for and do not give guarantees for our members or these organisations or their goods and services.
C - You should not rely on the website for advice.

19. As far as the relevant laws allow, no advice or information we, officers, shareholders, staff or other organisations connected to us (collectively, "The Gardeners Guild LLP personnel") give you any guarantees that:
A - there will be no problems with how you use the website; or
B - the computer or server you use to log on to the website is free of viruses or other harmful programmes.

Limits to our liability

20. There is no limit to what we and the people who provide our services will be liable for if someone dies or is injured because of something we have or have not done or because we have committed fraud.

21. Please note that The Gardeners Guild will not be liable to you for any indirect or consequential loss (whether for loss of profit, loss of business, depletion of goodwill or otherwise), costs, expense or other claims for consequential compensation whatsoever (howsoever caused) which arise out of or in connection with your use of this and any linked web site.  Under no circumstances will The Gardeners Guild LLP personnel or any other organisation involved in creating, producing, maintaining or distributing the website be liable for any loss of:
A - profits;
B - business or business opportunities;
C - savings you expect to make;
D - goodwill;
E - use of corrupted information; or
F -  information. If we do not keep to these conditions, we will only be liable for losses you have suffered as a direct result. We are not liable to you for any other loss whether they are because we have not kept to our obligations or contract, because of something we have not done, due to defamatory statements or liability for a product or otherwise as a result of:
G - using or relying on the website;
H - not being able to use the website;
I - any mistake, fault, failure to do something, missing information, or virus on the website or if it does not work properly because of incidents outside of our control such as (but not limited to) interruptions to communication and networks and circumstances beyond our control;
J -  theft, destruction of information or someone getting access to our records, programs or services without our permission;
K - goods, products, services or information received through or advertised on the website or any links provided by the website; or
L -  any information, data, message or other material which you e-mail, post, upload, reproduce, send, or otherwise distribute or receive using the website.

The whole agreement

22. These conditions make up the whole agreement between you and us in how you use the website. If a court decides that a condition is not valid, the rest of the conditions will still apply.

The law

23. The laws of England and Wales apply to your use of the website and these conditions. We control the website from within the United Kingdom. However, you can get access to the website from other places around the world. Although, these places may have different laws from the laws of England and Wales, by using the website you agree that the laws of England and Wales will apply to everything relating to you using the website and you agree to keep to these laws. We have the right to take you to court in the country you live in.

URL's

24. This site uses a tool which collects your requests for pages and passes elements of them to search engines to assist them in indexing this site. We control the configuration of the tool and are responsible for any information sent to the search engines.