Introduction

By using the service offered through this Website, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions as set out below. If you do not agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, you may not use or access our Website.

The Self-Project Management App does not make any statement / recommendation in relation to Trade Professionals/Builders and or products/materials you choose and You should at all times ask to see evidence of completed works to satisfy yourself as to the quality of the works to be performed by any Trade Professionals.

The Self-Project Management App accepts no liability for the performance of any Builder or Trade Professionals that the Users contact, instruct and will, therefore, not be held liable for any related loss or damage attributable for the acts and omissions of Trade Professionals. The purpose of the Self-Project Management App is to provide an online management tool only for Customers to self-project manage their small construction project.

Key Definitions

• “Company” Self-Project Management Advisors Ltd (“us”, “we”, “our” and “ours”) means Self-Project Management Advisors Ltd, registered in England No. 15270587 at 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ.
• “Customer” means any person who uses, submits or publishes to the Self-Project Management App.
• “Users”, “You”, means anyone who has received a personalised link and making use of the Self-Project Management App.
• “Project” means a project that the Costumer is managing by themselves by taking the project management role.
• “Self-Project Management App” means those Users invited by a personalised link to post content in relation to a particular project on app.self-pma.co.uk.
• “Standalone Service(s)” means any, appointment, procedure or service that is provided by the Company to Users, which includes, but is not limited to: information, services and guidance provided through the Website, virtual meeting, or by email.
• “Trade Professionals”, “Builder” “Contractor”, “Tradesmen” and “Tradespeople” means any business or Individual that the Customer engage in order to provide services for work requested by a Customer.
• “Website” means Self-PMA’s websites: “self-pma.co.uk” and “app.self-pma.co.uk” and all the pages, content and sub-domains contained therein.
• “Service Agreement” reached between a Trade Professional and a Customer on the services to be performed. A service agreement can be reached by a verbal exchange in person, via telephone, via SMS, via an email or in the form of a written statement or contract.

Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. Disputes arising in connection with these Terms and Conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

If any provisions hereof are held to be illegal or unenforceable such provisions shall be severed and the remainder of this Terms and Conditions shall remain in full force and effect.

Overview

The Website provides an online management tool for Customers looking to undertake Self-Project Management and to enable Trade Professionals to assist Customer’s with their project by accessing this online tool in order to organise project information and receive project management advice.

Accuracy of Information

Although we attempt to ensure that any information provided on the Website is accurate and correct the Company cannot guarantee the accuracy of any such information and will not be liable to the Customer or Trade Professional for any losses arising from errors in the content.

In using the Self-Project Management App and Standalone Services provided by the Company, you acknowledge that the Company is not acting as a contractor or agent on behalf of either the Customer or the Trade Professional and shall not in any way be responsible or liable for any services provided by the Trade Professional. It is your responsibility to select a suitable builder, and the Company will not be involved or held liable for any Service Agreement between You and a builder.

Content

You agree to use the Website only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not infringe the rights of or restrict or inhibit anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the Website.

You understand that all postings, messages, text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, personal data or other materials (“content”) posted on, transmitted through, or linked from the Website, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such content originated. You are entirely responsible for all content that you post, email or otherwise make available via the Website.

You understand that the Company does not control, and is not responsible for content made available through the Website. Furthermore, the Website and content available through the Self-Project Management App Service may contain links to other websites, which are completely independent of the Company. The Company makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or authenticity of the information contained in any such website.

Your linking to any other websites is at your own risk. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any content, that you may not rely on said content, and that under no circumstances will the Company be liable in any way for any content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed or otherwise made available via the Website.

You acknowledge that the Company does not pre-screen or approve all content, but that the Company shall have the right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to remove or move any content that is available on the Website if in the Company’s opinion it is violating the letter or spirit of these Terms and Conditions or for any other reason.

All Users acknowledge that the content that they are posting will be viewed by Users within Self-Project Management Advisors and therefore must ensure that they are at all times happy for such content to be viewed and shared by these Users.

All Users further acknowledge that any personal data submitted by a User will be used in accordance with current UK data protection legislation and in accordance with the Company’s privacy policy at www.self-pma.co.uk/privacy-policy/

If any personal data is submitted, this personal data will be visible by Users within Self-Project Management Advisors. The Company takes steps to ensure that User’s personal data is treated securely. The Company has procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify Users and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

Intellectual Property

The Company owns all the intellectual property rights relating to the site, including the designs, text, database, graphics and layouts, and you agree not use or copy any part thereof without our express permission.

The intellectual property rights in postings, messages, text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, or other materials (“content”) Users upload to the Website are retained by the copyright owner, and these are added to the site by Users at their own risk. In doing so you are giving express and irrevocable permission for us to store, display and use the content.

Dealings with organisations and individuals

Your interactions with organisations and/or individuals found on or through the Website, including payment and delivery of goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such organisations and/or individuals.

You agree that the Company shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings. If there is a dispute between Users on this Website, or between Users and any third party, you understand and agree that the Company is under no obligation to resolve any such disputes.

In the event that you have a dispute with one or more other Users, you hereby release the Company, its officers, employees, agents and successors in rights from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind or nature, known or unknown, suspected and unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way related to such disputes and/or our Self-Project Management App.

Content

Users understand that the Company is not responsible for any feedback that Users leave via the Website and within Self-Project Management App. The User who posts content is directly responsible for its content, and the accuracy and legality thereof.

All Users understand that any use of profanity, libellous behaviour, illegal activity, or any other form of abuse of the feedback function or any other part of the Website may be banned from further use and reported to the authorities, if applicable.

Limitations

You acknowledge that the Company may establish limits concerning Your use of the Website, including but not limited to, the maximum number of days that content will be retained on the Website, the maximum number and size of postings, email messages, or other content that may be transmitted or stored by the Website, and the frequency with which you may access the Website.

You acknowledge that the Company reserves the right to suspend any User account in the event the account is not used for a period of more than 6 months. Further the Company reserves the right to charge a subscription fee for all Users at a point in the future. Users will be given the option to close the account before any such terms become effective.

You agree that the Company has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any content maintained or transmitted by the Website. You also acknowledge that the Company reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue the Website (or any part thereof) with or without notice, and that the Company shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of any services.

You agree that we shall not be liable for any loss or damages arising from the provision (or non-provision) of any part of the service, including loss of profit or consequential loss or damage.

Termination of service

You agree that the Company, in its sole discretion, has the right (but not the obligation) to deactivate your account, block your email address, or otherwise terminate or restrict your access to or use of the website, immediately and without notice, for any reason, including, without limitation, if the Company believes that you have acted inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the terms.

Further, you agree that the Company shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination or restriction of your access to the Website.

Further, you agree not to attempt to use the Website after said termination.

We may suspend or withdraw our site

Access to, and use of, our site is made available free of charge. However, if you choose to purchase any services from us, you will obviously be required to pay for them.

We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and/or operational reasons.

You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site, including configuring your information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access our site.

You agree that you will only use our site in a manner consistent with these terms of use and any and all local and national laws and regulations.

Uploading content to Self-Project Management App

Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload content to our site, such content must be accurate (where it states facts) and be genuinely held (where it states opinions) and must not:

• Contain any material which is defamatory or inaccurate of any person.
• Contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
• Promote indecent or sexually explicit material.
• Promote violence.
• Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
• Infringe or violate any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person.
• Be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
• Promote any illegal activity or intend to defraud, swindle or deceive other users of our site.
• Be in contempt of court.
• Be threatening, abuse or invade another’s privacy or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
• Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
• Be used to impersonate any person or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.
• Give the impression that they emanate from us if this is not the case.
• Relate to commercial activities (including, without limitation, sales, competitions and advertising, links to other websites or premium rate telephone numbers).
• Disseminate or otherwise disclose another person’s personal information without his or her prior permission, or collect or solicit another person’s personal information for commercial or unlawful purposes.

You warrant that any content you upload to our site complies with the content standards set out above and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means that you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty.

Any content you upload to our site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You retain all of your ownership rights in your content, but you are required to grant us (and other users of our site, if appropriate) an irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use, store and copy that content in providing any services to you. We may also use such content for marketing purposes, unless you have asked us not to.

We also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any content uploaded by you to our site constitutes a violation of their intellectual property rights or of their right to privacy.

We have the right to remove any content you upload to our site if, in our opinion, it does not comply with the content standards set out above.

You are solely responsible for securing and backing up your content.

Our site is only for use in relation to UK properties

Whilst our site can be accessed from locations outside the United Kingdom, it is directed to people requiring our services in relation to properties located within the United Kingdom.

Registration

Use of, and access to, certain parts of our site may require you to register with us. If you wish to register, you must complete all of the fields on the registration page.

You must keep your account details safe

If you choose, or you are provided with, a username, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential and you must not disclose it to any third party.

We have the right to disable any username or password (if applicable and whether chosen by you or allocated by us) at any time if, in our reasonable opinion, you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.

You may not authorise others to access our site using your username and password (if applicable) and you may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows or has obtained your username or password (if applicable), you must immediately notify us at hello@self-pma.co.uk and change your password.

You are responsible for the acts and omissions of any third parties who use your username or password (if applicable) to access our site, whether fraudulently or not, and you agree to reimburse us on demand for any loss we may suffer as a result of such use.

How you may use material on our site

We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our site for your personal use and, if applicable, you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site.

You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded from our site 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 (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.

You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence or other written consent to do so from us or our licensors.

If you use any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.

Do not rely on information on our site

The content on our site is provided on an ‘as is’ basis for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information and content provided on our site, we make no representations and give no warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that such information and content is accurate, complete or up-to-date.

Prohibited uses

You may use our site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our site:

In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.

To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards set out below.

To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).

We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them

We do not guarantee that our site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses and you should use your own virus protection software.

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 site or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.

You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful and you must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt our site, the equipment or network on which our site is stored, any software used in the provision of our site or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site 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 any such breach, your right to use our site will cease immediately.

Rules about linking to our site

You may link to our site, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.

You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you or in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.

Our site must not be framed on any other site and the website in which you are linking must comply in all respects with the content standards set out above.

We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. If you wish to link to our site or make any use of any content on our site other than as set out above, please contact us at hello@self-pma.co.uk.

We are not responsible for websites we link to

Our site may contain links to other websites and resources provided by third parties, including, without limitation, advertisers.

We have no control over the contents of those websites or resources or their availability and any links to them are provided for your information only. You will need to make your own independent judgement regarding your interaction with any such websites or resources, including the purchase and use of any products and/or services accessible through them. We are not responsible for, and do not endorse, their content or their privacy policies (if any) and we will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Breach of these terms of use

If we consider that you have failed to comply with, or have otherwise breached, these terms of use, we may take such action as we deem appropriate, including all or any of the following actions:

• Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site.
• Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any content uploaded by you to our site.
• Issue of a warning to you.
• Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
• Further legal action against you.
• Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary or as required by law.

We exclude our liability for all action we may take in response to breaches of these terms of use. The actions we may take are not limited to those described above and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.

Which country’s laws apply to any disputes?

If you are a consumer user, please note that these terms of use are governed by English law and you can bring legal proceedings in connection with them in the English courts. If you live in Scotland, you can bring legal proceedings in either the Scottish or the English courts. If you live in Northern Ireland, you can bring legal proceedings in either the Northern Irish or the English courts.

If you are a business user, any dispute or claim arising out of, or in connection with, these terms of use or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales and the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any such dispute or claim.

Our trade mark

“Self-PMA” is the trade mark of Self-Project Management Advisors Limited. We reserve all rights in this trade mark, the sef-pma.co.uk domain name and all related domains and sub-domains and any other logos, service marks, brand names, trading names and/or trade marks appearing anywhere on our site.

Other trade marks, products and company or brand names mentioned on our site may be the trade marks of their respective owners or licensors and all rights in such trade marks are reserved to their respective owners or licensors.

Save as otherwise set out herein, nothing in these terms of use should be construed as granting any licence or right to use any of the trade marks or domain names referred to above.

Changes

The Company reserves the right to change or update these terms and conditions from time to time. As a User of the website, please regularly check this section of the website for any updates to these Terms and Conditions. Any significant changes in the Terms and Conditions will be followed by notification emails to all active Users.

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