1. Introduction

1.1 Use of this website, www.ascensos.com (the “Site”) and the services provided via it are conditional upon you accepting the following Terms and Conditions which should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy. Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully before you start to use our Site. We recommend that you print a copy of this for future reference. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, you must not use the Site. Unless otherwise specified, your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions shall be indicated by your use of our Site. The Site is operated and provided by Ascensos Limited at 250 Airbles Road, Motherwell ML1 3AT, and its suppliers (“we”/”our”/”us”). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 08409950 and having our registered office at c/o Peachey & Co LLP, 95 Aldwych, London WC2B 4JF. Our VAT number is 169 5264 73.

1.2 These Terms and Conditions, our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy (together the “User Agreement”) form our agreement with you in respect of your use of the Site. If a company name is submitted in any form on our Site, then the User Agreement shall be between us and that company and accordingly unless the context otherwise requires, references to “you” and “your” in this User Agreement shall also be to that company. If an individual is named, rather than a company, then the User Agreement shall be between us and that individual.

1.3 If there are any amendments to this User Agreement, we will bring this to your attention on the policy page of the Site.

2. Changes to our Site

We may update our Site from time to time, and may change the content at any time. Please note that any of the content on our Site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update it. We do not guarantee that our Site, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.

3. Availability of the Site

3.1 We will endeavour to ensure that the Site is available 24 hours per day without any interruptions. We do not guarantee that our Site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our Site is permitted on a temporary basis.

3.2 We reserve the right to make the Site unavailable at any time or to restrict access to parts or all of the Site without notice. The Site is a general information service. We will endeavour not to make it misleading, but do not represent or warrant that the information accessible on or via the Site is accurate, not-misleading, complete or up to date.

4. Use of the Site

4.1 The Site is designed for your personal, non-commercial use and you must not use it in any other way without our consent. Except as permitted under applicable law, you must not use, copy, translate, publish, licence or sell the Site or any materials or information in the Site or the structure, overall style and program code of the Site without our consent. If you wish to make a request for consent, please contact data.protection@ascensos.com.

4.2 If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party. We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, 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 this User Agreement. If you know or suspect that anyone, other than you, knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at information.security@ascensos.com.

4.3 You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our Site through your internet connection are aware of this User Agreement and that they will comply with them.

5. Your Contributions

5.1 You agree to only use the Site for lawful purposes and that any information that you provide in connection with, or which forms part of, the Site will be, as far as you are aware, true and accurate and will not infringe any intellectual property rights (including but not limited to copyright or trade marks), or any right of privacy, publicity or personality or any other right, whether registered or unregistered, of any other nature or any person, or be obscene or libellous or blasphemous or defamatory and you agree to indemnify us against all claims, proceedings, damages, liabilities and costs, including legal costs arising out of your breach of this clause 4.1.

5.2 Any material you upload to our Site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary, and we have the right to use, copy, distribute and disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose. We will also have the right to disclose your identity to any third party who is claiming that any material posted or uploaded by you to our Site constitutes a violation of their rights in law, including infringement of their intellectual property rights, and right to privacy.

5.3 We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials posted by you or any other user of our Site.

5.4 We have the right to remove any material or posting you make on our Site if, in our sole opinion, such material does not comply with the content standards set out in this clause 4.

5.5 We cannot make any assurances about the information or contribution made by any other user and you should exercise caution before acting or otherwise relying upon any information you obtain via the Site.

5.6 You must not misuse our Site 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 Site, the server on which the Site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our Site.

5.7 The views expressed by other users on our Site do not represent our views or values.

6.Links

The Site includes links to other internet sites. Without prejudice to the foregoing, we make no representations or warranties about those sites or their content, nor that the links work.

7. Data Protection

We comply with all applicable Data Protection laws in the UK and will only process your information in accordance with our Privacy Policy. By using this Site, you consent to such processing of your data.

8. Intellectual property

8.1 We are the owners or the licensee of all intellectual property rights (including without limitation, photographs, graphical images and descriptions of services) 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.

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

8.3 You must 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.

8.4 Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our Site must always be acknowledged.

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

8.6 If you print off, copy or download any part of our Site in breach of these Terms and Conditions, 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.

9. Our Liability

9.1 The content on our Site is provided for general information only. Your use of the Site is at your own risk. We shall not be liable to you or in breach of this User Agreement for any delay or failure to perform any obligation if the delay or failure is due to a cause beyond our reasonable control including, without limitation, the blocking or restricting of information to and/or from our network.

9.2 Except as expressly provided in our User Agreement, insofar as is permitted in law we hereby disclaim any and all representations, warranties, conditions or other terms, express or implied, by statute including but not limited to implied warranties, conditions or other terms of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose or reasonable care and skill.

9.3 Insofar as permitted in law, we will not be liable to any user of the Site 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: (i) use of, or inability to use our Site; or (ii) use of or reliance on any content displayed on our Site. If you are a business user, please note that in particular, we will not be liable for: (i) loss of profits, sales, business or revenue; (ii) business interruption; (iii) loss of anticipated savings; (iv) loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or (v) any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

9.4 We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our Site. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

9.5 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 any any website linked to it.

9.6 Nothing in our User Agreement excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by Scots law.

10. Linking to our Site

You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You may only provide links to our Site with our consent, which may be requested by emailing enquiries@ascensos.com. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. You must not establish a link to our Site in any website that is not owned by you. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

11. Further Provisions

11.1 If we fail to enforce any provision of this User Agreement, that failure will not preclude us from enforcing either that provision (or any similar provision) on a later occasion. Nothing in this User Agreement shall confer on any third party any benefit or the right to enforce any term of the User Agreement. 11.2 This User Agreement is governed by Scots law and any dispute connected with this agreement is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish courts. Nothing in this User Agreement affects your statutory rights as a consumer.

12. Feedback

If you have any comments about material which appears on the Site or have any questions for us, please email enquiries@ascensos.com.