Terms and conditions of use

The Start Up Donut website (‘the website') is provided by BHP Information Solutions Ltd (‘BHP').

By accessing the website you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions and by our privacy policy, in their entirety.

Your right to use the website

You may use the contents of the website for your own use. You may not modify, translate, re-publish, upload, or post material (including logos, trademarks, code and software). If you wish to make a request for consent to use any content outside these terms, please contact info@startupdonut.co.uk.

Registration

You are responsible for all activities that take place under your username and for keeping your password secure. If you become aware of any actual or suspected unauthorised use of your username and/or any other breach of security, you agree to notify us immediately.

Your contributions

You agree to only use the website for lawful purposes and that any content or information that you provide to the website will be true and accurate and will not infringe the rights of any third party, nor be obscene, libellous or defamatory. You agree to indemnify us against all liabilities and costs, including legal costs, arising out of your breach of this term.

You continue to own the content after you have posted it on the website. You automatically grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual licence to modify and use the content that you have posted.

We may delete, edit or move content without notice and for any reason and may record the IP address from which any content is posted.

Links

If you wish to link to the website you may only do so to http://www.startupdonut.co.uk. Details of our linking arrangements may be obtained from info@startupdonut.co.uk.

Data protection

If you register with us, it is your responsibility to give us a valid email address and let us know if it changes. We comply with all applicable data protection laws in the UK. For a description of how we use your personal data, please see our privacy policy.

Intellectual property

We, or our third party licensors, own the copyright and all other intellectual property rights in the content and no licence of any such intellectual property rights is granted to you by way of your use of the website. Start Up Donut is a registered trade mark of BHP.

Our liability

The website provides information for small businesses in England and Wales. (Some regulations and legal processes may be different in Scotland and Northern Ireland.) Our content should not be used as a substitute for legal or professional advice.

All content is made available on this website on an ‘as is' basis. We cannot take any responsibility for the consequences of errors or omissions. Any reliance you place on our content will be at your own risk.

Neither BHP, nor its employees, experts, sponsors or syndication partners are liable for any losses or damages arising from your use of the website. These individuals and organisations exclude all warranties and representations, express or implied, in respect of your use of the website and its content.

Termination

You may cancel your registration on the website at any time by emailing info@startupdonut.co.uk and requesting that your account be deleted. We will contact you to confirm when this has been done.

We reserve the right at our discretion at any time to suspend or terminate your use of the website.

Law

These terms and your use of the website are governed by English law and any dispute arising from the terms or your use shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.