Please read these website advertising terms carefully before applying to become an advertiser, as they set out our and your legal rights and obligations in relation to our advertising services. You will be asked to agree to these website advertising terms before becoming an advertiser. You should print a copy of these website advertising terms for future reference. We will not file a copy specifically in relation to you, and they may not be accessible on our website in the future. This agreement shall commence upon execution by the parties and renew upon request or automatically until terminated by either party. If you have any questions or complaints about our advertising services please contact us by writing to Consumer High Street, 16 Abbey road, Bilston. Wolverhampton WV14 6PS United Kingdom.

1. Definitions and interpretation

1.1 In the agreement:

Acceptance email means an email sent by the publisher in accordance with clause 2.3, confirming that an applicant has been accepted as an advertiser.

Advertiseror merchant means the person (natural or legal) specified as the advertiser/merchant on the registration form.

Advertiser content means the advertisements and other content submitted by the advertiser to the publisher for publication on the website.

Advertising services mean the advertising services specified on the website and/or the advertising services selected by the advertiser using the registration form.

Affiliate means a company, firm or individual that controls, is controlled by, or is under common Control with the relevant company, firm or individual.

Agreement means the agreement between the publisher and the advertiser incorporating these website advertising terms, the registration form and the acceptance email, and any amendments to it from time to time.

Business day means any week day, other than a bank or public holiday in England.

Business hours mean between 10:00 and 18:00 on a business day.

Charges mean the amounts payable by the advertiser to the publisher under or in relation to the agreement (as set out on the website or in the registration form).

Control means the legal power to control (directly or indirectly) the management of an entity (and controlled will be construed accordingly).

Effective date has the meaning given to it in clause 2.3.

Force majeure event means an event, or a series of related events, that is outside the reasonable control of the party affected including; failures of or problems with the internet or a part of the internet, hacker attacks, denial of services attacks, virus or other malicious software attacks or infections, power failures, industrial disputes affecting any third party, changes to the law, disasters, explosions, fires, floods, riots, terrorist attacks and wars.

Intellectual property rights mean all intellectual property rights wherever in the world, whether registered or unregistered, including any application or right of application for such rights (and the intellectual property rights referred to above include copyright and related rights, moral rights, database rights, confidential information, trade secrets, know-how, business names, trade names, trademarks, service marks, passing off rights, unfair competition rights, patents, petty patents, utility models, semi-conductor topography rights and rights in designs).

Prohibited content means:

(a) works and materials that:

    (i) breach any law, regulation or legally-binding code;

    (ii) infringe any person's intellectual property rights or other legal rights; and/or

    (iii) give rise to a cause of action against any person, in each case in any jurisdiction and under any applicable law;

(b) works and materials that contravene the Committee on Advertising Practice Code (the CAP Code);

(c) obscene, indecent, pornographic, lewd or graphic works and materials

(d)works and materials that may cause annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety to any internet user

Any content which promotes such as stated above, should be removed from advertisers list before submitting onto Consumer High Street.  We respect your rights to freedom of expression, but we would also like to exercise our rights to a zero tolerance of such content on our site as we intend to keep high and quality standards for our users.

Publisher means the sole trader, partnership or limited companies;

Consumer High Street, headquarters are at 16 Abbey road, Bilston. Wolverhampton WV14 6PS United Kingdom.

Registration form means the HTML form on the website enabling users to apply to become advertisers/merchants.

Term means the term of the agreement.

Website means the website at www.consumerhighstreet.co.uk  and any successor website operated by the publisher from time to time.

1.2  In the agreement, a reference to a statute or statutory provision includes a reference to

(a) that statute or statutory provision as modified, consolidated and/or re-enacted from time to time; and

(b) any subordinate legislation made under that statute or statutory provision.

1.3 The clause headings do not affect the interpretation of the agreement.

1.4 The ejusdem generis rule is not intended to be used in the interpretation of the agreement.

2. The agreement

2.1 In order to apply to become an advertiser, the applicant must complete and submit the registration form.

2.2 If the applicant makes any input errors during the order process, these may be identified and corrected by the applicant before the registration form is submitted by [insert details].

2.3 The agreement will come into force if and when the publisher sends to the advertiser the acceptance email following the submission of a completed registration form by the advertiser (the effective date).

2.4 The agreement will continue until the completion of all advertising services, upon which it will terminate automatically, unless terminated earlier in accordance with clause 8.

3. Advertising services

3.1 During the term, the publisher will provide the advertising services to the advertiser.

3.2 The advertiser grants to the publisher a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to publish the advertiser content on the website as contemplated by the agreement.

3.3 The advertiser warrants and undertakes:

(a) to ensure that all advertiser content is accurate and fair;

(b) to ensure that advertiser content does not consist of, contain, or link to any prohibited content (which is outlined under prohibited content, section 1.1);

(c)to promptly remove or edit any advertiser content which ceases to be accurate, fair, or prohibited content;

(d) to ensure that the advertising and sale of any products and services that are advertised through the advertising content is legal under all applicable laws;

(e) to ensure that the products and services advertised through the advertising content are appropriate for the website's user base; and

(f) to ensure that the advertiser content is of a quality commensurate with the content published on the website generally.

3.4 Subject to scheduled maintenance, express restrictions on the advertising services, and any force majeure event affecting the publisher or the publisher's appointed hosting services provider, the publisher will use reasonable endeavors to maintain the availability on the internet of:

(a) the website; and  (b) the published advertiser content, during the relevant period; but the publisher does not guarantee 24/7 availability.

3.5 The publisher reserves the right to suspend the publication of any advertiser content or remove any advertiser content from the website at any time where it reasonably determines that the content breaches this clause 3.

4. Charges and payment

4.1 The advertiser will pay the charges to the publisher upon issue of acceptance email, 5 business days before, but no later than 5 business days after the first of the membership commencing month, failing which the agreement will terminate automatically.

The advertiser/merchant will be notified to renew their membership 7 days before expiry through an email.  Membership plan will be on a monthly, half yearly or yearly basis. All membership plan will commence on the first of the month.

4.2 The publisher will issue a receipt for the charges upon receipt of payment in cleared funds.

4.3 All charges stated in or in relation to the agreement are stated exclusive of VAT, unless the context requires otherwise.

4.4 Charges will be accepted via PayPal (using such payment details as are notified by the publisher to the advertiser from time to time).

4.5 If the advertiser does not pay any amount properly due to the publisher under or in connection with the agreement, the publisher may

(a) terminate this agreement immediately as outlined in clause 8.4, in order to avoid accumulated interest; or

(b) claim interest and statutory compensation from the advertiser pursuant to the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998.

5.  Warranties

5.1 The advertiser warrants to the publisher that it has the legal right and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the agreement.

5.2 The publisher warrants to the advertiser:

(a) that it has the legal right and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the agreement; and

(b) that it will perform the advertising services under the agreement with reasonable care and skill.

5.3 All of the parties' warranties and representations in respect of the subject matter of the agreement are expressly set out in the terms of the agreement.  To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and subject to clause 7.1, no other warranties and representations concerning the subject matter of the agreement will be implied into the agreement or any related contract.

6. Indemnity

The advertiser hereby indemnifies the publisher and undertakes to keep the publisher indemnified against any and all liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses (including legal expenses and amounts paid in settlement of legal claims) arising directly or indirectly out of any breach by the advertiser of clause 3.3 of the agreement.

7. Limitations and exclusions of liability

7.1 Nothing in the agreement will:

(a) limit or exclude the liability of a party for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;

(b) limit or exclude the liability of a party for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation by that party;

(c) limit any liability of a party in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or

(d) exclude any liability of a party that may not be excluded under applicable law.

7.2 The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this clause 7 and elsewhere in the agreement:

(a) are subject to clause 7.1; and

(b) govern all liabilities arising under the agreement or in relation to the subject matter of the agreement, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty.

7.3 The publisher will not be liable in respect of any loss of profits, income, revenue, use, production or anticipated savings.

7.4 The publisher will not be liable for any loss of business, contracts or commercial opportunities.

7.5 The publisher will not be liable for any loss of or damage to goodwill or reputation.

7.6 The publisher will not be liable in respect of any loss or corruption of any data, database or software.

7.7 The publisher will not be liable in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.

7.8 The publisher will not be liable for any losses arising out of a force majeure event.

7.9 The publisher's liability in relation to any event or series of related events will not exceed the greater of:

(a)  [amount yet to be specified]; and

(b)  the total amount paid and payable by the advertiser to the publisher under the agreement during the [number] month period immediately preceding the event or events giving rise to the claim.

7.10 The publisher's aggregate liability under the agreement will not exceed the greater of:

(a) [amount yet to be specified]; and

(b) the total amount paid and payable by the advertiser to the publisher under the agreement.

8. Termination

8.1 Either party may terminate the agreement at any time by giving at least 30 days' written notice of termination to the other party.

8.2 Either party may terminate the agreement immediately, with or without cause by giving written notice of termination to the other party via email or postal mail. NO refund of any portion of monthly, yearly or half yearly payments will be given.

(a) commits any [material] breach of any term of the agreement, and:

(i)  the breach is not remediable; or

(ii) the breach is remediable, but the other party fails to remedy the breach within 30 days of receipt of a written notice requiring it to do so; or

(b) persistently breaches the terms of the agreement.

8.3 Either party may terminate the agreement immediately by giving written notice of termination to the other party if:

(a) the other party:

(i) is dissolved;

(ii) ceases to conduct all (or substantially all) of its business;

(iii) is or becomes unable to pay its debts as they fall due;

(iv) is or becomes insolvent or is declared insolvent; or

(v) convenes a meeting or makes or proposes to make any arrangement or composition with its creditors;

(b) an administrator, administrative receiver, liquidator, receiver, trustee, manager or similar is appointed over any of the assets of the other party;

(c) an order is made for the winding up of the other party, or the other party passes a resolution for its winding up (other than for the purpose of a solvent company reorganisation where the resulting entity will assume all the obligations of the other party under the agreement); or

(d) (where that other party is an individual) that other party dies, or as a result of illness or incapacity becomes incapable of managing his or her own affairs, or is the subject of a bankruptcy petition or order.

8.4 The publisher may terminate the agreement immediately by giving written notice of termination to the advertiser if the advertiser fails to pay any amount due to the publisher under the agreement in cleared funds by the due date for payment.

9. Effects of termination

9.1 Upon termination all the provisions of the agreement will cease to have effect, save that the following provisions of the agreement will survive and continue to have effect (in accordance with their terms or otherwise indefinitely): clauses 1, 4.5, 6, 7, 9 and 10.3 to 10.10.

9.2 Termination of the agreement will not affect either party’s accrued rights (including accrued rights to be paid) as at the date of termination.

9.3 If the agreement is terminated by the publisher under clause 8.1 or by the advertiser under clause 8.2 or clause 8.3, the advertiser will be entitled to a refund of any amounts paid to the publisher in respect of advertising services which were to have been provided after the effective date of termination.  Such amount will be calculated by the publisher using any reasonable methodology.  Save as provided in this clause 9.3, the advertiser will not be entitled to any refunds or release from any liability to pay charges (whether or not invoiced) upon the termination of the agreement.

10. General

10.1 Any notice given under the agreement must be in writing (whether or not described as written notice in the agreement) and must be delivered personally, sent by registered signed-for post, or sent by email, for the attention of the relevant person, and to the relevant address or email address given in the Registration Form (or as notified by one party to the other in accordance with this clause).

10.2 A notice will be deemed to have been received at the relevant time set out below (or where such time is not within business hours, when business hours next begin after the relevant time set out below):

(a) where the notice is delivered personally, at the time of delivery;

(b) where the notice is sent by registered signed-for post, 48 hours after posting; and

(c) where the notice is sent by email, at the time of the transmission (providing the sending party retains written evidence of the transmission).

10.3 No breach of any provision of the agreement will be waived except with the express written consent of the party not in breach.

10.4 If a clause of the agreement is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other clauses of the agreement will continue in effect.  If any unlawful and/or unenforceable clause would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the clause will continue in effect (unless that would contradict the clear intention of the parties, in which case the entirety of the relevant clause will be deemed to be deleted).

10.5 The agreement may not be varied except by a written document signed by or on behalf of each of the parties.

10.6 The advertiser hereby agrees that the publisher may freely assign all of its rights and obligations under this agreement to any affiliate of the publisher or any successor to all or substantial part of the business of the publisher from time to time.  Save as expressly provided in the agreement, the advertiser may not without the prior written consent of the publisher assign, transfer, charge, license or otherwise dispose of or deal in this agreement or any of its rights or obligations under this agreement.

10.7 The agreement is made for the benefit of the parties, and is not intended to benefit any third party or be enforceable by any third party.  The rights of the parties to terminate, rescind, or agree any amendment, waiver, variation or settlement under or relating to the agreement are not subject to the consent of any third party.

10.8 Subject to clause 7.1, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties in relation to the subject matter of this agreement, and supersedes all previous agreements, arrangements and understandings between the parties relating to the subject matter of this agreement.

10.9 The agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of European Union; and the courts of England will have exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising under or in connection with the agreement.

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