Terms & Conditions
Delivery of service
The terms of service stated here relate to listings claimed and administration charges paid for online advertising and social media promotion at Montrose Local. Montrose Local offers businesses across Montrose a paid business listing (annual subscription). Types of business can include retail shops and offices, home-based businesses, freelancers, not-for-profit organisations and charities based in and around Montrose Town. Each business will be charged a fee to cover the cost of maintaining the Montrose Local platform. Montrose Local is an advertising platform, we do not endorse businesses which advertise on this website.
Each business listing will be subject to an annual subscription fee which will contribute to a collaborative marketing fund to promote the platform, including your listing(s). Whenever a listing is uploaded to the website’s portal, its contents are manually checked for acceptability, completeness, and geographic compliance, all of which is included in this fee.
All not-for-profit organisations and charities will receive a free business listing, but must pay an administration fee of £15, please contact Montrose Local if you are a not-for-profit organisation.
Montrose Local aims to publish a business listing within 2 working days of it being uploaded to the website, sooner if possible. Standard working hours are from 9.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m. GMT Monday – Friday, subject to the content being acceptable, complete and within the geographic area defined on the website. If not, a member of the team will contact the business registering the listing, this may cause a delay whilst remedial action is taken.
Montrose Local offers advertising on a variety of scales and you can purchase one-off events listings, digital poster slots, and local deals pages. Businesses who use these services are not required to have a login to the website, our admin team will add and remove these from the website. Businesses that have registered a full listing may benefit from promotional rates across other services from time to time, and we will inform you via your account dashboard or via email when this occurs.
Cancellation of service
Advertisers on Montrose Local will select and upload their own listing by creating an account, the content of which they are able to access, edit or delete at any point in time, using their self-generated username and password. If the details of their offer(s) change, requiring them to alter or delete the contents, constituting a cancellation, they are able to do so. Administration staff will monitor variations during such alterations or deletions.
Refund of service
Montrose Local does not offer any refunds as the costs of administration will have already been incurred.
Montrose Local Website: Terms of Use
These Terms of Use govern your use of the Montrose Local website. Please read these Terms in full before you use this website. If you do not accept these Terms of Use, please do not use this website.
Your continued use of this site confirms your acceptance of these Terms.
Website Access
1.1 It is not necessary to register with us in order to use most parts of this website. However, particular areas of this website will only be accessible only if you have registered.
Use of Website
1.2 This website may be used for your own private purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use.
1.3 You may print and download material from this website provided that you do not modify or reproduce any content without our prior written consent.
Site Uptime
1.4 All reasonable measures are taken by us to ensure that this website is operational all day, every day. However, occasionally technical issues may result in some downtime and accordingly we will not be liable if this website is unavailable at any time.
1.5 Where possible we always try to give advance warning of maintenance issues that may result in website downtime, but we shall not be obliged to provide such notice.
Visitor Provided Material
1.6 Any material that a visitor sends or posts to this website shall be considered non-proprietary and non-confidential. We shall be entitled to copy, disclose, distribute or use for such other purpose as we deem appropriate all material provided to us, with the exception of personal information, the use of which is covered under our Privacy Policy.
1.7 When using this website you shall not post or send to or from this website any material:
(a) for which you have not obtained all necessary consents;
(b) that is discriminatory, obscene, pornographic, defamatory, liable to incite racial hatred, in breach of confidentiality or privacy, which may cause annoyance or inconvenience to others, which encourages or constitutes conduct that would be deemed a criminal offence, give rise to a civil liability, or otherwise is contrary to the law in the United Kingdom;
(c) which is harmful in nature including, and without limitation, computer viruses, Trojan horses, corrupted data, or other potentially harmful software or data.
1.8 We will fully co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requiring us to disclose the identity or other details of any person posting material to this website in breach of Paragraph 1.7.
Links to/from Other Websites
1.9 Throughout this website, you may find links to third-party websites. The provision of a link to such a website does not mean that we endorse that website. If you visit any website via a link on this website, you do so at your own risk. Montrose Local is an advertising platform, we do not endorse any business that pays to advertise on our website, always conduct thorough research before engaging with any business or service,
1.10 Any party wishing to link to this website is entitled to do so provided that the conditions below are observed:
(a) you do not seek to imply that we are endorsing the services or products of another party unless this has been agreed with us in writing;
(b) you do not misrepresent your relationship with this website; and
(c) the website from which you link to this website does not contain offensive or otherwise controversial content or, content that infringes any intellectual property rights or other rights of a third party.
1.11 By linking to this website, you shall indemnify us for any loss or damage suffered to this website as a result of such linking.
Disclaimer
1.12 Whilst we do take all reasonable steps to make sure that the information on this website is up to date and accurate at all times, we do not guarantee that all material is accurate and/or up to date.
1.13 All material contained on this website is provided without any warranty of any kind. You use the material on this website at your own discretion.
Exclusion of Liability
1.14 We do not accept liability for any loss or damage that you suffer as a result of using this website.
1.15 Nothing in these Terms of Use shall exclude or limit liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence which cannot be excluded or under the law of the United Kingdom.
Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms of Use are governed by Scottish law. Any dispute arising in connection with these Terms of Use shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Scotland.
Our Details
Trading name: Montrose Local
Contact Telephone: 07540 750312
Email: hello@montroselocal.co.uk