Terms & Conditions
Access to this Site and Changes
- Access to and use of the www.leadingedge.igd.com
website ("this Site") is provided by us subject to these Site Terms. "We" The
Institute of Grocery Distribution, a company limited by guarantee in England under
registered number 105680 with registered office at Grange Lane, Letchmore Heath,
Watford, Herts, WD25 8GD. We provide this Site either in our own capacity or, where
stipulated, as agent for IGD Services Limited, a company registered in England under
number 3357260 with registered office at Grange Lane, Letchmore Heath, Watford,
Herts, WD25 8GD. "You" or "Your" refer to the person who uses any part of this site.
- Your use of any part of this Site constitutes your acceptance of these Site Terms
which takes effect on the date on which you first use this Site. If you do not agree
with these Site Terms, you should cease using this Site immediately.
- We reserve the right to change these Site Terms at any time without notice to you
by posting changes on-line. You are responsible for regularly reviewing information
posted on-line to obtain timely notice of such changes. Your continued use of this
Site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the amended Site Terms.
- You are responsible for bringing these Site Terms to the attention of all persons
accessing this Site through your Internet connection.
- You must not interfere with another person's use of this Site or otherwise act in
a way that negatively affects another person's use of this Site.
- You shall not use this Site in any way which in any respect:
- (a) is in breach of any statute, regulation or byelaw of any applicable jurisdiction;
- (b) impersonates any other person or body or misrepresents a relationship with any
person or body;
- (c) may infringe or breach the copyright or any intellectual property rights or
privacy or other rights of us or any third party;
- (d) may be contrary to our interests; or
- (e) involves your use, delivery or transmission of any viruses, trojan horses, trap
doors, back doors, easter eggs, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer
programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with,
surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information.
- You shall fully and promptly indemnify us against all damages, proceedings, claims,
demands, liabilities, injuries, losses, charges, costs and expenses (including legal expenses) which we may suffer or
incur as a result (direct or indirect) of any breach by you of any obligation on
you under these Site Terms.
- Whilst we endeavour to make this Site available 24 hours a day, we will not be liable
if for any reason this Site is unavailable at any time or for any period. We make
no warranty that your access to this Site will be uninterrupted, timely or error-free.
- Access to this Site may be suspended or withdrawn to or from you personally or all
users temporarily or permanently at any time and without notice. We may also impose
restrictions on the length and manner of usage of any part of this Site for any
reason. If we impose restrictions on you personally, you must not attempt to use
this Site under any other name or user.
- We do not warrant that this Site will be compatible with all hardware and software
which you may use. Although we may put in place security measures for your protection,
we shall not be liable for damage to, or viruses or other code that may affect,
any computer equipment, software, data or other property as a result of your access
to or use of this Site or your obtaining any material from, or as a result of using,
this Site. We shall also not be liable for the actions of third parties in breaching
any security measures.
- We may change or update this Site and anything described in it without notice to
you.
- Whilst we endeavour to ensure that information and materials on this Site are correct,
no warranty (except as expressly provided in the terms and conditions for our supply
of goods or services to you for a fee) or representation, express or implied, is given that they are
complete, accurate or up-to-date and we do not accept any liability for any errors
or omissions. The material contained on this site is provided for information purposes only and it shall not give rise to any commitment or obligation by us. Nothing in ths this site should be relied on as statements or representation of fact.
- The contents of this Site are intended for convenience only. Nothing on this Site
shall constitute advice specific to your circumstances or a recommendation. We do
not suggest that any product or service mentioned on this Site is either available
to you or complies with laws outside of England & Wales.
- Please note that Leading Edge reserves the right to alter any element of the event programme, such as speakers, times and venue, should the need arise.
- We accept liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for our fraudulent misrepresentation or for any liability that we cannot exclude or limit at law.
- Our liability in relation to our supply of any good or service on, from or as a result of using this Site for which you pay a fee shall be set out in the relevant terms and conditions for that supply, if you pay no fee our liability shall be £10.
- To the extent permitted by law and subject to paragraphs 16 above:
- our maximum liability (whether in contract, tort, negligence, misrepresentation, restitution or under any legal head of liability) in relation to your use or inability to use or delay in use of this Site or any material in it or accessible from it or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this Site or any such material shall be £10; and
- we shall not have any liability (whether in contract, tort, negligence, misrepresentation, restitution or under any legal head of liability) for any: (a) indirect or consequential losses, damages, costs or expenses; (b) loss of actual or anticipated profits; (c) loss of contracts; (d) loss of the use of money; (e) loss of anticipated savings; (f) loss of revenue; (g) loss of goodwill; (h) loss of reputation; (i) loss of business; (j) loss of operation time; (k) loss of opportunity; or (l) loss of, damage to or corruption of data; and any such liability is excluded whether it is foreseeable, known, foreseen or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, sub-paragraphs (b) to (l) inclusive apply whether such losses are indirect or consequential or otherwise.
- The IGD name and logo and all other brands, names, logos, marks and slogans on this Site are the trade marks or service marks of us or our licensors.
- Although we have sought to carefully select any site to which a link from this Site exists, we have no control over and accept no responsibility for the content of such linked sites (unless we are the provider of those linked sites). The links are provided “as is” for your convenience only with no warranty, express or implied, for the information provided within such sites. We do not provide any endorsement or recommendation of any third party site to which this Site provides a link.
- You must not without our permission either (a) frame any of this Site onto your own or another person's website or (b) provide a deep link to this Site that bypasses the home page of this Site.
- We hereby grant to you a revocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free right to provide a link from your website to the home page of this Site, provided that you do so in a fair and legal way without damaging our reputation or taking advantage of it. In particular:
- you shall not make any warranties or representations about us, our services, our goods, our data, our software or our policies except with our prior express authorisation;
- you shall not say or imply anything that is false, misleading, derogatory or offensive about us or our services;
- you shall not suggest expressly or implicitly that we have endorsed your site or are associated with it where this is not the case; and
- we reserve the right to revoke the licence (a) immediately for any reasons given in 25 to 27 above or (b) on five business days written notice for any other reason.
- You must at all times keep your username and password strictly confidential and secure.
- You must not choose a password which can be readily guessed.
- You shall not disclose or allow others to have access to your username or password without our prior permission, unless you are the authorised user or the authorised employee acting on behalf of the authorised user.
- If you think you may have lost or allowed a third party to see or use your username or password, you must inform us immediately.
- You shall be responsible for all use of this Site made under your username.
- We may require that your username or password is changed from time to time
- You agree to be bound by the Copyright Notice and Privacy Policy currently in force.
- If any of these terms should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which these terms are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction which that term is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted and the remaining Site Terms shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.
- If you want to contact us for any reason, please contact us by e-mail at leadingedge@igd.com by telephone at 01923 857141, by fax at 01923 852531 or by post at the above address.
- These Site Terms and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with them shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. You submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts to settle any dispute which may arise under these Site Terms (including any non-contractual dispute). We shall also have the right to bring a claim in the jurisdiction in which you are based.
Of Membership of Leading Edge
General
- Membership is by the individual and not the company.
- Membership is effective upon acceptance of the on-line application form. We will write to you on receipt of application and advise you whether your membership request has been accepted. For the avoidance of doubt any correspondence from you (including an application form via igd.com) is an offer to become a member of Leading Edge on the Terms and Conditions of Membership, such offer being capable of acceptance or rejection by us.
- Membership is free.
- Membership is open to anyone who is involved with the food and grocery industry who considers that they would benefit from the tools, knowledge and skills that Leading Edge provides.
- Membership is not open to recruiters or people using membership to recruit.
- Membership is not open to individuals whose sole or significant reason for joining is to sell services to other members.
- Terms and conditions of membership may be revised from time to time and will be notified to members in writing.
- Contact details, as provided by you, are held on a computer. Your privacy is very important to you and us. We are therefore committed to protecting your privacy. Further details of the Privacy Policy are available on the IGD website.
- Membership is continuous until revoked in writing and acknowledged by IGD.
- IGD reserves the right to reject a membership application for any reason deemed appropriate.
- Applicants must ensure that all information provided is, to the best of their knowledge, complete and accurate at the date of application. Where false or misleading information is provided, we reserve the right to terminate membership .