Your use of our website at www.financeandbusiness.biz (the “Website”) to book places on courses, events and seminars (“Courses”) is governed by these Booking Terms as well as our Disclaimer and Privacy Policy. Please read these terms carefully before using our Website to make a booking. By making a booking you agree to the terms and conditions set out below.
Information about us:
The Website is operated by Finance Tree ("we") is a limited company registration number 5716703. Registered Office Time Central, 32 Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 4BF. Please visit our contact us page for our contact details. Please visit our contact us page for our contact details.
How to book a course
Bookings can be made on-line or by phoning us. To book a course select the course you are interested in and read through the description to ensure that this is the right course for you. To book online click on “Book this course” and then follow the onscreen prompts. You will have the opportunity to check your booking and correct any input errors up until the point that you confirm your bookings by clicking on “Confirm Bookings”. If you have any questions or would prefer to book by telephone then please call 0191 230 6370.
You may not assume that your booking has been accepted by us until you received an email confirming that you your booking has been accepted. We will subsequently send you further emails with final details.
The Contract between us will consist of (i) your booking, (ii) these Booking Terms together with our Disclaimer and Privacy Policy and (iii) our acceptance of you booking (together the “Contract”). We can only conclude the Contract with you in English and not in any other language. You will be able to view details of your bookings in your Details Page, but we will not file a fully copy of the concluded contract between us online and you should therefore print out and retain each element of the Contract for future reference.
Full payment will be invoiced at the time of booking. Course fees include food, refreshments and materials. Course fees are exclusive of VAT unless otherwise stated. You agree to pay the fee for the course with 30 days of the date of our invoice
Provision of the Course
Please inform us if you have any specific dietary, access or other needs that may affect your participation on the course. Some courses may require accommodation. We can advise you of suitable accommodation but booking and payment for this is your responsibility.
The Course will be provided as far as reasonably possible in accordance with its description as published on our website or any brochure issued by us and subject to these Booking Terms. We may correct any typographical or other errors or omission in any description, brochure, promotional literature, price lists or other documents relating to the Course without liability to you.
Our courses may involve other parties in delivery and we may supply basic registration information about you and your business to them in order for them to assess the audience and make adjustments to the content. This will be supplied with express instructions that this information cannot be used for marketing purposes.
We may at any time without notifying you make any changes to the Course which are necessary to comply with any applicable safety or other requirements, which do not materially affect the nature or quality of the event or seminar or which are necessary due to event or circumstances beyond are reasonable control.
You agree to comply with the instructions, recommendations and applicable terms and conditions of any third party who provides the venue for the Course.
Cancellation by you.
In accordance with the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 you may (if you are acting as a consumer for the purposes of those Regulations) cancel the Contract between us by notifying us in writing (by hand delivered notice, post, fax or email) at any time up to the end of the seventh working day after we confirm acceptance of your booking. However, your right to cancel the Contract between us will automatically cease when the Course takes place. Where you have cancelled your booking as provided above, we will refund any fee paid by you as soon as reasonably practicable. In all other circumstances cancellations are accepted at our absolute discretion and we reserve the right to retain your fee.
Cancellation by us.
Whilst every attempt is made to ensure that courses run, we reserve the right to cancel the Contract between us if (i) we have insufficient places at the Course to accommodate your booking; or (ii) we decide in our absolute discretion to cancel the Course for any reason (including without limitation due to lack of demand or the unavailability of any speaker, facilities or venue). We will notify you of any cancellation as soon as practicable. In the event of cancellation by us you will be offered a choice of a full refund or (where applicable) an alternative date for the Course. We will not be obliged to offer any additional compensation for disappointment suffered.
Our liability to you
We shall use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Course is provided to you using reasonable care and skill and as far as reasonably possible in accordance with the description.
Information provided at events and seminars is for general information purposes only. It does not constitute professional advice nor should it be relied on as such. Whilst we take steps to ensure that information provided is up-to-date and accurate, no warranty express or implied, is given.
Where any aspect of the Course is provided or delivered by any third party we can not give any warranty, guarantee or other term as to its performance, quality, fitness for purpose or otherwise, but shall, where possible, assign to you the benefit of any warranty, guarantee or indemnity given by that person.
To the fullest extent permitted by law and save as expressly provided in these Booking Terms, we exclude all liability for any loss or damage, direct or indirect (whether caused by our negligence or that of our servants agents or otherwise) arising from this Contract, the event or seminar or your reliance on its content and
Our entire liability under or in connection with this contract shall not in any circumstances exceed the fee paid by you to attend the Course.
Nothing in this Contract shall exclude our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or for fraudulent misrepresentation. If you are a consumer your statutory rights are not affected by these terms.
Complaints
We will try to sort out any problems as soon as you notify us of them. If you want to complain during the Course, please talk to the Course Director. If the problem cannot be sorted out satisfactorily, please contact our office and you will be informed of the complaints procedure.
General
We shall not be liable to you or be deemed to be in breach of this contract by reason of any delay or failure to perform any of our obligations, if the delay or failure was due to any cause beyond our reasonable control.
If any part of these terms and conditions is unenforceable (including any provision in which we exclude our liability to you) the enforceability of any other part of these conditions will not be affected.
Our Contract (as defined above) together with any other documents expressly referred to in it, sets out the whole of our agreement relating to the provision of the Course to you by us and may not be varied except in writing between the parties. All other terms, express or implied by statute or otherwise are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The Contract between us shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with English law and the English courts shall have jurisdiction to resolve any disputes between us.
