Our Agreement

A) Love It Local Ltd sells advertising space hereafter (“Space”) on the Advertising Mediums including the Love It Local magazine and the Love It Local website.

B) Love It Local is also a designer of adverts that are placed on the Advertising Mediums;

C) The Buyer wishes to engage Love It Local’s services and or purchase Space on the Advertising Mediums;

(1) TERMS & CONDITIONS

1.1 Love It Local Ltd will publish the advert supplied by the Buyer or designed by Love It Local in the agreed Advertising Mediums.

1.2 The advert shall be placed in the agreed Advertising Mediums at the discretion of Love It Local on a quarterly basis, the size and cost of which is specified by agreement and is payable in advance of each publication and at the latest by the twentieth day of each month hereafter (“the Press Date”). Love It Local reserves the right to alter or change the Press Date. If payment is not received by the Press Date then Love It Local is under no obligation to place the advert in its Advertising Mediums. Where the Press Date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, local or national holiday the Press Date will be the previous working day.

1.3 The Directors of Love It Local Ltd have the discretion to refuse to print any Advert. Advertisements must conform to the The UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct & Promotional Marketing (https://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/advertising-codes/non-broadcast-code.html) and must accurately reflect the product and or service being advertised.

1.4 Love It Local may change the position of any advertisement accepted for insertion in the Advertising Mediums. However, Love It Local will always endeavour to comply with the wishes of the Buyer.

(2) DESIGN & PRODUCTION

2.1 Love It Local will produce and design an advert for the Buyer, which will be approved by the Buyer hereafter (“the Approved Advert”)

2.1.1 Where Love It Local has produced and designed a draft advert and this has been sent to the Buyer in electronic or printed format and the Buyer does not approve the draft advert in writing by the Press Date then the advert shall be considered an Approved Advert and the terms of this Contract shall apply.

2.2 Where the Buyer has designed and produced a completed advert that can be published without amendment by Love It Local then it will be considered an Approved Advert and property of the Buyer.

2.2.1 An invoice for the full amount will be issued for space reserved and for which no artwork was received from the Buyer.

2.3 If the Buyer subsequently instructs Love It Local to amend the Approved Advert then any subsequent adverts shall be approved in writing by the Buyer;

2.3.1 Love It Local reserves the right to increase the sum set out in clause 2.5. for the amended Approved Advert;

2.3.2 Until the amended advert is approved in writing by the Buyer and returned to Love It Local, Love It Local reserves the right to publish the earlier Approved Advert;

2.3.3 Any amended advert will not be published in the Advertising Mediums unless the amended Approved Advert is received by Love It Local within 7 days of the Press Date;

2.4 The Approved Advert and draft advert produced and designed by Love It Local is the property of Love It Local and Love It Local reserves the right to use these for their own promotional and marketing purposes and;

2.4.1 The Buyer agrees not to arrange for the Approved Advert to be published, reproduced, copied, or used elsewhere in any format without Love It Local’s written consent;

2.4.2 Where written consent has been granted by Love It Local for the Buyer to use the Approved Advert for its own purposes the Buyer agrees to pay Love It Local the amount set out in clause 2.5 below after which Love It Local will forward the Approved Advert to the Buyer;

2.5 Where Love It Local receives instructions in writing from a prospective Buyer to produce and design an advert the cost of production and design of the advert will be included in the cost of placing the advert in the Advertising Medium unless;

2.5.1 the prospective Buyer instructs Love It Local in writing to produce and design an advert and then cancels the order for Space after Love It Local has sent the Buyer the first or later draft advert then the Buyer agrees to pay Love It Local 50% of the applicable quarterly price.

2.5.2 the Buyer uses the advert in other publications including digital formats or other with Love It Local’s written consent in which case the Buyer agrees to pay Love It Local 50% of the applicable quarterly price. For the avoidance of doubt this amount represents the cost to Love It Local of producing and designing the Approved Advert and is in addition to the cost of advertising;

2.6 Where the Buyer uses the Approved Advert without Love It Local’s written consent then Love It Local will be entitled to take legal action against the Buyer for the costs of producing and designing the Approved Advert and any cancellation costs.

2.7 The Buyer is responsible for the contents of the Approved Advert and breach of any copyright of the material submitted to Love It Local;

2.8 Love It Local cannot accept any responsibility for any offence or damage caused by publishing the Approved Advert in its Advertising Mediums;

2.9 Love It Local is not liable for any loss of artwork, photographs or other materials.

(3) PUBLICATION ERRORS

3.1 Love It Local endeavours to ensure that all material published in its Advertising Mediums is correct however occasional errors are made. In the event that the Approved Advert is significantly different when published then Love It Local agrees to;

3.1.1 reimburse the Buyer 50% of the paid quarterly fee(s) where any one of the following contact details are incorrect: email, website, telephone number, address;

3.1.2 reimburse the Buyer 100% of the paid quarterly fee(s) where any two or more of the contact details set out in clause 3.1.1 are incorrect;

3.1.3 Notwithstanding the above Love It Local retains absolute discretion in making an reimbursements and shall not reimburse any monies to the Buyer where the Approved Advert contains mistakes which have not been identified by the Buyer before the Press Date.

(4) SEVERANCE

If any provision of this Contract is held to be invalid under present or future laws such provision shall be fully severable and this Contract shall be construed and enforced as if such invalid provision had never comprised a part of the Contract, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Furthermore, in lieu of such invalid provision, there shall be added automatically as a part of this Contract a provision as similar in terms to such invalid provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.

(5) DISPUTES & LAW

This contract will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

(6) TERMINATION & CANCELLATION

6.1 Each party can cancel this Contract by sending written notification to the addresses of the respective parties set out above. Such written notice will not take effect for a period of a month after receipt.

6.2 In the event that Love It Local cancels this Contract then any monies paid to Love It Local will be reimbursed to the Buyer.

6.3 In the event that the Buyer cancels the Contract then the Buyer agrees to pay Love It Local the following;

6.3.1 the cost of the design and production of the Approved Advert, if any, as set out in clause 2 above and;

6.3.2 50 % of the total cost of the remaining quarters of the Contract.