Terms & Conditions

General

Terms of use:

This web site is owned and operated by Hire Strategies Limited (HSL) and is made available to you on the following terms and conditions. By using the site, the services available on it and any other business services from HSL you are deemed to accept these terms and conditions and any additional terms and conditions which expressly apply to services and information provided by third parties.

Data Protection:

Our use of personal information supplied by users of this site is governed by our privacy policy.

Use of the site:

The information and services available on the site are provided for the sole purpose of individuals looking for employment opportunities and career information and for employers seeking to recruit staff. You may use, print and download information from the site for these purposes only and for no other personal or commercial purpose. You may not otherwise copy, display, transmit or distribute any material from the site.

All copyright, database rights and other intellectual property rights in the site and the material available on the site belongs to HSL or its third party suppliers. Use of the site does not give you any proprietary rights in such materials.

Jobseekers

Retailhomepage service:

Services and information provided on the site by us and our third party suppliers are intended to assist in the job seeking or recruitment process. Neither we nor our third party suppliers can guarantee their suitability or prospects of success in any particular case. You should obtain independent verification before relying on information provided on the site in circumstances which may result in loss or damage.

Service availability:

We try to ensure continuous availability of the site and all the services available on it but accept no responsibility for the consequences of interruptions or delays, however caused. We may, additionally, alter the design and specification of the site at any time.

Limitation of liability:

Our liability, and the liability of our third party suppliers, for any loss or damage suffered by you as the result of your use of this site is limited to your actual direct damages and, except in the case of fraud, excludes any loss of future earnings, profit or prospects or any consequential or speculative loss. As required by law, this exclusion does not extend to death or personal injury caused by our negligence.

Governing law:

These terms and conditions shall be interpreted in accordance with English law and all disputes shall be decided by the English courts.

Terms and conditions of business for employers

General

In these terms and conditions:
'Customer' means any person, company, organisation or business that purchases Services from HSL;
'Order Form' means an order for Services on a form provided by HSL (in any format) and signed by a Customer or confirmed by e-mail.
'Services' means all recruitment products and services made available by HSL from time to time;
'Contract Term' means the dates specified in the Order Form.
'Retailhomepage' means the website at the URL www.retailhomepage.co.uk or any other nominated URL we may choose.

Commencement of Services:

We will not commence the provision of Services pursuant to any Order Form until the Order Form has been returned to us, in a form approved by us, by the Customer.

Prices:

Prices are guaranteed for the period stated on the Order Form. Prices are confidential and may not be disclosed by the Customer. A logo placed on Retailhomepage will remain live for 30 days or such shorter time as we agree with the Customer. Any extension of this time will be charged to the Customer as per our pricing at that time. If any Services to be used within any time period specified on the Order Form are not used within that period of time they may not be carried over into any subsequent period without our prior written consent. The Customer will be responsible for payment for any unused Services.

Payments:

All prices exclude VAT. All invoices are payable within 30 days. Late payment will entitle us to suspend provision of Services. Interest will be payable on late payments at the rate of 4% above Barclays Bank plc's base rate from time to time.

Termination:

The Customer may terminate the provision of Services by no less than 7 days notice.

We may terminate the provision of Services if:
a] the Customer is in material breach of these terms and conditions and has not remedied such breach within 10 days of notice specifying the breach and requiring that it be remedied, or:
b] the Customer becomes insolvent, ceases to trade or goes into liquidation.

Limitation of liability:

Our total liability to the Customer in respect of any Services, except for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, is limited to the total amount paid to us during the Contract Term for such Services.

Responses to Services:

You agree to deal fairly and professionally with individuals who may link through to your career site and not do anything which may bring Retailhomepage into disrepute. You will indemnify us from and against any claim brought by an individual against Retailhomepage arising from your breach of this obligation or any other of these terms and conditions. We do not guarantee any response to your advertising or that responses will be from individuals suitable to work for your company. It is your responsibility to carry out such checks and procedures as are necessary to ensure that applicants are suitable employees and have the required qualifications and personal characteristics.

Content and links:

Your advertisement links to another site via our external linking procedure, you are responsible for maintaining the destination page and for the content of your linked site. You will indemnify us from and against any claims or liability arising from content or links contained in your advertisements. A fixed logo position can be selected by the Customer as part of the Service. The position can only change subject to available space and will be offered to other Customers should this agreement expire. The Customer agrees to HSL editing or changing the ALT tag text as required providing it remains relevant and is in no way offensive, obscene or inappropriate.

Online advertising:

These terms and conditions apply to all advertising material created or accepted by HSL and used for display on the Retailhomepage web site. By starting a Service you accept these terms and conditions as principal, even if you are acting as agent or buyer for the actual advertiser. To cancel or alter your order you must inform us, by fax or e-mail at the number or address on the order, at least 24 hours before the go-live date specified in your order. Otherwise you must pay the full amount set out in the order.

Your sole remedy if we, or our third party subcontractors who may host and serve Services from time to time, make an error in displaying any Service is the cost of re-running the relevant Service. Neither we nor our subcontractors shall be liable in any circumstances for any loss of profit or business. We shall, additionally, have no liability for failure to display the Service caused by circumstances outside our control.