Terms & Conditions
Terms of business
The instruction for work to commence forms a contractual agreement between the Client (you) and Inquisitive Minds Matter Ltd (us).
The instruction for work to commence, purchase order or payment of the required deposit indicates the Client has read and agreed to the terms of business outlined in this documentation.
Information about us
Inquisitive Minds Matter Ltd, 151 Whitehouse Common Road, Sutton Coldfield. West Midlands. B75 6DT
Company Number: 12185983 VAT Registration Number: 342316430
We operate our business as a social enterprise.
Our services
Inquisitive Minds offers professional development, research and evaluation and consultancy to those working within the Early Childhood sector across the UK, Ireland and with international schools that use the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework.
Our agreement
We work with those who commission our work to ensure effective communication and agreement of services to be provided before commencement of any work.
- Our proposal system details all costs and timelines for delivery and enables questions, clarifications, and changes to be made before the proposal is accepted.
- If changes are needed to a proposal that has been accepted this can be done, where needed to ensure effective delivery of the services commissioned, by mutual agreement between Inquisitive Minds and the client and in line with our terms of payment. This may include issuing a revised proposal.
Terms of payment
- We request either a purchase order or a 10% deposit from you on acceptance of our proposal.
- We will invoice for the full/remaining amount on completion of the work.
- For projects likely to last longer than 6 months stage payments may be required as each pre-defined project element is completed
- All costs quoted are subject to VAT at the current rate, unless classified as zero rated.
Postponement
If a course is postponed by the client, we will charge for any unrecoverable costs for example pre-booked hotels or late-notice postponement payments to our associates, as well as the administrative time required to reschedule.
Cancellation
Cancellation of a confirmed booking will incur the following charges:
- More than 8 weeks (40 working days) notice: 10% of total cost
- Between 8 and 4 weeks (40 – 20 working days) notice: 50% of total cost
- Less than 4 weeks (20 working days) notice: Full cost
Where the cost of any unrecoverable expenses already incurred for example travel and accommodation arrangements and administration costs are greater than the above charges, the higher amount will be chargeable.
Copyright and intellectual property
Any pre-existing intellectual property and copy rights of Inquisitive Minds (Clare Williams) or the client that are made available for use in connection with the provision of the services shall remain the property of the Inquisitive Minds (Clare Williams) or the client
Confidentiality
Inquisitive Minds and the client may, during this agreement and in connection with the services, obtain confidential information relating to the other party.
The receiving party shall keep all confidential information confidential and not disclose it to any person unless required by law and use the confidential information only for the purpose for which it was provided and for no other purpose.
Professional and public liability insurance
Details of professional indemnity and public liability insurance for Inquisitive Minds (Clare Williams) are available on request.
Disclosure and barring service (DBS)
Safeguarding is important to us and we ensure that all our team and associates have a current enhanced DBS check before undertaking any work on our behalf.
Terms of Use
Please read these terms of use carefully and ensure that you understand them. Your agreement to comply with and be bound by these terms of use is deemed to occur when you first use our site.
If you do not agree to comply with and be bound by these terms of use, you must stop using our site immediately.
Information about us
Our website www.inquisitivemindsmatter.co.uk is owned by Inquisitive Minds Matter Ltd
Access to our website
- Access to our site is free of charge and you may access, view and use our site in a web browser.
- You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the website.
- We make reasonable efforts to ensure that the website is available to view and use.
- The website may be temporarily unavailable at any time because of server or systems failure or other technical issues, or reasons that are beyond our control, required updating, maintenance or repair.
- Where possible, we will try to give you advance warning of maintenance issues but shall not be obliged to do so.
Intellectual property rights
All content included on our site and the copyright and other intellectual property rights subsisting in that content, unless specifically labelled otherwise, belongs to or has been licensed by us.
All content is protected by applicable United Kingdom and international intellectual property laws and treaties.
You may not reproduce, copy, distribute, sell, rent, sub-licence, store, or in any other manner re-use content from our site unless given express written permission to do so by us.
Our status as the owner and author of the content on our site (or that of identified licensors, as appropriate) must always be acknowledged.
You may not use any content saved or downloaded from our site for commercial purposes without first obtaining a licence from us (or our licensors, as appropriate) to do so.
Links to our site
You can link to our site provided in such a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.
Any link must:
- Not suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part where none exists.
- Not cause the website or content on the website to be embedded in or ‘framed’ by any other website without our written permission.
- Not cause the content of the website to be displayed differently from the way it appears on the website.
- Not use any logos or trademarks displayed on our site without our written permission.
You may not link to our site from any other site that contains material that is sexually explicit; is obscene, deliberately offensive, hateful or otherwise inflammatory; promotes violence; promotes or assists in any form of unlawful activity; discriminates against, or is any way defamatory of, any person, group or class of persons, race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age; is intended or is otherwise likely to threaten, harass, annoy, alarm, inconvenience, upset, or embarrass another person.
Links to other sites
To provide increased value and convenience to our users, we may provide links to other websites or resources for you to access at your sole discretion and risk.
Unless expressly stated, these sites are not under our control and we neither assume nor accept responsibility or liability for the content of third-party sites. The inclusion of a link to another site does not imply any endorsement of the sites themselves or of those in control of them.
Disclaimers
The content on the website is provided for general information only. It is not intended to be advice on which you should rely. It shall be your responsibility to ensure that any products, services, or information available through the website meet your specific requirements.
We attempt to ensure that the information available on the website at any time is accurate. However, we do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of material on this website. We use all reasonable endeavours to correct errors and omissions as quickly as practicable after becoming aware or being notified of them. We make no commitment to ensure that such material is correct or up to date.
We make no representation or warranty of any kind express or implied statutory or otherwise regarding the availability of the website or that it will be timely or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs.
Limitation of Liability
Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our responsibility to you for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, action pursuant to section 2(3) of the Consumer Protection Act 1987, any liability, right or remedy which we cannot exclude or limit pursuant to the Consumer Rights Act 2015 or any other matter for which it would be unlawful for us to exclude or attempt to exclude our liability.
If you are a consumer, nothing in these terms affects your legal rights. You can obtain advice about your legal rights from Citizens Advice if you need to.
Our responsibilities and liability
If you are a consumer, we are responsible for foreseeable loss or damage which you suffer as a result of a breach by us of the terms or as a result of our failure to act with reasonable care and skill. Loss or damage is foreseeable if either it is obvious that it will happen or if, at the time the contract was made, both we and you knew it might happen, for example, if you discussed it with us before using the website. We are not responsible for unforeseeable losses.
We will not be liable, in contract or tort (including, without limitation, negligence), or in respect of pre-contract or other representations (other than fraudulent or negligent misrepresentations) or otherwise for the below mentioned losses where they have arisen from use of or inability to use the website for commercial purposes, or use of or reliance on any material or content displayed on the website or on any linked websites for commercial purposes: any economic losses (including without limitation loss of revenues, profits, contracts, business or anticipated savings). any loss of goodwill or reputation, any special or indirect losses, any loss of data, wasted management or office time, or any other loss or damage of any kind.
If you are not a consumer, we exclude all liability, including any liability in negligence, arising from your use or inability to access or use the website other than that referred to in clause
Your responsibilities and liability
If you are a consumer you agree to fully reimburse us, our officers, directors, employees and suppliers for all losses (including loss of profit, revenue, goodwill or reputation), costs and expenses, including reasonable administrative and legal costs, arising out of any breach of these terms by you, or any other act or omission by you in using the website or by any other person accessing the website using your personal information with your authority that results in any legal responsibility on our part to any third party.
If you are not a consumer, you agree to fully indemnify, defend and hold us, our officers, directors, employees and suppliers, harmless immediately on demand, from and against all claims, including but not limited to losses (including loss of profit, revenue, goodwill or reputation), costs and expenses, including reasonable administrative and legal costs, arising out of any breach of these terms by you, or any other liabilities arising out of your use of this website or any other person accessing the website using your personal information with your authority.
Viruses, malware and security
We exercise all reasonable skill and care to ensure that our site is secure and free from viruses and other malware.
You are responsible for protecting your hardware, software, data and other material from viruses, malware, and other internet security risks.
You must not deliberately introduce viruses or other malware, or any other material which is malicious or technologically harmful either to or via our site.
You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of our site, the server on which our site is stored, or any other server, computer, or database connected to our site.
You must not attack our site by means of a denial of service attack, a distributed denial of service attack, or by any other means.
All such breaches will be reported to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will cooperate fully with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them.
Use of the website
You can use the website and the material contained in it in a manner that is lawful and in accordance with these terms.
You may download or print one copy only of pages of our website for your own private use or to draw attention to the content of our website to members of your organisation.
You must not download or print pages of the website for commercial use, alter the content of any webpage you download or print; or use any images, videos, or photographs on the webpage without the accompanying text.
You must keep intact all, and any copyright and proprietary notices accompanying or attached to the materials on the website you download, copy, store or print and acknowledge us as the owners of the content of the website.
We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to the website immediately and without notice to you if you breach these terms, you are impersonating any other person or entity, when requested by us to do so, you fail to provide us within a reasonable time with sufficient information to enable us to determine the accuracy and validity of any information supplied by you, or your identity, we suspect you have engaged, or are about to engage, or have in any way been involved, in fraudulent, defamatory or illegal activity on the website.
Privacy and data protection
Use of our site is also covered by our Privacy Policy.
In brief, we will act fairly in connection with personal information requested from you, when we request information we will alert you to our privacy notice, and unless the information is necessary for a reason specified in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) we will only process it with your consent.
Please see the Privacy Policy for full details.
Changes to these terms of use
We may alter these terms of use at any time. Any such changes will become binding on you when you first use our site after the changes have been implemented. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.
In the event of any conflict between the current version of these terms of use and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.
Law and jurisdiction
The Website is controlled and operated in the United Kingdom.
If you are a business, these terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales and the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction over legal proceedings in connection with your use of the Website, any breach of these terms and any question in connection with the interpretation or application of these terms.
If you are a consumer, these terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales and you can bring legal proceedings in the courts of England and Wales. If you live in Scotland you can bring legal proceedings in either the courts of Scotland or England and Wales. If you live in Northern Ireland you can bring legal proceedings in either the courts of Northern Ireland or England and Wales. If you live in another country in the EU, you can bring legal proceedings in either the courts of your home country or England and Wales.