Terms & Conditions

1. Terms of use

Access to and use of The Handmade Shortbread Company's (THSC) website is provided by THSC on the terms set our below. By accessing and using the THSC website, you agree to be bound by these terms.

These terms and our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy are subject to change from time to time wihout notice so should be checked regularly. Continued use of the website will be deemed acceptance of the updated or amended terms.

2. Information About Us

www.thehandmadeshortbreadco.com is a site operated on behalf of The Handmade Shortbread Company, 1 Kilcreggan Court, Hillhouse Industrial Estate, 32 Argyle Crescent, Hamilton, ML3 9FD.

3. Use of THSC Website

You agree to use the website only for lawful purposes, for your own personal or internal business use. THSC shall not be liable if, for whatever reason, the website is unavailable at any time. Access to the website may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance or repair or for reasons beyond our control.

4. Copyright

All trade marks, design rights, patents and other intellectual property rights on this website are vested in THSC or individual companies within THSC or their licensors. Any products, technology or processes and their handbooks or materials may be subject to intellectual property rights owned or licensed by us or third parties. All copyright notices in the original materials must be retained.

You shall retain your rights in any content you submit to THSC. You grant THSC a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty free licence to use, copy, reproduce, process, modify, publish, transmit and display the content on any other THSC site or for any other purposes. You confirm that you have all the necessary rights to grant THSC this licence.

This website may not be modified, disassembled, decompiled or reverse engineered in any way. No part of website may be reproduced or stored in any other website without our permission.

5. Breach of Website Terms

If we consider that you have breached any of these website terms and conditions, we may take such action that we consider appropriate including, but not to be limited to:

  1. An issue of a warning to you.
  2. Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
  3. Further legal action against you.
  4. Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our site.
  5. Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is unnecessary.

We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of these terms and conditions. The responses described above are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.

6.Disclaimers

Your access to and use of the website is at your own risk. The website is provided on an 'as-is' basis. THSC makes no warranties, representations or undertakings about any of the content of this website (including, without limitation, any as to the quality, accuracy, completeness or fitness for purpose of any such content).

Neither THSC, nor any of its individual member companies, shall be liable for damages, losses (whether direct, indirect or consequential), expenses, liabilities, loss of profits or costs resulting from the use of, access to, or reliance upon the information given by its employees, agents or subcontractors in relation to, contained in or available through, its website.

THSC does not endorse or approve the content of any third party site, nor will THSC have any liability in connection with any of them (including, but not limited to, liability arising out of any allegation that the content of any third party site infringes any law or the rights of any person or is obscene, defamatory or scandalous).

THSC does not warrant that functions, meterials and information available on this website (and/or linked to this website) will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that thsi website or its server are free of viruses or bugs and other items of a destructive nature. ou are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and virus checks (including anti-virus and other security checks) to satisfy particular requirements for the accuracy and security of the data input and output.

7.General

The failure or delay of THSC to exercise or enforce any right in these terms does not waive its right to enforce that right.

8. Limitation of Liability

Nothing in these terms and conditions excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by Scottish Law. To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our site or any content on it, whether express or implied. We will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with:

  • use of, or inability to use, our site; or
  • use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site

We will not be liable for any loss or damaged caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or to you downloading of any content on it, or any website linked to it.

9. Stock Images

Images not photograpged by THSC are courtesy of iStock.

10. Links to and from Other Websites

In all cases where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and, as such, make no warranties or assertions as to their content.

11. Law and Jurisdiction

This agreement and any dispute arising out of it will be governed by Scottish Law. Any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this agreement or its formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Scotland.

12. Contact Us

To contact us, please use the Contact Us page on this site.

UNIT 1
32 KILCREGGAN COURT
HILLHOUSE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
HAMILTON, ML3 9FS

01698 285875

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