Disclaimer

The terms and conditions set out in this Disclaimer apply to your use and viewing of the website at www.ask-birt.com (the “Website”). Your use of the Website indicates your acceptance of the terms and conditions set out below. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions you must not use this website.

1. The Website is operated by NStar Corporate Finance Limited (trading as NStar Finance and Business) ("we") a company incorporated in England and Wales under number 057716703 with our registered office at Ground Floor, 1 St James Gate, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, NE1 4AD. Our VAT registration number is 847702705. Please visit our contact us page for our contact details.

2. The Website has been created to provide users with information about sources of funding and finance for their business. Whilst we take reasonable steps to ensure that the information contained within the pages of this Website ("Content") is accurate and up-to-date we provide such Content free of charge without any warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy of such Content.

3. This Website includes software and tools which are designed to assist individuals to assess whether certain sources of funding may be available to them and whether they have addressed issues of interest to potential investors (“Tools”). These Tools include Fund Finder and BIRT. If you use these Tools then you acknowledge and agree that they are provided for your own research and/ or educational purposes only. The outputs generated by these tools are not intended to guarantee that funding will be available to you or to assess whether your business is a suitable investment prospect and should not be relied upon by you or any third party as such.

4. This Website enables users to submit requests for information to us and our partners, including without limitation via the E-mentor service (collectively "the Interactive Services"). We do not guarantee that we will be able to respond to any such requests for information in a timely manner or at all. Whilst we take reasonable steps to ensure that any information you may receive via such Interactive Services is given in good faith and using reasonable skill and care the Interactive Services are provided by us free of charge and without any warranties, express or implied as to the accuracy of any such information.

5. To the fullest extent permitted by law we shall have no liability (whether arising in contract, tort, negligence, breach of statutory or duty or otherwise) to you or any third party for any losses which may arise out of your use of this Website, the Interactive Services or any Tools or for any errors or omissions in any Content or information you may receive via this Website.

6. The Content of this Website and the information provided via the Interactive Services is provided for general information purposes only. Unless expressly stated otherwise, it has not been approved by an authorised person and is not intended to constitute investment, financial or any other form of professional advice and should not be relied on as such. Professional advice from an independent adviser authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 who specialises in advising on investments of this type should always be sought before acting or relying on any such Content or information. If you do rely upon any Content or any information supplied via the Interactive Services without seeking independent professional advice you do so at your own risk.

7. NStar Corporate Finance Limited is not itself an authorised person and is not regulated under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and is not authorised to either carry on regulated activities thereunder or approve or issue any financial promotions (otherwise than in accordance with an appropriate exemption). In providing information via this Website and the Interactive Services, we are not communicating and do not intend to communicate any invitation or inducement to any person to make any investment or engage in any investment activity.

8. The pages of this Website are intended for publication and use solely in the United Kingdom. This Website is not directed at anyone outside the United Kingdom.

9. Without in any way limiting any of the provisions set out above, neither Nstar Corporate Finance Limited or its directors, officers, representatives, employees, consultants, partners or agents accept any liability for any loss of profit, loss of opportunity or any indirect or consequential losses which arise from the use of this Website or the Interactive Services.

10. Nothing in this disclaimer shall apply so as to exclude or limit our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence or for fraudulent misrepresentation.

11. The copyright and other intellectual property rights in our Website (including without limitation all content, materials and technology used or appearing on our Website) belong to us or our licensors. All rights are reserved. You may print off or download content on our Website as permitted under the fair dealing provisions of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) (sections 28 to 30) for the purposes of viewing it on your computer, research for non-commercial purposes, private study, criticism, review and news reporting, provided that you do not alter it in any way and acknowledge us as the source of the content and the copyright owner. All other use or copying of any of the contents of our Website, other than as expressly permitted by us or permitted by law, is prohibited. Nothing in our Website should be taken as conferring any licence or right to use any trademark displayed on our Website without the prior written approval of the trademark owner.

12. Links to our Website are permitted provided that links are only made to the home page of our Website. We reserve the right, in our absolute discretion, to withdraw such permission at any time. Our Website includes links that allow you to leave our Website and visit third party sites. We have no control over and are not responsible for the content, use by you or availability of third party sites, for any contract you may conclude with such third parties or for the treatment of any personal information you provide to any third party.

13. Whilst we take reasonable steps to ensure that our Website is available and accessible to permitted users, we do not warrant that our Website will be continuously available, or that your use of our Website will be uninterrupted or error free or that the Website or servers will be free from attack. Access to our Website may be suspended temporarily or permanently at our absolute discretion without notice. We may change or remove the Content on this Website at any time without notice.

14. Our Website includes areas where you are requested to input information about yourself. Any information you submit to us through our Website shall be subject to the terms of our Privacy Policy. We use cookies on our Website. Further information about cookies and how we use them can be found in our Privacy Policy.

15. In addition to this Disclaimer and our Privacy Policy, all bookings for courses placed via this Website are subject to our Booking Terms.

16. We may revise the terms of this disclaimer at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take note of any changes we have made as they are binding on you.

17. If any provision of these terms of use is held by any court or other competent authority to be void or unenforceable in whole or part, the other provisions of these terms of use and the remainder of the affected provisions shall continue to be valid.

18. The failure to exercise or delay in exercising a right or remedy provided by these terms of use or by law does not constitute a waiver of other rights or remedies.

19. These terms and the use of our Website and its content shall be governed by and construed in all respects in accordance with English law, and you agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. The terms and conditions set out in this Disclaimer apply to your use and viewing of the website at www.ask-birt.com