Terms and conditions

AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD (AHDB) WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using this site as they are a legally binding agreement between you and AHDB.

What is in these terms and conditions?

These terms and conditions tell you the rules for using our website (referred to as the ‘site’). Throughout this document, we refer to the terms and conditions as the ‘terms’. A reference to ‘you’ or ‘your’ is a reference to the user of this site.

Click on the links below to go straight to more information on each area:

Who we are and how to contact us.
By using our site you accept these terms.
We may make changes to our terms.
We may make changes to our site.
Your obligations and acceptable use.
Intellectual property.
Warranty.
Barring from the site.
We may suspend or withdraw our site.
We are not responsible for the websites we link to.
Third parties.
Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you – disclaimer.
Which country’s laws apply to any disputes?

Who we are and how to contact us

We are the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). We are a United Kingdom levy board established by statute (The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Order 2008) to help improve the efficiency, productivity, and marketing of sectors of the United Kingdom agriculture and horticulture industry. Our headquarters address is Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2TL, United Kingdom. The site is operated on our behalf by Orphmedia.

To contact us, please email US.Social@ahdb.org.uk.

By using our site you accept these terms

These terms set out all of the rules and obligations that apply to your use of the site.

By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our site. These terms are a legally binding agreement between you and AHDB.

These terms may also reference other applicable terms, such as our Privacy Notice.

We may make changes to our terms

We amend these terms from time to time by updating them on the site. Please check these terms to ensure that you understand the terms that apply each time you use our site.

We may make changes to our site

We may, from time to time, change the content of this site or suspend or discontinue any aspect of this site, which may include your access to it.

Your obligations and acceptable use

You accept that you are solely responsible for ensuring that your computer meets all relevant technical specifications necessary to use this site and that your computer is compatible with this site.

You must not misuse our system or this site. In particular, you must not hack into, circumvent security, or otherwise disrupt the operation of our system and this site. This includes introducing viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not misuse any forms on the site and any forms you submit must be a genuine enquiry.

You must not use, or attempt to use, any automated programme (including any web crawler) to access our system or this site. You must not use any scraping technology on the site. Any such use, or attempted use, shall be a misuse of our system and this site.

You must not upload or use inappropriate or offensive language or content or solicit any commercial services in any communication, form, or email you send or submit, from or to the site.

Intellectual property

The copyright and all other intellectual property rights in this site belong to us or our licensors. All rights are reserved.

Subject to these terms, you may download material from this site. However, you must not modify, republish, store, frame, pass off, or link to any material or information on this site without prior written consent.

Unless the content is covered by a separate copyright statement and where our site allows it:

You may copy, transmit, redistribute, or reproduce part or all of any content.
You may print or download extracts for personal and commercial use.
You may copy or transmit the content to individual third parties for their personal use only.

However, you must not make any amendments to content, must acknowledge AHDB as the source, and may not commercially exploit the content without express written permission.

Warranty

We do not warrant that material available for downloading from this site will be free from infection, viruses, or similar code.

Due to the nature of software and the internet, we do not guarantee uninterrupted access to this site. We may suspend, withdraw, or change all or any part of our site without notice. We shall not be liable if you cannot access our site due to circumstances beyond our control.

The content on this site is for general information only and does not constitute specific advice. We make reasonable efforts to update information but make no representations or guarantees about its accuracy, completeness, or reliability.

Barring from the site

We reserve the right to bar users from this site and/or restrict or disable their access to any or all elements of the site at our sole discretion.

We may suspend or withdraw our site

Our site is made available free of charge. We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability. You are responsible for ensuring that anyone accessing our site through your internet connection complies with these terms.

We are not responsible for websites we link to

This site contains links to third-party websites. We have no control over their content and provide no warranties regarding their accuracy or completeness. If you access any third-party website linked from this site, you do so at your own risk.

Third parties

A person who is not a party to this agreement has no rights under the UK Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any provisions.

Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you – disclaimer

We do not exclude or limit liability where it would be unlawful to do so, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence.

Subject to this, we will not be liable for any failures due to software or internet errors, viruses, or circumstances beyond our control. We are not liable for business losses, including data loss, business interruption, or loss of revenue.

Which country’s laws apply to any dispute?

These terms are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.