Website Terms and Conditions

www.hwbmenter.wales, known as Hwb Menter / Enterprise Hub, is managed by Menter Mon and M-SParc on behalf of the UK Government: (referred to as 'We' below). In entering this site you as a user ('You') are accepting these terms and conditions.

The Enterprise Hub business support services is available for your personal use and viewing. The access and use of the Enterprise Hub featuring these terms and conditions constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions. They take effect from the date on which you first use this website.

You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of, this site by any third party. Such restriction or inhibition includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person, and the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption of normal flow of dialogue within this site.

You are prohibited from posting or transmitting via this website any unlawful, defamatory, obscene, offensive or scandalous material, or any material that constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, likely to give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violates any law. We will fully co-operate with any law enforcement authorities or court order lawfully requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials on this website.

The Freedom of Information Act and your information

We are subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations, 2004 (EIR). This means that any information we hold, including any information you provide to us, is potentially disclosable if caught by a FoI request. Should any information you provide to us be caught by a request, we will normally consult with you to seek your views on what harm, if any, would arise from the release of the information into the public domain.

Except as stated elsewhere in this Terms & Conditions, we will not share the information you provide to us with any other third party unless:

• we are under a duty to disclose or share the information in order to comply with any legal obligation (such as FoIA)
• in order to enforce or apply our User Terms and any other relevant agreements
• to protect the rights, property or safety of others
• if we outsource or transfer the management and/or operation of all or part of this website to a third party, to enable that third party to continue to provide you with access to the website or any of the services provided by the website

Linking to and from www.hwbmenter.wales

We welcome and encourage other websites to link to the information that is hosted on these pages, and you don’t have to ask permission to link to the Enterprise Hub. However, we don’t give you permission to suggest that your website is associated with, or endorsed by the Enterprise Hub.

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 accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Using www.hwbmenter.wales Content

The Enterprise Hub is published under the Open Government Licence, and you can reproduce information from the site as long as you obey the terms of that licence.

The material featured on this site is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated.

The names, images and logos identifying the UK Government are proprietary marks of the UK Government. Copying or use of the logo and/or any other third party logos accessed via this website is not permitted without prior approval from the relevant copyright owner.

Requests for permission to use the UK Government logo should be directed to the UK Government Corporate Communications Branding Team.

Disclaimer

The Enterprise Hub website and material relating to government information, products and services (or to third party information, products and services), is provided 'as is', without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security, completeness and accuracy.

We do not warrant or represent that the functions contained in the material available on this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy or reliability of the materials.

In no event will we be liable for any expense, loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any expense, loss or damage whatsoever arising from use, or loss of use, of data, or loss of profits, arising out of or in connection with the use of the Enterprise Hub website or reliance on its content.

No data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed as totally secure. Whilst we strive to protect such information, we do not warrant and cannot ensure the security of any information which you transmit to us. Accordingly, any information which you transmit to us is transmitted at your own risk.

The Enterprise Hub website is not a substitute for independent professional advice and users should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances.

The material on this website may include the views or recommendations of third parties, which do not necessarily reflect the views of the Enterprise Hub, Menter Mon, M-SParc or the UK Government, or indicate its commitment to a particular course of action. We assume no responsibility or liability arising in respect of any such third party material.

Governing law

These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

Virus protection

We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. You must take your own precautions to ensure that the process which You employ for accessing this website does not expose You to the risk of viruses, malicious computer code or other forms of interference which may damage your own computer system. It is always wise for You to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the internet.

We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from this website.

Variation

We may at any time revise these terms and conditions without notice. Please check regularly. Continued use of the Enterprise Hub website after a change has been made is your acceptance of the change.

General

We accept no liability for any failure to comply with these terms and conditions where such failure is due to circumstance beyond our reasonable control. If We waive any rights available to us under these terms and conditions on one occasion, this does not means that those rights will automatically be waived on any other occasion. If any of these terms and conditions are held to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal for any reason, the remaining terms and conditions shall nevertheless continue in full force.

Connecting to other websites

This site contains links to and from websites of government departments and other organisations. We should make it clear that this terms & conditions (the one you're reading) only applies to this www.hwbmenter.wales site.

Following a link to another website

If you go to another website from this one, please read the privacy policy on that website if you want to know what it does with your information.

Following a link to www.hwbmenter.wales from another website

When you come to the Enterprise Hub from another website, we may get personal information about you from the other website. You should read the privacy policy of websites you visit that link you to the Enterprise Hub if you want to know about this.

Welsh language policy

This website contains business support available from the Enterprise Hub on behalf of the UK Government and its partners. It also contains links to GOV.UK and other relevant websites.

All content produced by the the Enterprise Hub is published bilingually in line with our statutory duties under the Welsh Language Standards. However, content from links provided to external sites is provided in line with their own requirements, and is not the responsibility of the Enterprise Hub.

Copyright

The material featured on this site is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated.

The Crown copyright protected material (other than logos) may be used free of charge in any format or medium provided it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. If Crown copyright items on this site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged.

Where third party copyright material is identified you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned.

The UK Government encourages users to establish hypertext links to this site.

For further information see the Crown copyright policy and licensing arrangements on the National Archives website.

The names, images and logos identifying the UK Government are proprietary marks of the UK Government. Copying or use of the logo and/or any other third party logos accessed via this website is not permitted without prior approval from the relevant copyright owner.

Requests for permission to use our logo should be directed to the UK Government Corporate Communications Branding Team.

Website cookie usage

The Enterprise Hub uses small data files stored on your computer called 'cookies'. Most big websites do this. They help us improve the website experience for you.

Any information we collect is used to:

• improve the content and design of the website
• contact you (with your permission) to respond to feedback
• contact you through our newsletters to send you information about possible support for your business, and associated news

We will not share your information with other organisations for marketing, market research or commercial purposes, and we don’t pass on your personal information to any other website.