These terms of use (the "Terms") govern your access to and use of www.hrcplc.co.uk (the "Site"). The Site is owned and operated by HRC World PLC ("HRC", "we", "us" or "our").
Please read these Terms carefully before using the Site. By accessing or using the Site you confirm that you have read and accept these Terms. If you do not agree with them, please do not use the Site.
1. About us
| Company name |
HRC World PLC |
| Legal form |
Public limited company registered in England and Wales |
| Company number |
10829936 |
| Registered office |
Eastcastle House, 27/28 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W 8DH, United Kingdom |
| Email |
hello@hrcplc.co.uk |
| Regulatory status |
HRC World PLC is not authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority or the Prudential Regulation Authority. Its ordinary shares are admitted to trading on the Access segment of the Aquis Stock Exchange (ticker: HRC), a multilateral trading facility. |
These details are provided in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, the Companies (Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2008 and the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002.
2. Information on the Site is not advice
2.1 The content of the Site is provided for general information only. It is not, and must not be treated as, investment, financial, legal, tax or other professional advice.
2.2 Nothing on the Site is an offer, invitation, inducement or solicitation to buy, sell or subscribe for any shares, securities or other financial instruments of HRC or any other person, and nothing on the Site is a financial promotion. No contract or other relationship is created by your use of the Site.
2.3 You should not make any investment or other decision in reliance on the content of the Site. Seek independent professional advice before doing so.
2.4 HRC's ordinary shares are admitted to trading on the Access segment of the Aquis Stock Exchange (an MTF). Information required to be disclosed to investors, including regulatory and inside-information announcements, is published through the Aquis announcement service in accordance with UK MAR and the Aquis Stock Exchange rules. Where the Site and any such announcement differ, the announcement prevails. The Site is not the means by which HRC discloses inside information.
2.5 Shares traded on Aquis Stock Exchange may be less liquid and more volatile than shares on a main market, and you may lose all of your investment.
2.6 Nothing on the Site is a recommendation to buy, hold or sell shares in HRC. HRC's Corporate Adviser, Optiva Securities Limited, is not responsible to any person for the content of the Site.
3. Accuracy and forward-looking statements
3.1 We take reasonable care to keep the Site accurate and up to date, but we do not warrant that its content is complete, accurate or current. Content may be changed or removed at any time without notice.
3.2 The Site may contain statements about our plans, strategy, expectations and prospects ("forward-looking statements"). These are based on current assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially. We are under no obligation to update forward-looking statements except as required by law or regulation.
3.3 Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.
4. Access to the Site
4.1 We provide the Site on a temporary basis. We do not guarantee that it, or any content on it, will be available, uninterrupted or error-free.
4.2 We may suspend, withdraw or restrict all or part of the Site at any time, for business, operational, security or legal reasons, without notice.
4.3 You are responsible for making the arrangements necessary to access the Site, and for ensuring that anyone who accesses it through your connection knows and complies with these Terms.
4.4 HRC operates data centre facilities in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Site is directed at persons in the United Kingdom and is not directed at residents of any other jurisdiction (including the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and Malaysia) where its distribution or use would require registration or authorisation or would breach local law. If you access the Site from outside the United Kingdom, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
5. Intellectual property
5.1 We (or our licensors) own all intellectual property rights in the Site and its content, including text, graphics, logos, images, trade marks and brand assets. Those works are protected by copyright and other laws around the world. All rights are reserved.
5.2 You may view the Site and may print or download a copy of extracts of pages for your personal, non-commercial use or for your organisation's internal reference, provided that you:
- do not modify the copy in any way;
- keep all copyright and other proprietary notices intact; and
- do not use any illustrations, photographs, video, audio or graphics separately from the accompanying text.
5.3 You must not otherwise copy, reproduce, republish, distribute, adapt, scrape, or use any part of the Site or its content for commercial purposes without our prior written permission.
5.4 "HRC", "HRC World" and our logos are registered trade marks of HRC World PLC. You may not use them without our prior written consent.
5.5 If you print, copy or download any part of the Site in breach of these Terms, your right to use the Site will end immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy all copies you have made.
6. Acceptable use
6.1 You may use the Site only for lawful purposes. You must not:
- use the Site in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation;
- use the Site fraudulently, or for any unlawful or harmful purpose;
- send or procure the sending of unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material (spam);
- knowingly introduce viruses, Trojans, worms, logic bombs or other malicious or technologically harmful material;
- attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Site, the server on which it is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to it;
- attack the Site by a denial-of-service or distributed denial-of-service attack;
- use automated tools (including bots, crawlers and scrapers) to access or extract data from the Site, except for ordinary search-engine indexing;
- probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Site or breach its security or authentication measures; or
- impersonate HRC or any person connected with HRC, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person.
6.2 A breach of this clause may constitute a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. We may report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and co-operate with them by disclosing your identity.
6.3 We are not responsible for any loss or damage caused by a distributed denial-of-service attack, virus or other technologically harmful material that may infect your equipment, data or other material as a result of your use of the Site or any material downloaded from it. You are responsible for using appropriate virus-protection software.
7. Our liability
7.1 Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits our liability for: death or personal injury caused by our negligence; fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under English law.
7.2 Subject to clause 7.1, and to the extent permitted by law:
(a) we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations and other terms (whether express or implied) that might otherwise apply to the Site or its content;
(b) the Site and its content are provided "as is" and "as available"; and
(c) we will not be liable to you, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, misrepresentation or otherwise, for any:
- loss of profits, sales, business or revenue;
- business interruption;
- loss of anticipated savings;
- loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation;
- loss or corruption of data; or
- indirect or consequential loss,
arising under or in connection with your use of, or inability to use, the Site, or your use of or reliance on any content on it.
7.3 If you are a consumer (that is, an individual acting wholly or mainly outside your trade, business, craft or profession), nothing in these Terms affects your statutory rights, including under the Consumer Rights Act 2015. Because the Site is provided free of charge for information purposes, we do not expect to supply you with digital content or services in a way that gives rise to such rights, but we confirm that they are unaffected.
7.4 If you are a business user, you agree that the limitations in this clause 7 are reasonable having regard to the fact that the Site is provided free of charge.
7.5 Subject to clause 7.1, and without limiting clause 7.2, if you are a business user our total aggregate liability to you arising under or in connection with the Site, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, misrepresentation or otherwise, will not exceed £100.
7.6 Our directors, officers, employees, agents and group companies may rely on and enforce clauses 2, 3 and 7 (see clause 12.5).
7.7 Non-reliance. You acknowledge that, in using the Site, you have not relied on any statement, representation, assurance or warranty made by or on behalf of HRC that is not expressly set out in these Terms. Nothing in this clause limits liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
7.8 No duty of care. HRC does not owe you any duty of care, fiduciary duty or advisory duty in respect of the content of the Site. No adviser-client, agency, partnership, joint venture or employment relationship is created between you and HRC by your use of the Site or by any communication with us.
7.9 Indemnity (business users). If you are a business user, you will indemnify HRC against all losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your breach of these Terms or your unlawful use of the Site.
7.10 Events beyond our control. We are not liable for any failure or delay in providing the Site caused by events outside our reasonable control, including failure of internet, telecommunications or power supplies, third-party hosting or service failure, cyber-attack, industrial action, pandemic, or governmental or regulatory action.
7.11 Communications through the Site. Please do not send confidential, price-sensitive or personal information (other than ordinary contact details) to us through the Site or by email enquiry. Unless we agree otherwise in writing, anything you send us is not treated as confidential, and you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual licence to use it. You confirm that you have the right to provide it and that it does not infringe the rights of any third party.
8. Third-party links and resources
8.1 The Site may contain links to websites and resources operated by third parties. These are provided for your convenience only. A link is not an approval or endorsement by us of the linked site or its content.
8.2 We have no control over, and accept no responsibility for, the content, availability, privacy practices or security of third-party sites. You access them at your own risk and should read their terms and policies.
9. Linking to the Site
9.1 You may link to our home page, provided you do so fairly and lawfully and in a way that does not damage our reputation or take unfair advantage of it.
9.2 You must not establish a link in a way that suggests any form of association, approval or endorsement by us where none exists, and you must not frame the Site or reproduce it on another site.
9.3 We may withdraw permission to link at any time without notice.
10. Privacy and cookies
Our use of personal data and cookies is described in our Privacy Policy. By using the Site you acknowledge that policy.
11. Changes to the Site and these Terms
11.1 We may update the Site and amend these Terms from time to time, for example to reflect changes in law or regulation or in our business. The "Last updated" date above shows when these Terms were last revised.
11.2 The Terms in force when you use the Site apply to that use. Please check this page periodically.
12. General
12.1 Entire agreement. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us about your use of the Site and supersede any earlier understanding on that subject. Nothing in this clause limits liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
12.2 Severability. If any provision of these Terms is found to be unlawful, invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in full force.
12.3 No waiver. A failure or delay by us in enforcing any right under these Terms is not a waiver of that right.
12.4 Assignment. We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms to another organisation. You may not transfer yours without our written consent.
12.5 Third-party rights. Except for our group companies, directors, officers and employees, who may rely on clause 7, no one other than you and us has any right to enforce these Terms under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. We may vary or end these Terms without any such person's consent.
12.6 Remedies. You acknowledge that damages may not be an adequate remedy for breach of clauses 5 or 6, and that we may seek injunctive or other equitable relief without proof of special damage.
13. Governing law and jurisdiction
13.1 These Terms, and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with them, their subject matter or formation, or your use of the Site, are governed by the law of England and Wales.
13.2 If you are a business user, the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any such dispute or claim.
13.3 If you are a consumer, you may bring proceedings in the courts of the part of the United Kingdom in which you live, and nothing in these Terms removes any mandatory consumer protections that apply to you under the law of the country where you live.
14. Contact us
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at hello@hrcplc.co.uk or write to us at our registered office: Eastcastle House, 27/28 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W 8DH, United Kingdom.