
Quality & Service for Print & Promotional Products

- PRICE VARIATION Prices shown on
the website are sample prices only. These are based on the Company's current
costs of production and are subject to amendment, without notice at any
time.
- VAT. All prices shown or quotations given,
are exclusive of VAT which shall be charged at the current standard rate on
all orders where applicable.
- ACCEPTANCE OF ORDERS Any quotation submitted
by Highland Print is an invitation to treat only and no contract subsists
until Highland Print accepts your order. Our quotation is based on these
conditions and subject to any special conditions set out or referred to in
this quotation. Any orders which you give Highland Print in relation to such
quotation will only be accepted by Highland Print on the basis of such
conditions. Any written or oral acceptance of your order by Highland Print
shall be deemed to be on the basis of such conditions and not otherwise. The
terms of these conditions constitute the entire agreement between Highland
Print and the Customer and any other conditions or oral understanding are
excluded.
- PRELIMINARY WORK All work carried out at the
Customer's request, experimentally or otherwise shall be charged.
- SPECIFICATION All weights, measurements and
specifications quoted by Highland Print are nominal and subject to
manufacturing tolerances. Exact conformity with submitted samples cannot be
guaranteed. Pigmented materials are subject to colour variation.
- COPY A charge may be made to cover any
additional work involved where copy supplied is not clear or legible.
- PROOFS Proofs of all work is usually
supplied free of charge, unless otherwise advised in advance. Proofs
submitted to the Customer must be checked and signed by the Customer as a
true and correct copy. Highland Print shall incur no liability for any
errors not corrected by the Customer in proofs submitted. When layout, type
or style is left to Highland Print's judgement, changes then made by the
customer may be subject to extra charge.
- DELIVERY (a) Whilst every effort will be
made to meet delivery dates agreed in faith, no guarantee is given or
implied. Time shall not be of the essence and no liability can be accepted
in the event of late delivery. (b) Unless otherwise specified the price
quoted is for delivery of the work to the Customer's address as set out in
the quotation. A charge may be made to cover any extra costs involved for
delivery to a different address. (c) If express delivery is required, the
Customer will be advised of any additional costs involved prior to
commencement of work.
- PAYMENTS (a) payment for goods and or services
shall be due either at the commencement of work, or at delivery as agreed at
the time of order. (b) For Customers who have an agreed account, all
payments shall be received in a timely manner according to the terms of the
account. Highland Print reserve the right to withdraw or amend accounts at
any time. (c) The ownership of goods delivered by Highland Print to the
Customer will be transferred to the Customer when the Customer has paid all
monies owed to Highland Print on any account whatsoever. However risk of
good shall pass immediately on delivery and the Customer shall keep all
goods adequately insured until full payment has been received by Highland
Print. Until the date of payment the Customer, if Highland Print desires. is
required to store the goods in such a way that they are clearly the property
of Highland Print. If payment is overdue in whole or in part Highland Print
may (without prejudice to any of its other rights) recover or recall the
goods or any part of them and may enter upon the Customer's premises for
that purpose. The conditions constitute authority for the third party
authorised by Highland Print to enter upon any other premises wheresoever
the goods are situated for the purpose of recovering the goods or any of
them. Such rights include severance where necessary from realty.
- VARIATIONS IN QUANTITY Highland Print will
endeavour to deliver the correct quantity ordered, but quotations are
conditional upon margins of 5% of the work in black only and 10% for other
work being allowed for over's or shortages.
- CLAIMS Advice of damage or delay of goods
must be given in writing to Highland Print within three working days. In
case of partial loss or non-delivery of goods, Highland Print should be
notified in writing within five working days. Any other claims must be made
in writing to Highland Print within fourteen days of delivery. In no
circumstances will Highland Print be liable for any consequential loss or
damage whatsoever. Proven liability shall be limited to replacement of work
carried out on behalf of the Customer.
- QUALITY Goods are warranted to accord with the
specifications agreed with the Customer in writing but may be subject to
minor reasonable variation or if there is on such specifications to be
within normal limits of industrial quality. All other warranties or
conditions as to quality or description are excluded to the extent
permissible. Highland Print accept no liability where the goods have been
cut, printed or processed by the Customer. Liability in any case will be
limited to the invoice value of the goods in question. On discovery of any
defect in the goods the Customers shall give written notice to Highland
Print within 72 hours of delivery to enable the complaint to be investigated
before the remainder of the goods are used or returned, and no liability
shall be attached to Highland Print hereunder unless and until the procedure
has been carried out. Highland Print reserve the right to dispose of
rejected goods for secondary applications.
- LIABILITY Highland Print shall not be liable
for any loss to the Customer arising from delay caused by circumstances
beyond its control. Highland Print shall not be liable for indirect loss or
third party claims occasioned by delay in completing the work, or for any
loss to the Customer for delays in transit.
- STANDING MATERIAL If Highland Print still
hold any artwork which is the property of the Customer after the expiration of
two years from the date upon which it was last used in relation to an order
for the Customer, Highland Print shall then be at liberty to dispose of it in
any way they think fit and be under no further responsibility whatsoever in
relation to it.
- CUSTOMER'S PROPERTY (a) Except in the case
of a Customer who is not contracting in the course of a business nor holding
himself out as doing so, Customer's property and all property supplied to
Highland Print by or on behalf of the Customer shall while it is in the
possession of Highland Print or in transit to or from the Customer be deemed
to be at Customer's risk unless otherwise agreed and the Customer should
insure accordingly. (b) Highland Print shall be entitled to make a
reasonable charge for the storage of any customer's property left with them
before receipt of the order or after notification to the Customer of
completion of the work.
- MATERIALS SUPPLIED BY THE CUSTOMER Highland
Print will not accept any paper, board or other materials supplied by the
Customer. Where materials specified by the Customer are used (against
Highland Print's advice) Highland Print will take every care to secure the
best results, but responsibility will not be accepted for imperfect work
caused by defects or unsuitability of material.
- INSOLVENCY AND OVERDUE ACCOUNTS If any amount due
to Highland Print shall remain unsettled for 30 days or more or if the
Customer ceases to pay his debts in the ordinary course of business or
cannot pay his debts as they become due or being a company is deemed to be
unable to pay its debts or has a winding-up partition issued against it or
being a person commits an act of bankruptcy or has s bankruptcy partition
issued against him Highland Print without prejudice to other remedies shall
(i) Have the right not to proceed further with the contract or any other
work for the Customer and be entitled to charge for work already carried out
(whether completed or not) and materials purchased for the Customer such
charge to an immediate debt to him. (ii) In respect to all unpaid debts due
from the Customer have a general lien on all goods and property in his
possession and of any time be entitled to charge interest at 3% above the
base lending rate of one of the four clearing banks for the time being from
the date on which settlement was due until payment, both before and after
judgement.
- ILLEGAL MATTER (a) Highland Print shall not be
required to print any matter which in their opinion is or may be of an
illegal or libellous nature or an infringement of the proprietary or other
rights of any third party. (b) Highland Print shall be fully indemnified by
the Customer in respect of any claims, costs and expenses whatsoever arising
out of any libellous matter or any infringement of copyright, patent, design
or of any other proprietary or personal right contained in any material
printed for the Customer. The indemnity shall extend to any amount paid on a
Lawyers advice in settlement of any claim.
- CONTRACT A Contract shall be formed only when
Highland Print accepts the Customers order and this acceptance is only
provisional and therefore not a binding contract until they have received
all artwork or whatever the Customer is supplying to Highland Print.
- FORCE MAJEURE Highland Print shall be under no
liability if they shall be unable to carry out any provision of the contract
for any reason beyond his control including (without limiting the foregoing)
Act of God, legislation, war, fire, flood, draught, failure of power supply,
lock-out, strike or other action taken by employees in contemplation or
furtherance of a dispute or owing to any inability to procure materials
required for the performance of the contract. During the continuance of such
a contingency Highland Print may give written notice to the Customer elect
to terminate the contract and shall be entitled to forthwith deliver an
invoice for all work done and materials used up to and including the day of
notice.
- LAW These conditions and all other expressed terms
of the contract shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws
of England.
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