Terms of website use

About these terms

These terms explain the basis on which you may use www.tombec.co.uk (the "website"). By accessing or using the website, you confirm that you accept these terms and agree to comply with them. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.

These terms cover the website only. They are not the terms on which we provide fractional finance director or any other professional services. Those services are governed by a separate written engagement letter and terms of business agreed with you. Nothing on this website constitutes an offer to provide services, and no engagement begins until an engagement letter is signed by both parties.

Who we are

Tombec Consulting Limited, registered in England and Wales, company no. 13622126

Registered address: 2 Alders End Lane, Harpenden, AL5 2HL

Email: TeresaOwen@tombec.co.uk

No advice - important

The content on this website is provided for general information and marketing purposes only. It is not accounting, tax, financial, investment, legal or other professional advice, and must not be relied on as such.

In particular:

Nothing on the website takes account of your specific circumstances, financial position or objectives.
General information about financial management, reporting, forecasting, fundraising or similar topics is illustrative only. Outcomes depend heavily on facts we do not know about your business.
Case studies, examples, testimonials and figures describe past situations and are not a promise or prediction of results for you. Results vary.
Tax and accounting rules change, and content may become out of date. We are under no obligation to update it.

You should obtain specific professional advice before taking, or refraining from, any action based on anything you read here. If you would like advice tailored to your business, please contact us to discuss a formal engagement.

Changes to the website and these terms

We may update these terms at any time by amending this page. Please check this page from time to time; the "last updated" date shows when we last made changes. We may also update, change, suspend or withdraw all or part of the website without notice.

Accessing this website

The website is made available free of charge. We do not guarantee that it will always be available or uninterrupted, or that it will be free from errors or omissions. We may suspend, withdraw or restrict access for business or operational reasons.

You are responsible for ensuring that anyone who accesses the website through your internet connection is aware of these terms and complies with them.

You may use the website only for lawful purposes. You must not:

Use it in any way that breaches any applicable law or regulation, or that is fraudulent or has any fraudulent purpose or effect
Send, upload or transmit any material that is defamatory, obscene, offensive, or that infringes anyone's rights
Introduce viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or any other malicious or technologically harmful material
Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the website, the server on which it is stored, or any connected server, computer or database
Attack the website via a denial-of-service attack or distributed denial-of-service attack
Use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the website, or extract or reuse data or content from it (including for the purpose of training machine learning or artificial intelligence models), without our prior written consent
Use any contact details published on the website to send unsolicited marketing or commercial communications.

We may report any breach of these restrictions to the relevant law enforcement authorities and will co-operate with them. Where a breach occurs, your right to use the website ceases immediately.

Acceptable use

Intellectual property

We are the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in the website and in the material published on it, including text, layout, graphics, logos and any downloadable resources. Those works are protected by copyright and other laws and treaties. All such rights are reserved.

You may print off one copy, and download extracts, of any page for your own personal, non-commercial reference. You must not modify any content or use any part of it for commercial purposes without a licence from us, and you must not remove or alter any copyright or other proprietary notices.

Our status as the author of content on the website must always be acknowledged.

Linking to the website

You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement where none exists. You must not frame the website on any other site or link from a site you do not own. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

Where the website contains links to other sites, resources or embedded third-party content, these are provided for information only. We have no control over the content of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage arising from your use of them.

Third party links and content

Our liability

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.

Subject to that, and to the extent permitted by law:

We exclude all conditions, warranties, representations and other terms that might otherwise be implied into these terms, whether by statute, common law or otherwise.
We will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with your use of, or inability to use, the website, or your reliance on any content on it. This includes loss of profits, sales, business or revenue; business interruption; loss of anticipated savings; loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; and any indirect or consequential loss or damage.
We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack or other technologically harmful material that may infect your equipment as a result of using the website or downloading content from it.

If you are a consumer using the website, you have legal rights that cannot be excluded, and nothing in these terms affects those rights.

Enquiries you send us

If you contact us through the website, by email or by telephone, we will treat the fact and content of your enquiry as confidential and will not disclose it to third parties except as set out in our Privacy Policy. However, sending an enquiry does not create a client relationship, and no duty of care arises until an engagement letter is in place. Please do not send confidential or price-sensitive information before we have agreed terms.

We do not accept unsolicited business proposals, ideas or supplier pitches on a confidential basis. Anything you send us of that nature is sent on a non-confidential basis and we accept no obligation in respect of it.

We only use your personal data as set out in our Privacy Policy, which forms part of these terms. Please read it to understand how we collect and handle your information.

How we use your personal data

Other terms

Entire agreement: these terms are the entire agreement between us in relation to your use of the website.
Severability: if any provision is found to be unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in force.
Waiver: if we delay in enforcing any provision, that is not a waiver of our right to do so later.
No third-party rights: these terms do not give rights to anyone who is not a party to them.
Assignment: we may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. You may not transfer yours without our written consent.

Governing law and jurisdiction

These terms, their subject matter and their formation are governed by the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them.

If you are a consumer resident elsewhere in the UK, you may also bring proceedings in the courts of the part of the UK in which you live, and you will benefit from any mandatory consumer protection provisions of the law of that country.

To contact us about these terms or anything on the website, email TeresaOwen@tombec.co.uk or write to Tombec Consulting Limited, 2 Alders End Lane, Harpenden, AL5 2HL