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Terms & Conditions
- Unless stated any agreed discount will apply to the standard rate card in operation during the period of any contracted agreement including premiums attached for guarantees.
- The Scotsman Publications Ltd (herein referred to as the Company) reserves the right to vary advertising rates during the period of any contracted agreement and will notify the Advertiser in writing one month before applying the new rates.
- The Company reserves the right to amend the position and colour specification of any advertisement without reference to the Advertiser. Where this is the case any premium paid by the Advertiser will be credited and they will only be liable for the base rate card cost of the advertisement less any agreed discount.
- The Company reserves the right to re-charge in respect of any shortfall should the Advertiser fail to place the agreed volume of advertising within the period of any contracted agreement.
- The Company will be entitled to charge the amounts of any VAT payable whether or not included on the estimate, proposal or invoice.
- We reserve the right to withdraw credit facilities and charge interest at 3% above the Royal Bank of Scotland base rate where payments are not made in accordance with the stated terns.
- Credit terms for Monthly/Advertising Agency account holders are:
- Cleared funds to be received by 25 of the month following the month of invoice.
- If paying by Direct Debit then the terms are extended to 30 of the month following the month of invoice.
- Other advertisers credit terms: 7 days from the date of invoice
- Although every precaution is taken to ensure prompt and accurate insertion of all advertisements, the Company does not guarantee the insertion of an advertisement in any specific issue, position or at all.
- The Company will not be liable for any loss occasioned by the failure of any advertisement to appear, however such failure may be caused.
- The Company will not be liable for any loss occasioned by an omission or misprint in the production of any advertisement, however such an omission or misprint may be caused.
- The advertiser must abide by our published booking and cancellation deadlines. Failure to do so will result in the original charge for any advertising being observed.
- It is a requirement of the Company that the advertiser undertakes to make available copy and materials necessary for reproduction within our published deadlines (a copy of which is available from our office).
- The Company does not accept responsibility for errors arising from copy or materials that do not meet our specifications. Refunds will not be given when such materials subsequently lead to inferior or incorrect reproduction.
- The Company reserves the right not to print any matter which in the opinion of the Company may be of an illegal or libellous nature. The Company will be indemnified by the customer in respect of any claims, costs and expenses arising out of any libellous matter printed for the customer or any infringement of copyright, patent or design.
- Force majeure - Every effort will be made to carry out the customers advertisement(s) requirements but, its due performance is subject to cancellation by the Company or to such variation as may be found necessary due to the unavailability of labour, materials or other cause (whether of the foregoing class or not) beyond the Company's control.
- Queries on any advertisements must be raised within 14 days of receipt of the invoice.
- The construction, validity and performance of this agreement shall be governed by the Laws of Scotland.
| Advertising Styles |
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| CL = CLASSIFIED LINEAGE |
DP = DISPLAY |
SC = SPOTCOLOUR |
| SD = CLASSIFIED SEMI-DISPLAY |
AW = ARTWORK CHANGE |
LI = LEAFLET INSERTS |
| CD = CLASSIFIED DISPLAY |
RP = COLOUR CHANGE |
MS = MISCELLANEOUS |
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