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PROVIDED
a. We will prepare for your firm a professionally
designed website from a style chosen from our collection. Your Website
will comprise all the pages shown in the Mortgage Intermediaries
demonstration sites illustrated within this website
Specifically:
Your
firm's logo will prominently feature throughout the site
Your
business name and contact details will be included at the foot
of each main subject page
Your
firm’s personalised introduction for the ‘about us’
page will be included
Your
firm's terms of business will be included if applicable
Mortgage
Sourcing and Insurance quotations with online applications will
be added to your site
Your
company name and contact numbers at the foot of each main subject
page
All
changes required for compliance.
b. As part of our service, we will keep your
website up to date to reflect essential changes in legislation,
calculator details etc. The amount and frequency of the updating
will be at our discretion and will be made at no extra cost to you.
Please note that the final content of your site
might differ slightly from that shown in the demonstration sites,
for technical reasons, or to keep its content current.
2. OUR CHARGES
We will charge you a set-up fee of £175.00
plus a monthly administration fee of £69.95 plus vat payable
by standing order.
Cancellation of standing order for any reason
other than termination of contract with Legal and Financial will
incurr a penalty equivalent to £25 reinstatement fee and 2%
above base rate per week on outstanding balances.
Standing Order commencement:
First collection will be no earlier than 7 days
after the first draft of your site has been uploaded for you to
review
Please note:
As
stated above, our charges commence once you can see your draft site,
not upon its ultimate finalization, as we have no control over the
speed with which your site is reviewed and compliance checked. However,
we aim to make any minor or compliance changes to the draft site
within 7 days of being given details.
Your site will not be made accessible to the
public until you and your compliance department or Network has approved
it and you have instructed us to make it "live".
If,
after you have reviewed your draft site, you wish us to make minor
changes, these will be made at no extra charge to you; more major
changes (excluding those for compliance purposes - see below) might,
at our discretion, be chargeable to you; however, if this situation
arises we will agree costs and payment terms with you before carrying
out the work.
Amendments
required for compliance purposes will be made at no additional cost
to you.
For
accounting purposes, invoices will be issued quarterly in arrears
for your fees.
Optional upgrades
Optional website feature upgrades will be offered
to you from time to time, some of which may be available at a supplementary
charge. Details of costs will be provided when we inform you of
the upgrades.
Changes to the monthly fee
We reserve the right to increase our monthly
fee upon giving you a minimum of 60 days' notice in writing. However,
no increase will be sought within 12 months from the date of your
first standing order payment.
Charges for additional work on your website
When specific requests are made for further
customisation to your website, we will provide you with a quotation
in advance. Subject to the size of the project we may request a
deposit upon commencement of work, with balance payable on completion.
Balances are payable 7 days after completion
of work. Late payment will incurr a late payment fee of 2% above
base rate per week on outstanding balances.
3. E-MAIL
Your Site comes with three POP3 e-mail addresses.
We will provide you with information to allow you to configure your
e-mail software, but we cannot do it for you. Please consult with
your in-house IT department or local computer engineer if further
assistance is required to configure your email. Additional email
addresses area available at £3.75 + vat per month per address
4. SEARCH ENGINES/DIRECTORIES
a. All relevant site pages include "meta tags" to assist
in search engine listing, and these will be tailored by us to reflect
the name and location of your business.
b. Once completed, your site will initially be promoted to the major
search engines/directories which provide free listings. We shall
then regularly re-submit your website to maintain its presence in
the main search engines
5. DOMAIN NAME
a. If required, and at no cost to you, we will
register your chosen domain name for you (you will be the owner.)
b. You will be responsible for payment of all subsequent renewal
fees.
c. If you decide to transfer your domain to another service, any
costs incurred by us will be recharged to you at cost plus a 10%
administration fee.
d. If you already have a domain name you wish to use, we will assist
in its transfer as necessary. We will make no extra charge, but
sometimes the registrar with which you have registered your domain
may require a transfer fee, which is payable by your firm.
Please note: There is no reduction in the monthly administration
fee if you already have your own domain name.
6. WEB HOSTING
a. If required, we will arrange for your website
to be hosted with our commercial web host, and the cost of this
service is covered in your monthly fee.
b. If you prefer to use your own hosting service, please let us
know and we shall ask you for the information necessary in order
for us to upload your site to the web. However, some hosting companies
may not fully support the technical requirements of our websites;
in this event, we may recommend the full use of our own hosting
services, included in our monthly administration fee - there will
be no extra charge to you.
Please note: There is no reduction in the monthly fee if you choose
to use your own host.
Company's Liability
In no circumstances whatsoever will the company
be liable for economic, indirect or consequential loss arising from
delays or service interruptions
The company will not be responsible for loss
occasioned by computer viruses, whether introduced by the Company's
software or otherwise
We the company shall not be held liable for
any loss or damage caused by the use, misuse, unavailability or
removal of services
Whilst the company shall expeditiously seek domain registration,
the company shall not be liable in the event of the domain having
been registered by some other person by the time the company seeks
registration in which event a full refund will be paid to the client
without any other liability on the part of the company for loss
by the client
To
protect your privacy we conform with the requirements of the
Data Protection Act, 1998, we will not distribute your name
or e-mail address to any third party. We do not send random
marketing emails to personal email addresses.
7. AMENDING, UPGRADING AND FURTHER CUSTOMISING
YOUR SITE
a. We will make or add, at no charge:
• changes to contact details
• updates as specified in 1b above
• articles or information provided by you for inclusion on
the "News & Updates" page, provided these are supplied
to us complete and in electronic format
b. Other additions or customization will be charged for on a time
basis, but we will agree costs and payment terms with you before
carrying out the work. Your site can be upgraded at any time in
the future to include:
• Additional pages
• New graphics
• Specific links to other sites
8. COMPLIANCE
a. Your firm is responsible at all times for
ensuring that the site, and any changes to it, are compliant.
b. Your firm is responsible for keeping a copy
of your site, and details of all changes to it, for compliance purposes.
We will normally retain only a copy of the most current version
of your site, but will supply you with a copy of that on CD upon
request.
c. The way in which Network compliance departments
wish to view websites varies. Some will look at it on-line and may
print it out, some will require the site on CD, others may ask you
for a full site print-out. Please note that if required, we shall
be pleased to prepare a CD for you to forward to them; however,
site print-outs are your responsibility.
ANTICIPATED TURNAROUND TIME ON ALL REQUESTED
PROJECTS WILL BE ADVISED ONCE INSTRUCTIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
9.CONTENT PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES
Your website will contain information, and may link to services,
provided by third parties. We will accept no liability for any losses
or damages incurred by you or your clients from the use or non-availability
of such content.
10. YOUR RIGHT TO CANCEL
You may cancel this
arrangement at any time after a minimum period of 12 months, by
providing us with one month's notice in writing.
11. COPYRIGHT
The content of these websites, including all
text and images, unless provided by you or a third party, is the
property of Legal & Financial. If you cease to use our service
you may not use any part of the site (except that provided by you
or a third party) on any other website.
Any site modifications, textual or graphics, will be arranged
on request, and in some circumstances may be chargeable. We do
not allow access to our sites to external parties. Any work you
commission for your site by external suppliers must be submitted
to us for approval submission to your compliance department and
upload
28 November 2003.
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