Terms & Conditions

Welcome to our website, https://www.futurefabricsvirtualexpo.com (the Website). The Website is provided by Future Fabrics Expo Ltd (we, us and our), a company registered in England and Wales under company registration number is 11265058 and our registered office is at Pall Mall Deposit Pl35, 124-128 Barlby Road, Ladbroke Grove, London, England, W10 6BL. Our registered VAT number is 327446396.

In these terms and conditions (the Terms), you and your means you, the person using our Website, whether as a visitor of the Website or for the purposes of purchasing or subscribing (either as a free member or a premium member) to the digital content available (the Digital Content). By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms. The Privacy Policy is an essential part of these Terms and by accepting these Terms you also acknowledge the terms of our Privacy Policy.

These Terms together with the Privacy Policy set out how you may use our Website and the terms on which we supply Digital Content to you.  

We may from time to time vary these Terms. Please check these Terms regularly to ensure you are aware of any variations made by us. Your use of this Website will be subject to the version of the Terms posted on this Website at the time of such use.

1. Access to and use of the Website and Digital Content

1.1 If you breach any of the Terms, your authorisation to use this Website and access any Digital Content automatically and immediately terminates and you must immediately cease use of the Website and the Digital Content.

1.2 You may not use the Website or the Digital Content in any improper or unlawful manner or in breach of any legislation or licence that applies to you.

1.3 You agree to comply with all reasonable instructions that we may give you regarding your use of the Website and Digital Content.

1.4 You agree that you will not:

(a) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to obtain the Website’s source code, other than as permitted by applicable law;

(b) promote any activity that is illegal; or

(c) use software (including any spider, scraper or bot) to monitor, harvest or copy any information from the Website (subject to the permitted use of the Digital Content).

1.5 You are responsible for obtaining and configuring (at your own cost) all necessary devices, computer programs, IT, platforms and telecommunications services required to access the Website and Digital Content.  You are also responsible for ensuring that no person uses your device to access the Website or Digital Content without your permission.  We will be entitled to assume that anyone who accesses the Website or Digital Content using your device has your permission to do so and you will be responsible for any charges, costs or liabilities that may be incurred by any such persons.

1.6 The Website (including the Digital Content) is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely and is provided for general information only. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the Website.

1.7 You agree not to use or access the Website or Digital Content for any commercial uses (with the exception of business learning purposes) or for the benefit of any third party, including but not limited to:

(a) the sale of access to the Digital Content or any other information on the Website; and

(b) the solicitation of business in the course of trade or in connection with a commercial enterprise.

1.8 The Website is provided on an "as is" basis and we do not make, and expressly exclude, any representation or warranty of any kind, either express or implied in relation to the Website or the Digital Content including, without limitation, any warranties in relation to fitness for a particular purpose or in relation to quality, completeness, accuracy or reliability.

2. Intellectual Property

2.1 For the purposes of these Terms, Intellectual Property Rights means patents, registered and unregistered trade marks and service marks, domain names, registered designs and design rights, copyright (including such rights in computer software and databases), database rights and moral rights (in each case for the full period thereof and extensions, revivals and renewals thereof), applications for the foregoing and the right to apply for any of the foregoing anywhere in the world, and all similar rights anywhere in the world including those subsisting in inventions, designs, drawings and computer programs.

2.2 All Intellectual Property Rights in and to the Website and all content (including the Digital Content), materials and information contained in or appearing on the Website (collectively, the Website Material) is owned by and shall remain owned by us or our licensors and you have no rights over the Website Material except as set out in these Terms.

2.3 You may view, download and print any Website Material made available to you through the Website subject to the following conditions:

(a) the Website Material may only be used for your personal or business learning purposes;

(b) save as expressly permitted by us in these Terms, the Website Material shall not be reproduced or included in any other work or publication in any medium;

(c) the Website Material may not be modified, adapted or altered in any way;

(d) save as expressly permitted by us in these Terms, the Website Material may not be distributed or sold to any third party; and

(e) you may not remove any copyright or other proprietary notices (if applicable) contained in any  Website Material.

2.4 These Terms are not intended to prevent you recording in manual form any individual item of information from the Website, or disclosing any individual item of information from the Website, free of charge, to friends or relations for non-commercial purposes provided that you take all reasonable steps to ensure that any person to whom you may disclose that information complies with these Terms.

3. Registration and Accounts

3.1 You do not need to register a personal account (an Account) to browse the Website, however you will need to register an Account to set up a Paid Subscription or a Free Subscription (as defined below). As part of the registration process you will need to submit a username and password which, if verified by us, will be the username and password that you will be required to submit each time you log into your Account.

3.2 You must be at least 18 years old to register an Account and by registering an Account you are confirming that you are at least 18 years old. Your Account may be terminated without warning if we have any reason to believe that you are under 18 years of age. You undertake that: (a) all Account information you submit will be truthful and accurate; and (b) you will maintain the accuracy of such information. We may at any time and for any reason refuse to accept a registration from any person.

3.3 You agree that you will not divulge or share access or your access information to your Account with any third party for any reason. By registering for an Account, you agree that you:

(a) are, and will continue to be, registered for the Website only once and will not set up multiple Accounts; and

(b) will not let anyone else use your Account.

3.4 If you are disqualified for any reason under Clause 3.3 above, we may prohibit your access or revoke your access temporarily to the Digital Content.

4. Provision of Digital Content

4.1 You can access to the Digital Content via the following options:

(a) a paid monthly subscription (the PaidSubscription), as further described in Clause 4.2;

(b) a free subscription (the Free Subscription), as further described in Clause 4.3;

(c) a one-off upfront payment (the Upfront Payment), as further described in Clause 4.3.

More information about the two different levels of subscription can be found here.

4.2 The Digital Content will be made available via a Paid Subscription in accordance with the following terms:

(a) Once you have registered an Account, you will have access to the Stripe Portal at [insert Stripe Portal address[H&L4] ] (Stripe), which will enable you to make payment of the Paid Subscription and manage your Paid Subscription account.

(b) Payment via Stripe will be subject to Stripe’s terms and conditions and Stripe will be responsible for the fulfilment of your payment and order. We cannot accept any liability for any failure by Stripe to fulfil any payment or order.

(c) The price of the Paid Subscription (which includes VAT) will be the price indicated on Stripe when you place your order.

(d) Following Stripe’s receipt of the first Paid Subscription instalment, the Digital Content will be available for you to view or stream on the Website [H&L5] (the date in which such Digital Content is made available to you is defined as the PaidSubscription Availability Date).

(e) You have until (i) 14 days following the Paid Subscription Availability Date; or (ii) the date on which you view or stream the Digital Content, whichever is earlier, to change your mind. If you change your mind within the aforementioned periods and would like a refund, we will make any refunds due to you within 14 days of you telling us you have changed your mind. For the avoidance of any doubt, you will not be entitled to a refund after you have started to view or stream the Digital Content.

(f) Your Paid Subscription will automatically renew unless and until:

i. you end your Paid Subscription in accordance with Clauses 4.2 (g), (h), (i) or (j);

ii. your Paid Subscription is suspended by us in accordance with Clause 4.2 (j); or

iii. your Paid Subscription is ended by us in accordance with Clause 4.2 (k).

(g) You may end the Subscription at any time before your next payment date via Stripe.

(h) If the Digital Content is faulty or misdescribed or your Paid Subscription does not work properly (and we are unable to fix it within a reasonable period of time) you may have a legal right to end the Paid Subscription with us and we will provide you with a pro-rata refund for any periods of Paid Subscription that you have paid for but not received satisfactorily and you may also be entitled to compensation. If you have any questions or complaints about the Digital Content, please contact us. You can email us at info@thesustainableangle.org.

(i) If our supply of the Digital Content is delayed by an event outside our control, then we will contact you as soon as possible to let you know and we will take steps to minimise the effect of the delay. Provided we do this we will not be liable for delays caused by the event, but if there is a risk of substantial delay you may contact us to end the Paid Subscription and you will receive a pro-rata refund for any periods of Paid Subscription that you have paid for but not received.

(j) If our supply of Digital Content is delayed due to our suspension, we will contact you in advance to tell you we will be suspending supply of the Digital Content, unless the problem is urgent or an emergency. If we have to suspend the Digital Content for longer than 48 hours in any calendar month period, we will adjust the Paid Subscription price so that you do not pay for the Digital Content whilst the Paid Subscription is suspended. If the suspension of the Digital Content will be for a period of 1 month or more, you may contact us to end the Paid Subscription and you will receive a pro-rata refund for any periods of Paid Subscription that you have paid for but not received.

(k) We may end the Paid Subscription at any time by writing to you if you: (i) do not make any payment when it is due; (ii) breach any material clause of these Terms. Termination of your Paid Subscription, howsoever caused, shall not affect the accrued rights and liabilities of either you or us as at the time of such termination.

4.3 The Digital Content will be made available via a Free Subscription in accordance with the following terms:

(a) Once you have registered an Account and confirmed that you want to take out a Free Subscription certain Digital Content will be available for you to view or stream on the Website;

(b) You may end your Free Subscription at any time.

(c) We may end the Free Subscription at any time by writing to you if you breach any material clause of these Terms. Termination of your Free Subscription, howsoever caused, shall not affect the accrued rights and liabilities of either you or us as at the time of such termination.

4.4 The Digital Content will be made available following an Upfront Payment in accordance with the following terms:

(a) Following receipt of the Upfront Payment for the Digital Content via the Gumroad website at https://gumroad.com/thesustainableangle (Gumroad), the Digital Content will be made available for you to view, stream or download via Gumroad (the date in which such Digital Content is made available to you is defined as the Upfront PaymentAvailability Date).

(b) The price of the Upfront Payment (which includes VAT) will be the price indicated on Gumroad when you place your order.

(c) You have until (i) 14 days following the Upfront Payment Availability Date; or (ii) the date on which you view, stream or download the Digital Content, whichever is earlier, to change your mind. If you change your mind within the aforementioned periods and would like a refund, we will make any refunds due to you within 14 days of you telling us you have changed your mind. For the avoidance of any doubt, you will not be entitled to a refund after you have started to view, stream or download the Digital Content.

(d) For any faulty or misdescribed Digital Content (that we are unable to fix within a reasonable period of time), you may have a legal right to a refund and you may also be entitled to compensation. If you have any questions or complaints about the Digital Content, please contact us. You can email us at info@thesustainableangle.org.  

(e) Subject to the Clause 4.4 (c) and (d) above, your purchase of the Digital Content via Gumroad will be subject to Gumroad’s terms and conditions and Gumroad will be responsible for the fulfilment of your order and all questions and comments about any such order. We cannot accept any liability for any failure by Gumroad to fulfil any payment or order.

5. Third Party Sites

Our Website may contain links to third party websites that are not under our control (including, without limitation, Gumroad and Stripe as defined and further detailed in these Terms). We make no warranties or representations whatsoever about any other website which you may access through this Website or any services that they may provide. Third party sites are in no way approved, vetted, checked or endorsed by us and you agree that we shall not be responsible or in any way liable for the content, accuracy, compliance with relevant laws or accessibility of any information, data, advice or statements or for the quality of any products or services available on such sites. Links do not necessarily imply that we are or our Website is affiliated to or associated with such third party sites. If you decide to visit any third party site, you do so at your own risk. In addition, use of any such third party site may be subject to your acceptance of additional terms and conditions, which we suggest you read carefully before proceeding.

6. Liability

6.1 You agree not to use the Digital Content for any commercial, business or resale purposes (with the exception of business learning purposes). We will under no circumstances whatsoever be liable to you, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising under or in connection with the contract, for any indirect or consequential loss, loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity. 

6.2 We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors or for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

6.3 If defective Digital Content which we have supplied via a Paid Subscription or a Upfront Payment damages a device or digital content belonging to you and this is caused by our failure to use reasonable care and skill we will either repair the damage or pay you compensation. However, we will not be liable for damage which you could have avoided by following our advice to apply an update offered to you free of charge or for damage which was caused by you failing to correctly follow installation instructions or to have in place the minimum system requirements advised by us.

6.4 Save to the extent that it would be un lawful to cap our liability, our total liability to you in respect of all losses arising under or in connection with the contract, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, shall in no circumstances exceed (i) the price of the Upfront Payment paid by you for the Digital Content; or (ii) a sum equal to the total Subscription fees received by us from you in the 6 months prior to the incident triggering our liability.

6.5 You agree to indemnify us against any claims or legal proceedings that may arise through your use of the Website or Digital Content or from any breach of these Terms by you.

7. Your Personal Information 

7.1 We will only use your personal information as set out in our Privacy Policy.

8. Other Important Terms 

8.1 You may only transfer your rights or your obligations under these Terms to another person if we agree to this in writing.

8.2 This contract is between you and us. No other person shall have any rights to enforce any of its Terms. Neither of us will need to get the agreement of any other person in order to end the contract or make any changes to these Terms.

8.3 Each of the paragraphs of these Terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.

8.4 If we do not insist immediately that you do anything you are required to do under these Terms, or if we delay in taking steps against you in respect of your breaking this contract, that will not mean that you do not have to do those things and it will not prevent us taking steps against you at a later date. For example, if you miss a payment and we do not chase you but we continue to provide the Digital Content, we can still require you to make the payment at a later date.

8.5 Any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with these Terms or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales. We both irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with a Contract or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).

9. Contact Us:

9.1 If you have any concerns or queries, you can contact us by writing to us at info@thesustainableangle.org.

9.2 If we have to contact you we will do so by telephone or by writing to you at the email address you provided to us in your order.

 

These Terms were last updated in August 2021.