Terms and conditions for advertising, sponsorship and paid attendance at events.

 

The Stage Jobs terms and conditions follow these terms, further down the page.

 

Terms of business

By placing an advertisement in The Stage Magazine, on The Stage website or in its digital editions, or by sponsoring or attending an event, you confirm that you accept these terms and agree to comply with them. Please read these terms carefully before proceeding. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not place an order with us.

 

Advertising in The Stage

1. The Stage Magazine is a print publication and www.thestage.co.uk is a website (together called "The Stage" in these terms). They are both operated by Playbook Media Trading Company Limited ("we", "us" or "our"). We are a limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 02316307. Our registered office and main trading address is Stage House, 47 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XT.

 

2. Our VAT number is GB 547 8875 78.

 

3. These terms apply to all advertisements accepted for publication. Any other proposed term will be void unless it is set out clearly in written instructions and specifically accepted by us in writing.

 

4. All advertisements are accepted subject to our approval of the copy and to space being available.

 

5. In these terms, "Advertiser" means the advertiser or its agent, whichever is the principal.

 

6. We may refuse, omit or suspend an advertisement at any time, with or without explanation, and in such cases we will not accept any claim from the Advertiser for damages or breach of contract. If the omission or suspension is due to the Advertiser or its agents, the space reserved for the advertisement must be paid for in full.

 

7. If we consider it necessary to change the space, alter the date or position of insertion or make other alterations, the Advertiser may cancel if the alterations are unacceptable, unless the changes are due to an emergency or circumstances beyond our control.

 

8. Every care is taken to avoid mistakes; however, we will not be liable for loss or damage due to error, late publication, imperfect reproduction or non-appearance of an advertisement. A substantial error or serious fault in reproduction may be grounds for an allowance or a refund of part or all of the cost of the advertisement, provided it is not due to the act or default of the Advertiser or its agents. In no circumstances will such an allowance exceed the value of one insertion of the advertisement. No claim for incorrect insertion will be considered unless it is notified in writing to the Advertising Department, Playbook Media Trading Company Limited, Stage House, 47 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XT within seven days of publication.

 

9. Free insertions or credit will not be given for typographical errors or minor changes that do not substantially affect the sense of the advertisement.

 

10. All Advertisers must have genuine products or services to promote and advertise.

 

11. All content in advertising ("Contributions") must:

• be accurate and not misleading;
• be legal, decent, honest and truthful;
• be genuinely held (where it states opinions); and
• comply with applicable laws in the UK and in any country from which it is posted.

12. Contributions must not:

• contain any material that is defamatory of any person, obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory;
• promote sexually explicit material, any illegal activity, violence or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or age;
• infringe any copyright, database right, trade mark or other intellectual property right of any other person;
• be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence;
• be threatening or abusive, invade another person’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety;
• be likely to deceive, harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person;
• be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person;
• give the impression that they come from us, if this is not the case;
• advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act, such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse; or
• breach the UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising and Direct & Promotional Marketing (the CAP Code).

13. You warrant that you have not been convicted of any offence, or been subject to any court order, relating to assault, violence, sexual misconduct, harassment, impersonation, minors or children.

 

14. You warrant that you will:

• only use the information, data and, where appropriate, contributions provided to you by respondents in accordance with these terms and with data protection law; and
• where we ask you to, promptly and permanently delete or destroy all such information, data and contributions.

15. When considering offering an opportunity or employment to an applicant, you are solely responsible for making all necessary enquiries, including satisfying yourself that the applicant is competent to perform the role for which they have applied. The Stage provides this service only for the purpose of publishing information and opportunities. We will not in any circumstances be liable for the actions of, or contributions made by, any applicant.

 

16. You warrant that you will comply with the standards above, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means that you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty.

 

17. The Advertiser will indemnify us fully in respect of any claim made against us arising from an advertisement. We will consult the Advertiser about how such claims are to be handled.

 

18. Advertisement rates may be revised at any time, and orders are accepted on condition that the price binds us only in respect of the next issue. If rates increase, the Advertiser may either cancel the order without surcharge or continue the order at the revised rates.

 

19. If an Advertiser cancels the balance of a contract, except in the circumstances set out in clauses 7 or 18, it gives up the right to any series discount to which it was previously entitled, and advertisements already published must be paid for at the appropriate rate.

 

20. Payment on credit accounts is due one calendar month after the end of the month in which the advertisement appeared. If payment is not made by the due date, we may charge interest on the amount due at 15% a year and suspend any series booking. We accept payment by bank transfer and by major debit and credit cards, excluding American Express.

 

21. Orders for inside or outside cover packages for magazines and digital editions cannot be cancelled. Reserved cover positions for magazines must be confirmed at least 30 days before the artwork deadline; if an order is not received by then, the cover option automatically lapses. Orders for all other advertising units for magazines and digital editions cannot be cancelled less than 15 days before the closing date. Orders for magazine inserts cannot be cancelled from the first day of the fourth calendar month before the month printed on the cover of the issue. We may charge for any production work carried out before cancellation.

 

22. If copy instructions are not received by the agreed date, we may repeat the most appropriate previous copy. Proofs cannot normally be supplied, and we cannot guarantee to make corrections to supplied copy.

 

23. Advertisers’ property, such as artwork and photographs, is supplied for our use at the owner’s risk and should be insured against loss or damage. We may destroy artwork or photographs that have not been used within the previous 12 months.

 

24. These terms and all other express terms of the contract are governed by the law of England and Wales, and disputes will be settled by the courts of England and Wales.

 

Linking to The Stage

25. You may link to our home page, provided that you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, and that the website on which the link appears complies in all respects with the content standards set out in these terms.

 

26. You must not:

• establish a link in a way that suggests any form of association with, or approval or endorsement by, us where none exists;
• establish a link to The Stage from any website that is not owned by you; or
• frame The Stage on any other website.

Intellectual property rights

27. All Contributions you upload or submit to The Stage will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. For all Contributions that are covered by intellectual property rights (such as photographs and videos), you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use those Contributions (including any intellectual property rights in them) for any purpose connected with The Stage.

 

28. We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in The Stage. All such rights are reserved.

 

29. You must not use any part of the content of The Stage for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

 

Event sponsorship contracts

30. Contracts that include several elements, such as advertising in The Stage, social media promotion, support for an event organised by or for The Stage, and table sales, are subject to the conditions in the preceding clauses. If we cancel an event for any reason, the following refunds will apply.

 

31. Any part of a payment made specifically for attendance at an event (for example, table places) will be refunded in full.

 

32. Any payment that includes sponsorship will be refunded as follows. Any amount refundable under clause 31 will be deducted, and a further refund of 25% will be made in respect of the event cancellation. All other elements of the sponsorship contract (such as awareness, advertising, social media and editorial coverage) will be treated as having been delivered.

 

Paid attendance at events

33. If we cancel an event at any time, or decide not to allow you to attend for any reason, all payments made for attendance will be refunded in full.

 

34. If you cancel a booking in advance, the following refunds will apply:

• 3 months or more before the event: 100%, less an administration charge of £10;
• less than 3 months but more than 1 month before the event: 75%;
• less than 1 month but more than 2 weeks before the event: 50%;
• less than 2 weeks before the event: no refund.

35. Instead of seeking a refund, you may send a substitute attendee, provided you tell us in advance.

 

36. Under no circumstances will refunds or payments for cancellation exceed the amount paid for attendance.

 

Limitation of liability

37. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, for our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by the law of England and Wales.

 

38. You must give us a reasonable opportunity to put right any matter for which we are liable before you incur any costs putting it right yourself. If you do not give us that opportunity, we will have no liability to you for those costs.

 

39. Our liability of any kind (including for our own negligence and for breach of contract) for any one event or series of events arising in any way in connection with The Stage or its content is limited to three times the total fees paid by you in the 12 months before the event or events complained of, or £250,000, whichever is lower.

 

40. If you are a consumer, we will not be liable to you for losses that were not foreseeable to both parties when our contract was formed, that is, losses that were not within the reasonable contemplation of the parties at that time as a probable result of the breach. Nor will we be liable for losses that were not caused by any breach by us or our agents or subcontractors, or for business losses.

 

41. If you are not a consumer (that is, you are a business user or someone acting for purposes connected with your trade, business or profession), we will not be liable to you for the following types of loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising in any way in connection with The Stage or its content: (a) loss of profits, sales, business or revenue; (b) business interruption; (c) loss of anticipated savings; (d) loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; (e) wasted staff or management time; (f) loss or corruption of data or information; or (g) any indirect, special or consequential loss or damage.

 

42. To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to The Stage or its content. If you are a consumer, nothing in these terms excludes or limits your statutory rights.

 

43. If any of the clauses above is held to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, it can be severed from the other provisions, which will remain enforceable.

 

Changes to these terms

44. We may revise these terms at any time by amending this page. Please check this page from time to time, as the version in force when you place an order will apply to that order. Changes will not affect orders we have already accepted.

 

The Stage Jobs Terms and Conditions

By using The Stage Jobs, you confirm that you accept these Terms of Use and agree to comply with them. Please read these terms carefully before you start to use The Stage Jobs. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, you must not use The Stage Jobs.

 

1. Information about us

1.1. www.thestage.co.uk (our "Site") is a website operated by Playbook Media Trading Company Limited ("we", "us" or "our"). We are a limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 02316307. Our registered office and main trading address is Stage House, 47 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XT.

 

1.2. Our VAT number is GB 547 8875 78.

 

2. Introduction and applicable terms

2.1. These Terms of Use set out the terms on which you may use the section of our Site known as The Stage Jobs ("The Stage Jobs"). The Stage Jobs is an online recruitment service available to the public and, in particular, to job seekers and recruiters.

 

2.2. These Terms of Use also include our Privacy Policy and our Cookie Notice.

 

2.3. If you have any questions about the terms that apply to you, please email us at info@thestage.co.uk.

 

Terms that apply to all users, visitors and advertisers

3. Accessing The Stage Jobs

3.1. The Stage Jobs is available to users free of charge, although we may restrict access to some parts to certain users.

 

3.2. You are responsible for making all the arrangements necessary for you to access The Stage Jobs, and for making sure that everyone who accesses The Stage Jobs through your internet connection is aware of these Terms of Use and any other applicable terms, and complies with them.

 

3.3. You may use The Stage Jobs only for lawful purposes. You may not use The Stage Jobs:

3.3.1. in any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation;

3.3.2. in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect;

3.3.3. to send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material that does not comply with our content standards (set out in paragraph 5);

3.3.4. to send, or arrange the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other similar form of solicitation (spam);

3.3.5. to knowingly transmit any data, or send or upload any material, that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware;

3.3.6. for any purpose connected with canvassing for other job sites and services; or

3.3.7. for any purpose other than to seek work or to recruit.

 

3.4. We do not guarantee that The Stage Jobs, or any content on it, will always be available or that access will be uninterrupted. Access to The Stage Jobs is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of The Stage Jobs without notice. We will not be liable to you if, for any reason, The Stage Jobs is unavailable at any time or for any period.

 

4. Content and services provided by us

4.1. Where The Stage Jobs contains links to other websites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only and you use them at your own risk. We have no control over the content of those websites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

 

4.2. We do not guarantee that The Stage Jobs will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programs and platform to access The Stage Jobs. You should use your own virus protection software.

 

5. Content provided by you

5.1. Whenever you use a feature that allows you to upload content to The Stage Jobs or to contact other users of The Stage Jobs, you must comply with these Terms of Use and all content standards, including those set out in this paragraph 5.

 

5.2. Our interactive services include available jobs posted by Advertisers, which may include details such as the job description, pay and location ("Available Jobs").

 

5.3. You are responsible for all contributions (including CVs and cover letters) uploaded to The Stage Jobs by you, or by anyone you have allowed to use your login details, including in response to a job posting ("Contributions").

 

5.4. All Contributions must:

5.4.1. be accurate and not misleading (including all information in Advertiser Profiles and Available Jobs);

5.4.2. be honest, decent and truthful;

5.4.3. be genuinely held (where they state opinions); and

5.4.4. comply with applicable laws in the UK and in any country from which they are posted.

 

5.5. Contributions must not:

5.5.1. contain any material that is defamatory of any person, obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory;

5.5.2. promote sexually explicit material, any illegal activity, violence or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or age;

5.5.3. infringe any copyright, database right, trade mark or other intellectual property right of any other person;

5.5.4. be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence;

5.5.5. be threatening or abusive, invade another person’s privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety;

5.5.6. be likely to deceive, harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person;

5.5.7. be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person;

5.5.8. give the impression that they come from us, if this is not the case; or

5.5.9. advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act, such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.

 

5.6. You warrant that you will comply with the standards above, and you will be liable to us and indemnify us for any breach of that warranty. This means that you will be responsible for any loss or damage we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty.

 

5.7. You are responsible for all Contributions made using your login details.

 

6. Content provided on The Stage Jobs

6.1. The content on The Stage Jobs is provided for information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely.

 

6.2. Although we make reasonable efforts to make sure the information on The Stage Jobs is correct, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on The Stage Jobs is accurate, complete or up to date.

 

7. Moderation

7.1. The Stage Jobs is moderated after publication, at our discretion. This means that Contributions such as CVs, cover letters and job postings are not checked before they are published on The Stage Jobs.

 

7.2. We will not be responsible as author, editor or publisher of any Contribution submitted to The Stage Jobs, and we exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of The Stage Jobs by any person in breach of these Terms of Use.

 

7.3. We reserve the right to:

7.3.1. monitor, access, use and disclose details of your use of The Stage Jobs (including any Contribution) to check compliance with these Terms of Use, to meet legal obligations, to protect our legal rights and those of our users, and for quality control and site administration; and

7.3.2. promptly remove, or disable access to, all or part of any User Profile, Advertiser Profile, Available Job or Contribution that we consider potentially defamatory of any person, unlawful, or in breach of any third party’s rights or of these Terms of Use.

 

7.4. We will do our best to assess any possible risks from third parties when you use any interactive service on The Stage Jobs. However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any interactive service we provide on The Stage Jobs (including any Contribution).

 

7.5. Please report to us any Contribution that is offensive, or any negative experience you have with another user or a third party in relation to The Stage Jobs, by emailing info@thestage.co.uk.

 

8. Suspension and termination

8.1. We will decide, at our discretion (acting reasonably), whether there has been a breach of these Terms of Use through your use of The Stage Jobs. If we decide that there has been a breach, we may take any action we consider appropriate (acting reasonably), which may include:

8.1.1. issuing a warning to you;

8.1.2. immediately, temporarily or permanently withdrawing your right to use The Stage Jobs and removing any Contribution, posting or material you have uploaded to The Stage Jobs;

8.1.3. taking legal action against you; and/or

8.1.4. disclosing such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary.

 

8.2. We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of these Terms of Use. The responses described in these Terms of Use are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably consider appropriate.

 

9. Intellectual property rights in Contributions

9.1. All Contributions you upload to The Stage Jobs will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. For all Contributions that are covered by intellectual property rights (such as photographs), you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use those Contributions (including any intellectual property rights in them) for any purpose connected with The Stage Jobs. This licence will end when you delete your The Stage Jobs account. However, some Contributions may remain in back-up copies and logs for a reasonable period.

 

10. Intellectual property rights in The Stage Jobs

10.1. We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in The Stage Jobs (excluding Contributions). All such rights are reserved.

 

10.2. You may print one copy of, and download extracts from, any page of The Stage Jobs, or keep a note of information from it by other means, for your personal use, but not for any business use and in particular not for canvassing for other websites or job services.

 

10.3. You must not use any part of the content on The Stage Jobs for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

 

11. Linking to The Stage Jobs

11.1. You may link to our home page, provided that:

11.1.1. you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it; and

11.1.2. the website on which the link appears complies in all respects with the content standards set out in these Terms of Use.

 

11.2. You must not:

11.2.1. establish a link in a way that suggests any form of association with, or approval or endorsement by, us where none exists;

11.2.2. establish a link to The Stage Jobs from any website that is not owned by you; or

11.2.3. frame The Stage Jobs, or any part of it, on any other website.

 

12. Limitation of liability

12.1. Nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, for our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by the law of England and Wales.

 

12.2. You must give us a reasonable opportunity to put right any matter for which we are liable before you incur any costs putting it right yourself. If you do not give us that opportunity, we will have no liability to you for those costs.

 

12.3. Our liability of any kind (including for our own negligence and for breach of contract) for any one event or series of events arising in any way in connection with The Stage Jobs or any content on it is limited to three times the total fees paid by you as an Advertiser in the 12 months before the event or events complained of, or £250,000, whichever is lower.

 

12.4. If you are a consumer, we will not be liable to you for losses that were not foreseeable to both parties when our contract was formed, that is, losses that were not within the reasonable contemplation of the parties at that time as a probable result of the breach. Nor will we be liable for losses that were not caused by any breach by us or our agents or subcontractors, or for business losses.

 

12.5. If you are not a consumer (that is, you are a business user or someone acting for purposes connected with your trade, business or profession), we will not be liable to you for the following types of loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising in any way in connection with The Stage Jobs or any content on it: (a) loss of profits, sales, business or revenue; (b) business interruption; (c) loss of anticipated savings; (d) loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; (e) wasted staff or management time; (f) loss or corruption of data or information; or (g) any indirect, special or consequential loss or damage.

 

12.6. To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to The Stage Jobs or any content on it. If you are a consumer, nothing in these Terms of Use excludes or limits your statutory rights.

 

12.7. If any of the clauses above is held to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, it can be severed from the other provisions, which will remain enforceable.

 

13. General

13.1. We may revise these Terms of Use at any time by amending this page. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we have made, as they are binding on you. If we make a change to these Terms of Use that you do not agree with, you must stop using The Stage Jobs and delete your profile (including any Advertiser Profile, Available Jobs and User Profile).

 

13.2. You must treat your username and password as confidential, keep them secure and not disclose them to any third party. We may disable any username or password at any time if, in our reasonable opinion, you have failed to comply with these Terms of Use. If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your username or password, you must tell us promptly at info@thestage.co.uk.

 

13.3. No one other than you and us (each of us being a party to these Terms of Use) has any right to enforce any of these terms.

 

13.4. These Terms of Use (together with the documents referred to in them) are the entire agreement between you and us and replace all previous agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings between us, whether written or oral, relating to their subject matter. We each agree that we will have no remedies in respect of any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in this agreement, and that we will have no claim for innocent or negligent misrepresentation based on any statement in this agreement.

 

13.5. These Terms of Use, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or their subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims), are governed by the law of England and Wales. We each irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales will have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any such dispute or claim.

 

14. Contact

14.1. Please send questions, comments and requests about these Terms of Use to info@thestage.co.uk.

 

Terms that apply only to advertisers

15. General

15.1. When considering offering an opportunity or employment to users, you are solely responsible for making all necessary enquiries, including satisfying yourself that the user is competent to perform the Available Job for which they have applied. The Stage Jobs is provided only for the purpose of publishing information and opportunities. We will not in any circumstances be liable for the actions of, or contributions made by, any job applicant.