Advertising

ADVERTISING TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Advertisements and Editorial

Advertisement copy and editorial inclusive of web adverts are accepted from Advertisers (or the authorised Advertising Agencies acting on the Advertiser’s behalf) by Orkney Media Group Ltd (‘the Publisher’), subject to the following Standard Terms and Conditions:

1. All copy and content is subject to approval by the Publisher, whose decision to publish is final.
2. All copy and content must be legal, decent, in good taste and meet all regulatory requirements.
3. All copy and content must be the intellectual property of the Advertiser or authorised for use in the Publisher’s publications by the intellectual property owner without infringement of copyright. The Advertiser indemnifies the Publisher against any damages and or expenses which the Publisher may incur as a direct or indirect consequence of the Advertiser’s advertisement appearing in any of the Publisher’s publications in respect of any claim including but not limited to libel and infringement of copyright or design rights.
4. The Publisher will not be held responsible for consequential loss due to the rejection of material deemed unsuitable, the non-appearance of advertisements, or errors therein. In the event of Publisher error, the liability of the Publisher shall be limited to the cost paid for that single advertisement insertion.
5. Copy and content is to be supplied by the Advertiser or the Advertiser’s Agent by the stated deadline.
6. Only amendments received by the deadline are guaranteed to be made. If we do not hear from you, the advertisement will be taken as correct and will be printed as shown on the proof.
7. We will endeavour to satisfy all advertisement placement requests, but this cannot be guaranteed.

Payment

Account Holders

Account holders will be invoiced for advertisements subject to the following Standard Terms and Conditions:

1. Any query must be raised within seven (7) days of the date of the invoice.
2. Payment must be made by the payment due date as shown on the invoice.
3. Late payment will result in loss of any discount for all advertisements booked in a series.
4. The Publisher reserves the right to charge interest on overdue monies at the rate of 8% per annum above the Bank of England Base Rate as varied from time to time. In addition, if the Advertiser defaults on payment, the Publisher reserves the right to place the matter in the hands of its debt recovery agents, without prior warning in writing, and shall be entitled to a full reimbursement of any fees or disbursements paid to the debt recovery agent to aid recovery of monies outstanding to the Publisher.
5. It is the responsibility of the Advertiser or the Advertiser’s Agent to contact the Publisher at least seven (7) days before the payment due date in the event that the payment will be late.

Non-account Holders

Non-account holders will be required to pay for advertisements at the time of booking.

Cancellation

1. Cancellations can only be accepted, without full payment of the invoice, within three (3) days of booking or two (2) weeks prior to the copy deadline, whichever is later. Cancellations, without full payment of the invoice, cannot be made for bookings made on or after the copy deadline.
2. Cancellation of a series of advertisements will invalidate the discount offered for previous and future bookings in that series.
3. A statement will be issued detailing any surcharges relating to advertisements that have already been invoiced at the discounted rate and the total of all invoices will be due.

Supply of copy and or content are deemed to be sufficient evidence of agreement to pay, even where no signed contract exists.

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