In the event of an exclusive booking on your chosen night, The organisers reserve the right to move any booking to another day of your choice, no less than four weeks before the event. If you are unhappy with the new date the organisers will refund your payment in full.
Definitions
"Company" means "Bluefinch Events Ltd" its successors and assignees. "Client" means the person, firm or company which makes a Booking with the "Company". "Quotation" means any written Quotation submitted by the Company to the Client. "Booking" means the written Booking made by the Client on the Company's standard Booking form and addressed to the Company. "Event" means the event or events which are the subject of the Quotation or Booking.
1. General
1.1 All Quotations are made and Bookings accepted subject to the following terms and conditions and no addition to or variation of shall be binding unless agreed in writing by the parties.
1.2 These terms and conditions shall apply to all Quotations and Bookings in precedence over any other printed terms and conditions including any appearing on the Clients stationery or correspondence.
2. Price
2.1 All prices stated by the Company in a Quotation are exclusive of any applicable Value Added Tax which the Client shall be additionally liable to pay the Company.
2.2 The Company reserves the right to amend any quotation caused by accidental errors or omissions or by a change in circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the Company.
2.3 The Client shall pay the Company a deposit for the amount stated on page two of this booking agreement including VAT at the time of booking.
2.4 The parties agree that 50% of total booking shall not be refundable by the Company to the Client under any circumstances.
2.5 All bookings made within 60 days of the first day of the event must be paid in full.
2.6 No tickets, itineraries, maps or other final details with respect to the arrangements relating to any Booking will be forwarded to the Client until payments in line with the payment schedule have been received in full.
2.7 Any items stated in the Quotation as "additional" items requested by the Client after the Booking has been confirmed by the Company must be confirmed by the Client in writing before being actioned by the Company. Any such items will be invoiced by the Company to the Client at the discretion of the Company and payment therefore shall be due within 30 days of the invoice date.
2.8 The Client shall pay to the Company including invoices for "additional" items any amounts due and owing within 30 days of the date of the Company's invoice. The time of such payment shall be the essence of these terms and conditions. If the Client fails to make any payment on the due date in respect of price or any other sum due under these terms and conditions then the Company shall be entitled to charge the Client interest on the sum due and unpaid (both before and after any judgement) at the rate of 5 per cent per annum above Barclays Bank PLC base rate from time to time until payment in full is made (a part of a month being treated as a full month for the purpose of calculating interest).
3. Cancellation and Variation
3.1 If the Client wishes to cancel the Booking it may do so at any time by written notice to the company provided that:
- In no event will the agreed deposit fee (see 2.4) be returnable, If the amount paid to date is lower than the agreed figure in 2.4 then the client will be liable to balance the outstanding monies.
- If the cancellation notice is received by the Company less than 60 days before the first day of the event, the balance of the total price shall become immediately due and payable to the extent the same has not already been received by the Company. The Company will try to obtain a refund for the Client but gives no guarantee that one will be payable in any event. If the balance has been received by the Company before the notice is served it shall be deemed to be forfeited by the Client.
3.2 The Company may cancel forthwith any Booking at any time where:
- The Client is in breach of any of its obligations here under.
- The Client has entered into receivership or liquidation except for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction.
- The Client has become bankrupt or insolvent.
- The Client makes an involuntary arrangement with its creditors or becomes subject to an administration order.
- The Client ceases or threatens to cease to carry on business.
- The Event is cancelled for any reason.
- The agreement with the owners of the land where the marquee is situated is terminated for force majeure reason.
3.3 In the event of cancellation under clause 3.2 a, b, c, d or e the Company may retain any sums already paid to it by the Client without prejudice to any other rights it may have whether at law or otherwise.
3.4 Where an Event is cancelled for whatever reason the Company shall use its best endeavours to secure a refund for the Clients of any sums (other than the deposit for Booking) paid by the Client.
3.5 If the Client wishes to vary any details of the Booking, it must notify the Company in writing as soon as possible. The Company shall try to endeavour to make any required changes and any additional costs thereby incurred shall be invoiced to the Client.
3.6 If due to circumstances beyond the Company's control it has to make any changes relating to the Booking it shall notify the Client forthwith. The Company shall endeavour to keep such changes to a minimum and shall seek to offer the Client arrangements as close to the original as is reasonably possible in the circumstances.
4. Liability
4.1 The Company gives no guarantee whatsoever that the Event or any arrangements relating thereto or contemplated thereby shall take place.
4.2 The Company shall have no liability for any death or personal injury suffered by the Client arising out of any Booking except to the extent such is cased by the Company's negligence.
4.3 The Company shall have no liability for any other loss damage or destruction to any property of the Client or its guests, servants and employees or any costs claims demands or expenses of such persons arising out of any Booking.
4.4 In any event the Company's total liability hereunder shall be limited to 10% of the total price of the Booking and it shall have no liability for any consequential or indirect losses suffered by the Client.
4.5 The Company shall not be liable to the Client or be deemed to be in breach of these terms and conditions by reason of any delay in performing or any failure to perform any of the Company's obligations if the delay or failure was due to any cause beyond the company's reasonable control.
4.6 In the event that there is no play, for whatever reason including wet weather, the Company has no liability to refund any monies whatsoever.
5. Miscellaneous
5.1 No waiver by the Company of any breach of these terms and conditions by the Client shall be considered as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision.
5.2 If any provision of these terms and conditions is held by any competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part the validity of the other provisions of these terms and conditions and the remainder of the provision in question shall not be affected thereby.
5.3 Client agrees to protect, indemnify and save harmless FP from and against any and all damages, claims, suits, actions, judgments and costs and expenses whatsoever (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of, or in any way connected with guests and staff of Client, acts or omissions in relation to the use of the Marquee.
6. Law
These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law.
