Please read these User Terms carefully. Use of this Website by you indicates that you accept these User Terms. If you do not accept these terms, do not use this Website.

1. Using the Website

1.1 This Website (https://apps.grantthornton.co.uk or the Website) is provided by Grant Thornton UK LLP (we/us) a limited liability partnership in accordance with the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 (with registered number OC307742 and registered office at 30 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1AG). We are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for designated investment business. © 2020 Grant Thornton UK LLP – All rights reserved.

1.2 The entity that you work for (the Client) has nominated you as an authorised user of this Website. Accordingly, a User ID and Password provided by us will give you access via the Internet to this Website.

1.3 Access to this Website is by invitation and is subject to these User Terms.

1.4 This Website provides a facility enabling you to access and use applications and tools or view and use reports (both static and interactive) (collectively Deliverables), we have been engaged to provide to the Client (the Services). Some Deliverables may be subject to additional terms and conditions of use which will be made known to the Client in our engagement letter and to you when you access those Deliverables.

1.5 By proceeding to use this Website you agree to:
1.5.1 these User Terms;
1.5.2 our privacy policy available at Privacy (Privacy Policy); and
1.5.3 our cookies policy available at Cookies (Cookie Policy)

2. Licence and Permitted Use:

2.1 We hereby grant you a non-exclusive, non-sub-licensable, non-transferable licence to use, on behalf of the Client, for internal business use only, the Website in accordance with the permissions and purposes made known to you by the Client.

2.2 For the purposes of the User Terms, ‘internal business use’ shall not include onward vending, distributing, sublicensing, copying, transmitting, publishing, broadcasting, displaying, altering, modifying, (including abbreviating, re-organising or restructuring), posting on the internet, making available on a network, reproducing, licensing or otherwise dealing with this Website either directly or indirectly, in any medium in whole or part, other than as permitted by the User Terms, without our prior written consent.

2.3 You must always ensure that you use the Website fairly which means that you must (i) only use the Website within any agreed levels of use made known to you by the Client; and (ii) act reasonably in the way that you print, store, download or share contents of the Website. Note the information in the Website is confidential.

2.4 You shall not use any Service that the Client has ceased subscribing to.

2.5 You shall inform us of any unauthorised access to this Website as soon as you become aware of it.

2.6 You shall not share your userID or password to this Website with anyone else.

2.7 You may take screenshots of Deliverables that the Client has subscribed to.

2.8 You may not, and you may not assist or allow a third party to:
2.8.1 attempt to reproduce, assign, resell, copy, reverse engineer, modify, reuse, disassemble, decompile transfer or make any derivatives of the Website;
2.8.2 remove or alter any proprietary notices or marks on the Website;
2.8.3 access all or any part of the Website in order to create any product or services which competes with the Website;
2.8.4 circumvent any security measures or technical limitations of the Website;
2.8.5 licence, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, distribute, display, disclose, download or otherwise commercially exploit or otherwise make use of the Website and or the Services available to any third party;
2.8.6 take any screenshots of the contents or pages of this Website, other than screenshots of Deliverables the Client has subscribed to; or
2.8.7 use the Website for any unlawful purposes, in an unlawful manner or in any way that may bring us into disrepute.

3. Data Protection:

3.1 In processing your personal data, we will at all times comply with the obligations we set out in our Privacy Policy.

3.2 You shall not post or upload any special categories of personal data onto this Website, which may include information about yourself or another person that may relate to race, ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or political beliefs, trade unions memberships, health data or any other special categories of personal data as defined by the Data Protection Act 2018 or other applicable laws and regulations regarding the processing of Personal Data in the UK.

4. Disclaimer

4.1 The Website is provided on an “as is” basis and we do not make any representations or warranties, including without limitation, representations or warranties relating to the timeliness, currency, continuity, accuracy, completeness, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose of the Website. By using this Website you acknowledge that every business decision involves the assumption of a risk and that we, in making the Website available to you; do not underwrite that risk, in any manner whatsoever. We shall not be liable for any loss caused in whole or in part by your use of the Website.

4.2 You acknowledge that no component of the Website shall constitute any financial, legal, investment or any other professional advice.

4.3 Access to the Website is granted to you for the purposes set out in Clause 2.1 and may be intended to facilitate the formation of business decisions by the Client in relation to the Services.

4.4 We do not warrant that your use of the Website will be uninterrupted or continuous. Indeed access may be interrupted, among other reasons, due to routine maintenance, improvement work, investigation and correction of errors or technical problems, communication or network problems or failures, server or system overloading or other technical issues, temporary or permanently unavailability of a data source, unauthorised access or unlawful use or any force majeure event that may affect performance of or access to the Website and/or any of the aforementioned effecting our third party data suppliers’ ability to provide us with the data used in the Website.

4.5 To the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of the Website.

4.6 Deliverables are prepared using information provided by the Client and / or third parties. We will not verify the accuracy or completeness of such information. There may therefore be errors in such information which could impact on the content of the Deliverables. No warranty or representation as to the accuracy or completeness of any such information or of the content of the Deliverables relating to such information is given nor can any responsibility be accepted for any loss arising therefrom. We would request that you check our understanding of the facts carefully and advise us of any inaccuracies or changes as this could have an impact on the output of each assessment.

4.7 Deliverables and screenshots should not be disclosed to third parties without our prior written consent, except as required by law or regulation or if disclosure is required to HMRC or other statutory body. Such consent will only be given after full consideration of the circumstances at the time. For the avoidance of doubt, we accept no duty of care nor assume any responsibility to any third party.

4.8 Events and circumstances occurring after the date of the Deliverables will, in due course, render the respective Deliverables out of date and, accordingly, we will not accept a duty of care nor assume a responsibility for decisions and actions which are based upon such an out of date Deliverables. Additionally, we have no responsibility to update the Deliverables for events and circumstances occurring after this date (unless otherwise agreed with the Client in our engagement letter).

4.9 Responsibility for management decisions will remain solely with the directors of the Client and not us. The directors should perform a credible review of the output of the Deliverables in order to inform any decision made by the Client.

4.10 Nothing in the User Terms shall exclude or limit our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so.

5. Uploading content onto the Website:

5.1 Whenever you make use of a feature that allows you to upload or enter any information to our Website, you must comply with the content standards set out in clause 5.2.

5.2 Your uploaded information must:
5.2.1 be accurate;
5.2.2 comply with the laws of England and Wales;
5.2.3 not be defamatory;
5.2.4 not promote unlawful violence;
5.2.5 not infringe any copyright, database right, trademark or any other third-party rights;
5.2.6 not breach data protection legislation or confidentiality rights;
5.2.7 not deliberately nor negligently introduce viruses, worms, bombs, Trojan horses and trap doors; or
5.2.8 not be in contempt of court.

6. Third Party Claims:

6.1 If you are notified by a third party that your use of the Website infringes the rights of a third party you agree to (i) notify us as soon as reasonably possible; and (ii) at our request immediately cease to use any element of the Website that allegedly infringes third party rights.

7. General

7.1 Change to these Terms: We may amend these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use the Website, please check these terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time. We will endeavour to give you notice of any material changes to these terms.

7.2 Governing Law: These terms shall be governed by English law and the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

Please let us know if any aspects of functionality do not operate as you would expect. If you have a problem accessing or using the Website or Deliverables we will try to resolve the problem during the support hours 09.30 to 17.30 UK time. Contact Tel: +44 (0)20 7383 5100 or Email: