Innovation Scout is a web based service through which registered users can upload information concerning opportunities and needs.

These are the terms and conditions (Terms) under which you can make use of www.innovationscout.co.uk (Site) to upload unmet needs that you have discovered and to access unmet needs in our database that you feel you may be able to satisfy (Services). The Site can be accessed by anyone but to use our Services, you must register with us, and to register you must accept these Terms by checking the appropriate box when completing your registration. You should understand that by registering with us and using the Services, you are entering into a contract with us on these Terms to the exclusion of all others, so it's important that you read them carefully. If you don't accept them, you will not be able to register with us and will only be able to use the site as a casual user.

Please keep a copy of the Terms for reference in the future. We'll post a notice on the Site and/or inform you by email, SMS or similar in the event that we update them.

1. Registration

1. The Site is operated by Innovation Scout Limited. We are a company registered in England & Wales (CRN: 6761441) and our registered office is situated at 132 Whitley Road, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, NE26 2NA.
2. These Terms apply to all use by you of the Site and the Services. To use the Services, you must register and in so registering, you accept the Terms set out in this document to the exclusion of all others. We will provide the Services to you only on the basis of these Terms, updated from time to time by us in accordance with clause 6.1.
3. Our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use also form part of these Terms.

2. Your Obligations

1. You confirm that all information supplied by you (including email address and mobile telephone number details) in connection with your registration is accurate and relates only to you.
2. You agree that you will maintain the accuracy of all information supplied in relation to your registration for as long as you make use of the Site and that you will update that information as necessary.
3. When you accept these Terms in registering to use the Site and the Services, you warrant that:
1. You are legally capable of entering into binding contracts;
2. You are at least 18 years old;
3. You will use the Site only for the purpose of uploading unmet needs that you have discovered and for accessing information within our database concerning problems and needs that we have aggregated (Content) and that you will not use the Site for any other purpose;
4. The Content you upload will contain no material that is offensive, obscene, abusive, libellous, false, misleading, illegal, immoral, or otherwise unlawful;
5. The intellectual property rights in the material used in your Content, if any, is yours or that you have the right to use it;
6. The posting of your Content on the Site and/or downloading of your Content by our other clients will not infringe the intellectual property rights or privacy of any third party or parties.
4. You may pay the fees due in respect of your use of the Services (Service Fees) by such methods as we offer from time to time. Where you choose to pay by direct debit, the direct debit guarantee shall apply, details of which shall be provided in appropriate circumstances. Should you choose to pay by other methods, additional fees may apply (Administrative Fees), please see the Site for details. Where such Administrative Fees do apply, these will be charged alongside the Service Fees and may not be itemised separately.
5. The Service Fees shall be as set out in the Website and shall, unless indicated there to the contrary, be exclusive of VAT and other applicable taxes and duties (which shall be paid by you in the manner and rate described by law) together any Administrative Fees that may apply from time to time.
6. Where applicable, all sums you owe to us shall be paid by you together with any applicable VAT, and without any set off or other deduction, within 30 days of the date of our invoice.
7. Where payment is to be made by you in accordance with clause 2.6 and you fail to make payment within 30 days, we will charge interest on the unpaid amount (before and after judgment) at a daily rate equal to 4 per cent per annum above the base lending rate from time to time of Lloyds TSB Plc from the due date until payment is received.
8. In the event that we issue legal proceedings in respect of your breach of any of these Terms, you will reimburse all costs and expenses that we incur as a result of such action on demand and on an indemnity basis.
9. We may suspend or terminate the Services and/or your access to the Site and the licence to you of the Content granted further to clause 5.4 in the event of your failure to pay the Service Fees and/or Administrative Fees in accordance with the Terms. Our termination of any contract with you on these Terms shall be without prejudice to any sums chargeable to and payable by you for Services we have provided up to and including the effective date of the said termination.

3. Liability

1. Save as provided for at clause 3.3, we will not be liable to you for any indirect or consequential loss, damage or expenses (including loss of profits, data, business, opportunity or goodwill) howsoever arising.
2. You must observe and comply with all applicable regulations and legislation, including obtaining all necessary customs, import or other permits to download Content (whether yours or ours) from the Site. The transmission of certain Content may be prohibited by national laws. We make no representation and accept no liability in respect of any breach of such laws resulting from your use of the Site and the Services to transmit Content to you.
3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in these Terms is intended to limit any rights you may have as a consumer under applicable local law or other statutory rights that may not be excluded, nor in any way to exclude or limit our liability to you for fraud of for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence.
4. You hereby agree to indemnify us on demand and to hold us harmless from all actions, claims and proceedings made or taken against us from time to time and for all loss or damage and all payments, costs or expenses (including legal costs) made or incurred by us as a result of the breach of the warranties you have given at clause 2.3 or which otherwise arise in respect of your use of the Site and the Services.

4. Data Protection

1. We collect and process personal information when you register. This information may include your name, address, gender, date of birth, email address, mobile phone number, and messaging service identity.
2. You may at your discretion provide additional information, (such as marital status, sexual orientation and other descriptive information) some of which may be classed as ‘sensitive personal information’ under the Data Protection Act, to be included within your profile and which is accessible to other users. This information is collected from you and processed when you submit it by amending your profile using the appropriate menu when you are logged into the Site.
3. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information on how we will process your personal data.
4. You hereby acknowledge and consent to our provision of your personal data and other information concerning your use of the Site and the Services to law enforcement agencies, regulatory bodies and otherwise as required by law.

5. Content

1. Although we reserve the right to review or monitor Content at any time without notice to you, we do not assume any obligation or responsibility to monitor or review any Content, whether uploaded by you or by any third party.
2. We reserve the right, at our sole and absolute discretion, to remove any Content or other information that you post or otherwise upload to the Site at any time and/or to suspend or limit your access to the Services without prior notice.
3. If you become aware of any Content that may have been uploaded in breach of these Terms (particularly, without limitation, Content that is unlawful or that infringes the intellectual property rights of third parties) you undertake to notify us immediately, using the tools provided on the Site or by contacting us.
4. You hereby grant to us a world-wide non-exclusive royalty-free limited licence to store, use, reproduce, modify, distribute and sub-licence your Content. In consideration of and subject to payment by you of our Service and Administrative Fees, we hereby grant to you a world-wide non-exclusive royalty-free limited licence to store, use, reproduce, modify, and distribute your Content.
5. You acknowledge that your Content may be accessed and downloaded by other users of the Site. You acknowledge that we are entitled to all revenue earned from licensing the Content that you upload to third parties.

6. Variations

1. We may vary these Terms at any time. Any such variation shall be effective once posted on the Site.
2. We shall endeavour to notify you by email or SMS that the Terms have been updated, but such notification is entirely without prejudice to this clause and we shall not be liable under any circumstances for your failure to receive or our failure to send such notification.
3. At all times it is your responsibility to read and satisfy yourself as to the Terms laid out herein. Your continued use of the Site and/or the Services after any variation to the Terms indicates your acceptance of the updated Terms.

7. Written communications

1. Applicable laws require that some of the information or communications we send to you should be in writing. When using our site, you accept that communication with us will be mainly electronic. We will contact you by SMS text message, email or provide you with information by posting notices on our website. For contractual purposes, you agree to this electronic means of communication and you acknowledge that all contracts, notices, information and other communications that we provide to you electronically comply with any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. This condition does not affect your statutory rights.

8. Notices

1. All notices given by you to us must be given to us at info@singitworld.com. We may give notice to you by SMS, email or post at the addresses you provide to us when registering with us, or in any of the ways specified in clause 7.1 above. Notice will be deemed received and properly served immediately when posted on our website, 24 hours after an email or SMS text message is sent, or three days after the date of posting of any letter. In proving the service of any notice, it will be sufficient to prove, in the case of a letter, that such letter was properly addressed, stamped and placed in the post and, in the case of an email, that such email was sent to the specified email address of the addressee, and in the case of an SMS text message, that such SMS text message was sent to the specified mobile telephone number of the addressee.

9. Transfer of rights and obligations

1. Your registration on these Terms gives rise to a contract between you and us (Contract) that is binding on you and us and on our respective successors and assigns.
2. You may not transfer, assign, charge or otherwise dispose of the Contract, or any of your rights or obligations arising under it, without our prior written consent.
3. We may transfer, assign, charge, sub-contract or otherwise dispose of the Contract, or any of our rights or obligations arising under it, at any time during the term of the Contract.

10. Events outside our control

1. We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under a Contract that is caused by events outside our reasonable control (Force Majeure Event).
2. A Force Majeure Event includes any act, event, non-happening, omission or accident beyond our reasonable control and includes in particular (without limitation) the following:
1. Strikes, lock-outs or other industrial action;
2. The failure of an SMS text message provider to deliver an SMS text message (other than a failure due to non-payment by us of the SMS text message fee);
3. Public or private telecommunications network failure;
4. The acts, decrees, legislation, regulations or restrictions of any government.

11. Waiver

1. If we fail, at any time to insist upon strict performance of any of your obligations under these Terms, or if we fail to exercise any of the rights or remedies to which we are entitled, this shall not constitute a waiver of such rights or remedies and shall not relieve you from compliance with such obligations.
2. A waiver by us of any default shall not constitute a waiver of any subsequent default.
3. No waiver by us of any of these Terms shall be effective unless it is expressly stated to be a waiver and is communicated to you in writing in accordance with these Terms.

12. Severability

1. If any of these Terms are determined by any competent authority to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, such term, condition or provision will to that extent be severed from the remaining terms, conditions and provisions which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.

13. Entire agreement

1. These Terms and any document expressly referred to in them represent the entire agreement between us in relation to the subject matter of the Contract and supersede any prior agreement, understanding or arrangement between us, whether oral or in writing.
2. You acknowledge that, in registering with us, you have not relied on any representation, undertaking or promise given by is or be implied from anything said or written in negotiations by us prior to your registration except as expressly stated in these Terms. In particular, you acknowledge that no ‘clearance’ has been carried out with regard to third party intellectual property rights that may impinge upon your ability to commercialise a solution to any of the unmet needs contained in the Content and that it is your responsibility to take professional advice on such implications before making significant investments in relation to such unmet needs.
3. You shall have no remedy in respect of any untrue statement made by us, whether orally or in writing, prior to the date of your registration (unless such untrue statement was made fraudulently) and your only remedy shall be for breach of contract as provided in these Terms.

14. Third Party Rights

1. A person who is not a party to the Contract has no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of the Contract, but this does not affect any right or remedy of a third party which exists or is available apart from that Act.

15. Termination, Law and jurisdiction

1. Without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to us, we may terminate the Contract or any other contract between you and us that is subject to these Terms or, notwithstanding any previous agreement or arrangement to the contrary, suspend any further provision of Services without liability to you and where the Services have been provided but not paid for the Service and/or Administrative Fees shall become immediately due and payable if you make any voluntary arrangement with your creditors, (being an individual or firm) become bankrupt or (being a company) become subject to an administration order (whether out of court or otherwise), go into liquidation (otherwise than for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction) or an encumbrancer takes possession of or a receiver or administrator is appointed over any of your property or assets or you cease to trade or threaten to cease trading.
2. These Terms and your registration give rise to a binding contract between you and use that will be governed by English law. Any dispute arising from, or related to your use of the Site and the Services shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.