Terms and conditions

Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using this website.

Hughes & Owen Dental Care is part of Portman Dental Care.

This website is operated by Portman Healthcare Limited (“Portman or Portman Dental Care”) which is registered and incorporated in England and Wales under company number 06740579. Our registered office is at Rosehill, New Barn Lane, Cheltenham, GL52 3LZ.

Terms of website use

These terms of use (together with the documents referred to in it) tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of the Hughes & Owen Dental Care website (“our site“), whether as a guest or a registered user. Use of our site includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use our site. By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use our site.

Other applicable terms

These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site:

  • Our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
  • Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our site.

Changes to our site

Hughes & Owen Dental Care reserve the right at any time and without notice to enhance, modify, alter, suspend or permanently discontinue all or any part of this website and to restrict or prohibit access to it. However, please note that any of the content on our site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update it. We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will be free from errors or omissions.

Accessing our site

Our site is made available free of charge. We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our site without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our site is unavailable at any time or for any period. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our site. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them. Except as expressly provided for on this website, we are not responsible for the content or use of any web pages or any message sent or received by you.

Your use of our site

You shall not use this website for any illegal purposes and in particular you agree that you shall not send, use, copy, post or allow any posting which is defamatory or obscene or which is abusive, indecent or in breach of the privacy of any person. You agree not to send any unsolicited promotional or advertising material, spam or similar materials or any volume messages which may interfere with the operation of this website or with the enjoyment of this website by other visitors.

Intellectual property rights

All present and future copyright, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights relating to this website are vested in us and our licensors. You acquire no rights in the website other than the limited right to use the website in accordance with these terms. You agree to protect our proprietary rights and those of our licensors and agree to promptly notify us in writing (contact details below) upon becoming aware of any unauthorised access or any use of the website that infringes upon any proprietary rights.

You are permitted to print out or download information and content from this website only for your own personal non-commercial use or for the non-commercial use of your organisation. You may not offer for sale or sell or distribute over any medium any part of this website or its content. You may not make any part of the website available as part of another website, whether by hyperlink framing on the Internet or otherwise unless you have been authorised to do so in writing by us.

No reliance on information

The content on our site is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up-to-date.

Limitation of our liability

Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by English law. To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our site or any content on it, whether express or implied.

We will not be liable to any user for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with: use of, or inability to use, our site; use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site; loss of profits, sales, business or revenue; business interruption; loss of anticipated savings; loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

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 our site or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

Viruses

We do not guarantee that the website will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your own information technology, computer programmes and platform in order to access the website. You should use your own virus protection software.

You must not misuse our site by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our site, the server on which our site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our site. You must not attack our site via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.

Linking to our site

You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. You must not establish a link to our site in any website that is not owned by you. Our site must not be framed on any other site, nor may you create a link to any part of our site other than the home page. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice. If you wish to make any use of content on our site other than that set out above, please contact [email protected].

Third party links and resources in our site

While this website may provide links to other websites we have no control over such sites. We cannot accept any liability for the accuracy or otherwise of any content, or the security of any activity carried out on other such sites. Your use of such sites is at your sole risk.

Breach and indemnity

If you are in breach of these terms we may suspend your access to this website and refuse to provide you with any further access to it.

You hereby agree to indemnify us against any costs, claims, losses and damages (including legal fees) incurred by or awarded against us as a result of your misuse of this website or your breach of these terms.

Amendment

These terms may be amended by us from time to time. Your use of this website following such changes constitutes your acceptance of these changes.

Applicable law

These terms and conditions, its subject matter, its formation and the content of this website are governed by English law whose Courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

Contact us

To contact us, please e-mail [email protected].

Terms and conditions 

Childs Easter competition 2024

1. The promoter is Hughes & Owen Dental Care and Portman Dental Care are trading names of Portman Healthcare Ltd, registered in England and Wales: 06740579. Registered office: Rosehill, New Barn Lane, Cheltenham, Glos, GL52 3LZ.

2. The competition is open to residents of the United Kingdom excluding employees of Portman Healthcare Limited, their family or close relatives and anyone otherwise connected with the organisation or judging of this competition.  

3. There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this competition.  

4. By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.  

5. Route to entry for the competition and details of how to enter are in practice, in the waiting areas.  

6. Only one winner will be accepted as a prize winner.

7. Closing date for entry will be 15th April 2024. After this date, no further entries to the competition will be permitted.  

8. No responsibility can be accepted for entries not received for whatever reason.  

9. To enter the competition, children must colour in one of the colouring designs provided by the practice. Write name, age and parents phone number on the back of the colouring design and hand it in to reception.

10. The promoter reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other event outside of the promoter’s control. Any changes to the competition will be notified to entrants as soon as possible by the promoter.  

11. The promoter is not responsible for inaccurate prize details supplied to any entrant by any third party connected with this competition.  

12. The prize is as follows: One winner will receive a child’s electric toothbrush, Phillips Sonicare for Kids (+3years old).

13. The prize is as stated and no cash or other alternatives will be offered. The prize is not transferable, subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.  

14. Winner will be chosen at by the practice team, determined by colours used and style of design.

15. The winner’s parent will be notified by telephone on 8th April. If the winner cannot be contacted or does not claim the prize within 14 days of notification, we reserve the right to withdraw the prize from the winner and pick a replacement.  

16. The promoter will follow up with the winners by email to notify them and how they can claim their prize.

17. Prize winner must collect prize from the practice.

18. The promoter’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.  

19. By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.  

20. The competition and these terms and conditions will be governed by English law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.  

21. The winner agrees to the use of his/her name and image in any publicity material, as well as their entry. Any personal data relating to the winner or any other entrants will be used solely in accordance with current UK data protection legislation and will not be disclosed to a third party without the entrant’s prior consent.  

22. Entry into the competition will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions.  

23. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered.

24. You are providing your information to Portman Healthcare Limited and not to any other party.  

25. The only data we collect will be entrants first name and parents contact number if you choose to enter the competition.  

27. Names will only be used to select the prize winner and will not be permanently stored. After the winners have accepted their prize, all other names will be removed from our servers.  

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