1.1 This website, brickaccounting.com (the "site"), is operated by Brick Accounting Ltd ("Brick", "we", "us"). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 17075192. Our registered office is St Brandon's House, 29 Great George Street, Bristol BS1 5QT.
1.2 You can contact us at info@brickaccounting.com.
2.1 These terms apply to your use of the site. By using the site, you accept them. If you do not accept them, do not use the site.
2.2 How we handle personal data is set out in our [privacy notice]. The cookies the site uses are explained in our [cookie notice].
2.3 We may change these terms at any time. The version published on the site when you use it is the one that applies.
3.1 If you are a client of Brick, your engagement letter and our terms of business govern our relationship. They prevail over these terms, and nothing on the site adds to, limits, or varies them.
4.1 Content on the site, including Insights articles, downloadable guides, and anything we send you by email, is general information only. It is not accounting, tax, legal, financial, or investment advice, and it does not take account of your circumstances.
4.2 Do not act, or refrain from acting, on the basis of any content without taking advice from a suitably qualified professional who knows your situation.
4.3 Subject to clause 12.1, we accept no responsibility for loss arising from action taken, or not taken, in reliance on content on the site.
5.1 We act only for clients we have accepted through our engagement process, which includes identity checks and a signed engagement letter.
5.2 Using the site, downloading content, subscribing to our newsletter, sending us an enquiry, or receiving a reply from us does not make you a client and does not create an engagement or a duty of care.
5.3 Do not send us confidential or commercially sensitive information until we have confirmed in writing that we act for you.
6.1 Our client portal is a separate service. Access to it is granted under a client engagement and is governed by the engagement letter and our terms of business. These terms do not apply to the portal.
7.1 We may ask for your details before you can access some content or subscribe to our newsletter. Any details you give us must be accurate. How we use them is set out in our [privacy notice].
7.2 You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link in any email we send.
7.3 We may change, withdraw, or restrict access to any content on the site, including gated content and the newsletter, at any time.
8.1 We own, or are licensed to use, the content on the site and the Brick name, logo, and brand. All intellectual property rights are reserved.
8.2 You may view the site, and download or print content we make available, for your own use. You may not republish, sell, adapt, or commercially exploit any of it, or use our name, logo, or brand, without our written permission.
8.3 If you quote from our content, credit us as the source.
9.1 You must not: use the site for any unlawful purpose; introduce viruses or other malicious code; attempt to gain unauthorised access to the site, the server on which it is hosted, or any connected system; scrape or systematically extract its content; interfere with its operation; or misrepresent any connection with us.
10.1 Links from the site to third-party sites are provided for convenience only. We do not endorse those sites and are not responsible for their content.
11.1 We do not promise that the site will be available at all times or free of errors. We may suspend, withdraw, or change all or part of it without notice.
11.2 Content may be out of date when you read it. We are under no obligation to update it.
12.1 Nothing in these terms excludes or limits our liability where it would be unlawful to do so, including liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.
12.2 If you use the site as a consumer, nothing in these terms affects your statutory rights, and we are not liable to you for any loss of profits or other business loss.
12.3 If you use the site in the course of a business, we exclude all conditions, warranties, and representations implied by law, and we are not liable to you for any loss or damage arising from your use of the site or reliance on its content, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise.
13.1 Thomas Wood, a director of Brick, is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and observes ACCA's Code of Ethics and Conduct; his membership is personal to him, and Brick Accounting Ltd is not regulated by ACCA.
13.2 We hold professional indemnity insurance. Details of the insurer and the territorial coverage of the policy are available on request.
14.1 If any part of these terms is found to be unlawful or unenforceable, the rest continues in force.
14.2 These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them or from your use of the site. If you are a consumer living in Scotland or Northern Ireland, you may also bring proceedings in your local courts.
