Terms of use
Last updated: [DATE OF PUBLICATION]
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- Leave the VAT line alone until you are actually VAT registered. Putting a VAT number, or charging VAT, before you are registered is against the law and it is the classic first-year mistake.
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These terms cover this website. The work itself is covered by the contract we sign before it starts — that document wins over anything on this page.
Who you are dealing with
- Saltwork is the trading name of [FULL LEGAL NAME], a sole trader.
- Address for correspondence and for service of documents: [SERVICE ADDRESS, UK]
- Email: hello@saltwork.co.uk
- VAT: not VAT registered, so no VAT is charged on any price shown here. [Replace with the VAT number once registered — not before]
What the free audit is
It is a set of measurements of a website, taken with ordinary public tools, plus my read of what those numbers mean. It is free, there is no obligation attached to it, and asking for one does not put you under contract.
What it is not
- It is not legal advice. An audit may flag something that looks like a compliance problem — missing company details, a cookie banner that does nothing, financial promotions without the required wording. That is a prompt to speak to your own solicitor or compliance adviser, not a legal opinion, and I am not qualified to give you one.
- It is not a guarantee. Numbers are taken on a given day from a given connection. Websites change, and so do the tools that measure them.
- It is not a promise of results. I do not promise rankings, traffic, enquiries or sales, and I would not trust anyone who did. What I promise is the work, done properly and on time.
Prices on this site
The figures shown are honest starting points for the usual version of each job, so that you know the order of magnitude before you get in touch. They are not a formal offer. The price for your job goes in a written proposal after I understand what it involves, and it is that proposal — not this website — that you would be agreeing to.
Where a job depends on a third party you already use — your hosting company, a booking system, a stock feed, whoever built the current site — that will be identified in the proposal, because their cooperation affects both the price and the delivery date.
How work is agreed
Nothing starts without a written contract covering the scope, the price, the payment stages and the dates. That contract also sets out who owns what: as a rule, ownership of the site or system I build for you passes to you when it has been paid for in full, while the tools, components and templates I bring to the job stay mine and get reused elsewhere.
Using this website
- The content here is for information. It is accurate as far as I know at the time of writing, and I update it when something changes.
- The text, design, code, logo and illustrations on this site are mine. Read them, quote them, send them to a colleague. Do not copy the site wholesale or pass the work off as your own.
- I will keep the site available as best I reasonably can, but I do not guarantee it will never be down.
- Where I link to someone else's website, I have no control over what is on it and I am not responsible for it.
Responsibility
Nothing in these terms limits my liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be limited.
Subject to that: this website is provided as it is, and I am not liable for business losses — lost profit, lost business, lost data or loss of opportunity — arising from your use of it or from acting on general information published here without taking advice on your own situation. Liability for the paid work is dealt with in the contract for that work, where it is capped and where you can see the cap before you sign.
Changes
I may update these terms. The version that applies to you is the one published when you used the site, and the date at the top tells you which that is.
Law
These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction over any dispute about them.
Getting in touch
hello@saltwork.co.uk. If something here is unclear, ask me and I will explain it in plain terms — and if it turns out the page is the thing that is unclear, I will rewrite the page.