SHIRE AGRICULTURAL & FENCING SUPPLIES LTD – TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS

This document sets out the Terms of the Contract established between the company (Shire Agricultural & Fencing Supplies Ltd) and you (the customer) which comes into being when the Customer places an order giving details of the Customers requirements and the Company has accepted the Customers order.

Should you have any queries regarding any aspect of these Terms and Conditions of Business please do not hesitate to ask us for further clarification. By accepting these conditions, you confirm that you are over 18 years of age.

In these conditions the following terms will be defined as follows:

1. a) “The Company” means Shire Agricultural & Fencing Supplies Ltd
   b) “The Customer” means the person, firm or company to whom the Company supplies or agrees to supply any of the Company’s products and any other goods supplied by the Company in its normal course of business (hereafter called “the Goods”)
   c) “The Recipient” means the person, firm, company, corporation or public authority to whom the Goods are delivered upon the Customers instructions when it is not the customer.

ABOUT THE BUSINESS

SHIRE AGRICULTURAL & FENCING SUPPLIES LTD is a Limited Company registered in England and Wales under Number 12591578; our registered office is; 15 High Street, Brackley, Northamptonshire. NN13 7DH

GENERAL TERMS APPLYING TO THE PROVISION OF ALL GOODS

Prices

All prices for goods are subject to VAT at the applicable rate. You will receive a detailed breakdown of these prices in every transaction with us.

Estimates & Quotations

Estimates and quotations may be provided verbally.  Written estimates and quotations are available on request. Our estimates and quotations are based upon the information provided by the client. We will endeavour to contact you at our earliest opportunity if we believe that the costs could be significantly higher that the original estimate or quotation. 

Deliveries

Whilst the Company will deliver all Goods ordered by the Customer as soon as practicable any dates for delivery quoted by the Company are for the guidance of the Customer only and do not form part of these terms and conditions. The Company is not liable to the Customer for any damages due to the delay in delivery or non-delivery of any Goods ordered by the Customer or in respect of any damages or consequential loss of any nature suffered by the Customer in respect of such failure to deliver or form delay in delivery.

Goods

All goods supplied by the Company shall remain the property of the Company until payment for the goods has been made in full by the Customer.  For the purpose of this clause all monies payable by the Customer to the Company in respect of the packing, carriage or insurance of the Goods shall be deemed to be part of the purchase price.

If any Goods delivered by the Company prove to be defective the liability of the Company shall (so far as it is prevented by law) be limited to replacing the defective Goods or refunding the money to the Customer for the said Goods and the Company shall not be liable for any economic or consequential loss suffered by the customer in respect of such defect.

The contract for the supply of the Goods to the Customer shall be interpreted in accordance with English law which shall for all purposes be deemed to be the proper law of the Contract.

PAYMENT TERMS

In order to keep our prices as affordable as possible, payment is requested when ordering, before an order can be processed and fulfilled.

Any cheque returned by our bank as unpaid, any credit card payment not honoured, and any cash tendered found to be counterfeit will result in your order restored to the original sum and immediately payable – with further charges added in respect of the bank charges and administrative costs arising from this.

We shall be entitled to suspend the provision of any further goods until you have paid any outstanding sums in full.

If an invoice is sent out, payment is required strictly within 14 days from the date of invoice. A full breakdown will appear on all invoices.  Should you become unable to pay your invoice according to our Payment Terms, or consider that there may be a problem with your invoice details, please contact us on 07500 448232 or 07791 993506 as soon as possible after receiving the invoice so that the matter can be resolved.

For any invoice still remaining unpaid after 7 days, we reserve the right to take such action as we consider appropriate to recover our fees. This may include engaging third-party debt collection agencies to recover the outstanding fees and/or instigating proceedings against you in the County Court.  You would be liable to pay any additional costs incurred for this which will be added to your client account.  Please be aware that the use of debt collection agencies and the County Court could affect your future credit rating.

Methods of Payment

Payment at time of order may be made by the following methods:

1) Cash

2) Cheque – (no post-dating) made payable to Shire Agricultural & Fencing Supplies Ltd

3) Visa or Credit Card – major credit cards accepted (except American Express)

4) BACS – please quote your Name and the first line of your Address in the reference details.

COMPLAINTS & STANDARDS

We hope that you will never feel the need to complain about the standards of our products received from Shire Agricultural & Fencing Supplies Ltd. However, should you wish to make a complaint, please contact one of our Directors during normal office hours by phone: 07500 448232.  Alternatively, you can contact us in writing either by post to: Mead Bank, Mead Road, Barford St John, Banbury, Oxon. OX15 0PW or by e-mail to info&shire-agri.co.uk.  We would aim to acknowledge receipt of your complaint within a period of 14 days of its receipt and to respond fully within 28 days of this, if practicable.

VARIATION OF TERMS & CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS

No agent or person employed by, or under contract with the business, has the authority to alter or vary these Terms and Conditions in any way without the written agreement of the Directors.

Shire Agricultural & Fencing Supplies Ltd reserve the right to alter or amend these Terms and Conditions as necessary and any such amendment will be published on our website: www.shire-agri.co.uk

25/6/2021