Terms and Conditions

Welcome to Ridgeback Forge!

These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of Ridgeback Forge's website, located at www.ridgebackforge.co.uk.

By accessing this website we assume you accept these terms and  conditions. Do not continue to use Ridgeback Forge if you do not agree to all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.

The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement and Disclaimer Notice and all Agreements: "Client",  "You" and "Your" refers to you, the person log on this website and  compliant to the Company’s terms and conditions. "The Company",  "Ourselves", "We", "Our" and "Us", refers to our Company. "Party",  "Parties", or "Us", refers to both the Client and ourselves. All terms refer to the offer, acceptance and consideration of payment necessary to undertake the process of our assistance to the Client in the most  appropriate manner for the express purpose of meeting the Client’s needs in respect of provision of the Company’s stated services, in accordance with and subject to, prevailing law of the United Kingdom. Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalization  and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to same.

We employ the use of cookies. By accessing Ridgeback Forge, you agree to use cookies in agreement with Ridgeback Forge's Privacy Policy. 

Most interactive websites use cookies to let us retrieve the user’s details for each visit. Cookies are used by our website to enable the functionality of certain areas to make it easier for people visiting our website. Some of our affiliate/advertising partners may also use cookies.

Unless otherwise stated, Ridgeback Forge and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on Ridgeback Forge. All  intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access this from Ridgeback Forge for your own personal use subjected to restrictions set  in these terms and conditions.

You must not:

• Republish material from Ridgeback Forge
• Sell, rent or sub-license material from Ridgeback Forge
• Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from Ridgeback Forge
• Redistribute content from Ridgeback Forge

This Agreement shall begin on the date hereof. Our Terms and Conditions were created with the help of the TermsFeed Free Terms and Conditions Generator.

Parts of this website offer an opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions and information in certain areas of the website.  Ridgeback Forge does not filter, edit, publish or review comments prior to their presence on the website. Comments do not reflect the views and  opinions of Ridgeback Forge,its agents and/or affiliates. Comments  reflect the views and opinions of the person who post their views and opinions. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, Ridgeback Forge  shall not be liable for the comments or for any liability, damages or  expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting  of and/or appearance of the comments on this website.

Ridgeback Forge reserves the right to monitor all comments and to  remove any comments which can be considered inappropriate, offensive or causes breach of these Terms and Conditions.

You warrant and represent that:

• You are entitled to post the comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;
• The comments do not invade any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent or trademark of any third  party;
• The comments do not contain any defamatory, libellous, offensive, indecent or otherwise unlawful material which is an invasion of privacy
• The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.

You hereby grant Ridgeback Forge a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit and authorize others to use, reproduce and edit any of  your comments in any and all forms, formats or media.

The following organizations may link to our website without prior written approval:

• Government agencies;
• Search engines;
• News organizations;
• Online directory distributors may link to our website in the same  manner as they hyperlink to the websites of other listed businesses; and
• System wide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit  organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups  which may not hyperlink to our website.

These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organizations:

• Commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources;
• dot.com community sites;
• Associations or other groups representing charities;
• Online directory distributors;
• Internet portals;
• Accounting, law and consulting firms; and
• Educational institutions and trade associations.

We will approve link requests from these organizations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make Ridgeback Forge look unfavorably to ourselves or to our accredited businesses; (b) the organization does not have any  negative records with Ridgeback Forge; (c) the benefit to Ridgeback Forge from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of Ridgeback Forge; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.

These organizations may link to our home page so long as the link:  (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

If you are one of the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending  an e-mail to chris@ridgebackforge.co.uk. Please include your name, your  organization name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a  list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. We will respond within 2-3 weeks.

Approved organizations may hyperlink to our website as follows:

• By use of our corporate name; or
• By use of the uniform resource locator being linked to; or
• By use of any other description of our website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party’s site.

No use of Ridgeback Forge's logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.

Without prior approval and written permission, you may not create frames around our webpages that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of our website.

We shall not be held responsible for any content that appears on your website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims that is rising on your website. No link(s) should appear on any website that may be interpreted as libellous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes,  otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights.

Please read the privacy policy located at https://ridgebackforge.co.uk/privacy-policy

We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any  particular link to our website. You approve to immediately remove all  links to our website upon request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and it’s linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our website, you agree to be bound to and follow these linking terms and conditions.

If you find any link on our website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us at any moment. We will consider requests to remove links but we are not obligated to do so or to respond to you directly.  

We do not ensure that the information on the linked website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we promise to ensure that the linked website remains available or that the material on the linked website is kept up to date.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all  representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:

• limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury;
• limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
• limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
• exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.

The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer,  including liabilities arising in contract, in tort and for breach of statutory duty.

As long as the website and the information and services on the  website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.

Ridgeback Forge cancellation policy

1. A full refund is available on all bookings/gift vouchers within 30 days of the invoice if you decide that you no longer wish to attend a knife making experience providing the knife making experience has not been attended.

2. After the 30 day period, no refund will be offered.

3. After a date for an experience day is agreed, if the experience day cannot be attended, Ridgeback Forge may offer another date providing we are notified more than 6 weeks prior to the experience day. If less than 6 weeks, no rebooking and no refund will be offered.