Advertising Terms & Conditions

"Advertisement" means any kind of  promotional or advertising material (including, but not limited to,  advertorial content, classified and/or  recruitment advertising) that is, as the case may be: (i) to be printed in a  Print Publication and/or (ii) to be published or otherwise displayed by  electronic means (including, but not limited to,  banner, skyscraper, pop-up, roadblock, leader,  belly bands, cover wraps, tip ons, inserts, button or other forms of online or  electronic display advertising) via or as part of or in connection with any  Online Publication;

"Advertisement Confirmation" means  Top Right Group's written confirmation of the Buyer's order;

“the Advertiser” means any person who  promotes products or services to the general public or a section of the public,  whether such person is the Buyer or not;

"Advertiser Dependencies" means the  Copy Deadline, together with any other obligations of the Buyer which Top Right Group may  specify in connection with the proposed publication of the Advertisement  (whether included in the Advertisement Confirmation, the Rate Card, the Booking  Form or otherwise) including, but not limited to,  the delivery format and/or file configuration  in which any copy for the Advertisement (whether for a Print Publication or an  Online Publication) is to be supplied to Top Right Group;

"the  Buyer" means the person placing the order with Top Right Group for the publication of  the Advertisement (including, but not limited to, the Advertiser's advertising  agency or media buyer);

“Copy Deadline” means, where applicable,  the latest date (as shown on the Advertisement Confirmation) by which the Buyer  is obliged to give Top Right Group full instructions and copy for carrying out the Buyer's  order in accordance with and subject to these terms and conditions.  For the avoidance of any doubt,  Advertisements to be published in an Online Publication may not be subject to a  Copy Deadline;

"Online Publication" means any  website operated or controlled by Top Right Group or other electronic medium (including,  but not limited to, e-mail communications and alerts), whether connected with  or related to the title of a Print Publication or otherwise;

“Print Publication” means any newspaper, magazine, insert or 'onsert' (and  including any supplement for which no charge is made to its recipient and which  is published whether regularly or occasionally as part of or in association  with such newspaper or magazine) published by Top Right Group;

"Top Right Group" means Top Right Group Limited, formerly known as Emap International Ltd, Company no.  435820 with its registered office at Greater London House, Hampstead Road, London W1 7EJ(Top Right Group), trading as "MEED Media FZ LLC" and/or "AMEINFO FZ-LLC" (as applicable) in MENA . "MEED Media FZ LLC" is incorporated in Dubai Media City, Trade License no. 18693 and "AMEINFO FZ-LLC" is incorparated in Dubai Media City, Trade License no. 30120

"the Rate Card" means the rate card from  time to time in force which is used by Top Right Group and as such may include (amongst other  things) Top Right Group's scale of advertisement rates and also technical specifications  relating to the standard and quality of reproduction of any Advertisement  including its setting, style, delivery format, file configuration and size and  wording;

"Working Days" means 9am to 5pm any day  Sunday to Thursday inclusive other than public holidays.

a) in relation to any  and all Advertisements the Buyer contracts with Top Right Group as principal  notwithstanding that the Buyer may be acting directly or indirectly for the  Advertiser or in any other representative capacity;

b) should the Buyer  change its name, trading style, identity, address, or should any other details  disclosed by the Buyer to Top Right Group change, the Buyer must give written notice to  Top Right Group within 5 Working Days of such change(s);

c) any and all other  Advertiser Dependencies will be met and, unless otherwise agreed in writing by  Top Right Group, all copy for any Advertisements will be delivered to Top Right Group in an approved  digital format and/or file configuration and, in the case of an Advertisement  to be published in a Print Publication, delivered at least 10 Working Days  prior to the Copy Deadline;

d) the publication of  the Advertisement by Top Right Group (either in the Print Publication or the Online  Publication or both, as the case may be) in the form originally submitted by  the Buyer (or as amended pursuant to Condition 4 below) will not breach any  contract with a third party or infringe any copyright, trade mark or other  proprietary right of any third party or otherwise be unlawful or render Top Right Group  liable to any proceedings, claims, demands, costs or expenses or any other loss  whatsoever;

e) in the case of any  Advertisement submitted for publication by the Buyer which contains the name or  pictorial representation, whether photographic or otherwise, of any living  person or any part of the anatomy of any living person or any material by which  any living person may be identified, the Buyer or the Advertiser has obtained  the authority of that living person to make use of his or her name, identity,  image, representation and/or copy;

f) in relation to any  financial promotion (as defined under the Financial Services and Markets Act  2000, England and Wales), the Advertiser is, or its content have been approved by, an authorised  person within the meaning of the Act or the Advertisement is otherwise  permitted under the Act, under the Financial Promotion Order 2001, England and Wales, or under any  other legislation subordinate to the Act;

g) the Buyer warrants that the Advertisment complies with all national and international legal and regulatory requirement and codes of practice (whether voluntary or obligatory), in all jurisdications in which the advertisment will appear.

h) all advertising copy  submitted to Top Right Group is legal, decent, honest and truthful, and complies with the  British Code of Advertising, Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing and all other  relevant codes under the general supervision of the Advertising Standards  Authority and all relevent codes applicable in UAE;

i) all instructions,  artwork or other material submitted to Top Right Group by electronic means shall not  contain software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed  to interrupt, damage, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer  software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, and shall not be  corrupted;

j) any information  supplied in connection with the Advertisement is accurate, complete and true;

k) where the Buyer is  the Advertiser's agent, the Buyer is authorised by the Advertiser to place the  Advertisement with Top Right Group and the Buyer will indemnify Top Right Group against any claim  made by the Advertiser against Top Right Group arising from publication of the same; and

l) the Buyer has  retained sufficient quantity and quality of any artwork, film or other  materials and copy relating to the Advertisement as Top Right Group shall not be liable  for the loss of or damage to any of these items submitted to Top Right Group.

a) complying with any  legal or moral obligations placed on Top Right Group or the Buyer or the Advertiser; or

b) avoiding the  infringement of (i) the rights of any third party or (ii) the British Code of  Advertising, Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing and all other relevant codes  under the general supervision of the Advertising Standards Authority or (iii)  any other applicable law; or (iv) any such relevant applicable standard of the UAE

c) meeting to Top Right Group's  reasonable satisfaction (i) the production and quality specifications  stipulated on the Rate Card or (ii) any other Advertiser Dependencies.

a) to decline to publish, or omit,  alter, suspend or change the position of any Advertisement otherwise accepted  for insertion, or publication.  However,  Top Right Group will endeavour to comply with the reasonable and practicable wishes of the  Buyer although Top Right Group does not warrant the date of publication or insertion, the  wording, or the quality of the reproduction of the Advertisement; and

b) to destroy all  artwork, film, copy or other materials submitted by the Buyer and which have  been in Top Right Group's possession for more than six (6) months from the date of their  last use by Top Right Group, unless specific written instructions have been received from  the Buyer to the contrary.

a) checking  the correctness of the Advertisement in the form it is received from the Buyer;

b) any  error in the Advertisement in the form it is received from the Buyer;

c) the  wording, representation, placement or quality of colour or mono reproduction of  the Advertisement;

d) the actual  positioning or prominence of the Advertisement in the Print and/or Online  Publication (as the case may be);

e) the repetition of any  error in an Advertisement ordered for more than one insertion;

f) the  distribution of the Print or Online Publication in a specific geographical  area;

g) the failure,  corruption or malfunction of any system of electronic publication, whether by  means of electronic storage, display or retrieval equipment or otherwise;

h) any order given by  the Buyer in the nature of a "stop order" or cancellation or transfer  of the publication of the Advertisement unless it is given to Top Right Group in writing,  in the case of an Advertisement to be published in a Print Publication, at  least 10 Working Days before the Copy Deadline and, in the case of an  Advertisement to be published in an Online Publication, at least 5 days prior  to the intended go-live date;

i) any loss whatsoever  caused by delay or failure by Top Right Group to issue the Print or Online Publication on  the due date (or such other date of release, display or publication, as the case  may be), or Top Right Group's decision to suspend the Print and/or Online publication or  cease the Print or Online Publication altogether;

j) the payment of any  damages or other compensation for breach of contract because of Top Right Group 's failure  to perform any of its obligations under these terms and conditions if such  failure is caused by anything beyond Top Right Groups reasonable control (that is to say  as a result of force majeure) including acts or threats of terrorism, strikes,  lock-outs or other industrial actions or trade disputes, pandemic, epidemic or  other widespread illness whether involving Top Right Group's employees or those of any  third party;

k) any loss whatsoever  caused as a consequence of any instructions, artwork or any other material  relating to the Advertisement being submitted by the Buyer in electronic form  that is in breach of the warranty at Condition 3(h) above;

l) any matter of  complaint, claim or query (whether in relation to the Advertisement, in which  case Condition 5.3 shall apply, or Top Right Group's invoice related thereto) unless  raised with Top Right Group in writing within 5 Working Days following the publication of  the Advertisement or at the date on which it is claimed the Advertisement was  intended to appear, or the receipt by the Buyer of the invoice giving rise to it;  and

m) any failure of the  Advertisement to meet or generate any target response levels or page  impressions.

a) within 5 Working Days of its  publication or display in the case of a single order; or

b) before either the  Copy Deadline for its next insertion or subsequent go live date (as the case  may be) in the case of a series order

c) give the Buyer credit for the cost of  the Advertisement containing the error; or

d) publish the Advertisement for a second  time without charge to the Buyer

a) fails to pay Top Right Group 's invoice in  accordance with the Payment Schedule  in Condition  6.1 above; or

b) is in breach of any  obligation under these terms and conditions,

a) charge interest on any outstanding balance owed to Top Right Group at the rate of 4% above  the base rate of Barclays Bank Plc from the date that the invoice became due  for payment until the date it is paid in full (whether before or after  Judgment);

b) charge an  administration fee of $50 if any cheque drawn in its favour by the Buyer in  purported satisfaction of any unpaid invoice is dishonoured on presentation;  and

c) instruct a debt collection agency (apart from solicitors) to recover  any sum due and in that case all charges incurred by Top Right Group as a result of such  instruction shall be payable by the Buyer in any event upon demand.

(a) to charge the Buyer  for any extra production and colour processing costs because of any act or  omission by the Buyer to supply artwork, film, copy or other materials of  sufficient quality or otherwise in accordance with the Advertiser Dependencies;  and

(b) to change any matters  shown on the Rate Card, including in particular (but not limited to), its scale  of advertisement rates at any time.

a) notice of cancellation received 29 –42 days or more before first publication, 25% of total booking fee due

b) notice of cancellation received 8-28 days before first publication, 50% of total booking fee due 

c) notice of cancellation received 0-7 days before first publication, 100% of total booking fee due 

a) notice  of cancellation received 28 days or more before first display, 25% of total  booking fee due

b) notice  of cancellation received 8-27 days before first display, 50% of total booking fee due

c) notice  of cancellation received 0-7 days before first publication, 100% of total  booking fee due

a) notice  of cancellation received 28 days or more before first publication, 25% of total  booking fee due

b) notice  of cancellation received 8-27 days before first publication, 50% of total  booking fee due 

c) notice  of cancellation received 0-7 days before first publication, 100% of total  booking fee due

(a)  being an individual  dies or makes voluntary arrangement with his creditors or his estate becomes  subject to an administration order or he becomes bankrupt;

(b) being a company  becomes insolvent, has a receiver appointed to manage its

assets or it enters  into liquidation or commences to be wound up (other than for the purpose of  amalgamation or reconstruction);

(c) allows an  encumbrancer to take possession of any of its property or assets; or

(d) is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or ceases or threatens to  cease to carry on business.