TERMS & CONDITIONS
All hires are subject to these standard terms of hire, a copy of which is provided on request.

1. Definitions and Law;
The complete Contract is the document or documents that set out these terms and conditions and all other details relevant to a particular agreement and is hereinafter referred to as the "Contract". The Hired item(s) are those stated in the relevant Contract and are hereinafter referred to as the "Equipment". The "Hirer" is the person, firm, company, corporation or public authority taking the Suppliers Equipment on hire. The parties to the Contract are the Supplier of the Equipment and the Hirer named in the Contract. This Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England.

2. Ownership;
All Equipment remains the property of Hire-a-brolly.co.uk and is offered for hire subject to availability.

3. General Terms of Hire;
(a) All our umbrellas are checked before being sent to you to ensure quality. All umbrellas are checked upon return to ensure consistent quality, any umbrellas that are damaged or soiled beyond reasonable cleaning will incur a charge of: £10 per umbrella for standard walking umbrellas, and £15.00 per umbrella for golf size umbrellas.
(b) We are happy for you to keep as many umbrellas as you wish, these will be charged at: £10 per umbrella for standard walking umbrellas, and £15.00 per umbrella for golf size umbrellas.
(c) Late collection of umbrellas due to the courier being unable to contact you will incur an extra change of 50p per umbrella per day.
(d) All charges will be invoiced to you by post and/or deducted from your authorised debit/credit card.

4. Period of Hire;
The hire of Equipment will commence from the time Equipment arrives at the nominated address, and will continue until collection from the nominated address.

5. Booking;
Our stocks, whilst comprehensive, can be exhausted at peak times. We work strictly on a first come first served basis so please book early.

6. Extent of Contract;
The Contract will come into being between the Hirer and the Supplier when the Hirer has placed an order, detailing his requirements and agreeing to be bound by these Conditions, and the Supplier has accepted the order.

7. Delivery & Collection;
Delivery dates and times shall be agreed in advance with the Hirer, the Supplier accepts no responsibility in the event that the dates, times or location change without prior notification and that a new Contract of hire form is signed by the Hirer and acknowledged by the Supplier. Delivery times are approximate only & failure to deliver on the stated date or specific time shall not render us liable for damage, lost time or any other consequential loss. Hirers should ensure that they or their representatives are at the delivery address.

Please read carefully, especially the paragraph which refers to PARCELFORCE not being able to deliver OR COLLECT your goods because nobody in to sign for the parcel. We use PARCELFORCE as our main couriers. Our delivery and collection charge is UK mainland only. Deliveries AND COLLECTIONS are monday to friday only. PARCELFORCE can deliver and collect at any time between 8am and 6pm, before 12 delivery can be arranged at an extra charge (see website basket).
PARCELFORCE REQUIRE A SIGNATURE Our couriers PARCELFORCE will do their best to get your parcel to you, if you are not in when they first call they will leave a card telling you they have tried to make the delivery.This enables you to contact them for a redelivey. If you do not contact them when to redeliver they will attempt a second delivery.

Failure twice by PARCELFORCE to deliver means that your parcel will be kept at their depot for a limited period awaiting collection by you.If you fail to collect from their depot the parcel will then be returned to us at a cost, this cost will be passed on to you. We regret this but both PARCELFORCE and S&A SUPPLIES are running businesses.We only pass on the cost the courier charges us.

8. Cancellation Charges;
Will be charged if a confirmed order is cancelled at the following rate:
25% of hire charge.

9. The Hirer;
Has a responsibility to check that all items ordered are delivered and if any of the items are missing, wrong or faulty this should be drawn to the Suppliers attention, to which every effort will be made to rectify the problem. The Supplier reserves the right to alter items to the nearest substitute if necessity arises.
The Hirer shall not be entitled to withhold payment of any of the amount payable under the Contract because of any disputed claim of the Hirer in respect of defective services or any other alleged breach of Contract.
The Hirer shall deemed to have accepted responsibility for the safe custody of everything hired. The Hirer's responsibility for the Equipment commences on the receipt of the Equipment by the Hirer or his agent or on delivery as requested and ends when the Supplier is in possession of the all the Equipment when the equipment is collected. The Hirer will not sell or otherwise part control of the Equipment.

10. Damage;
During the period of hire all damage or loss is the responsibility of the Hirer and all loses will be charged for, (other than fair wear, and tear, and acts of god). Umbrellas must be used correctly, they are not guaranteed windproof, and must not be used as toys.

11. Non-returned, lost, stolen, damaged, or unclean Equipment
The Hirer accepts full responsibility for the care, safekeeping and return in good order of the Equipment. Damaged or uncleanable umbrellas will be charged for, these cannot be returned to the hirer. If the hirer wishes to keep broken or soiled umbrellas these should not be returned and they will be charged for as missing.

12. Public Liability;
The Hirer shall at all times and in all respects indemnify the Supplier against and from, any and every expense, liability, financial loss, claim or proceedings whatsoever in respect of any personal injury whatsoever (including but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing. injury to the Hirer and injury to any servant, employee or agent of the Hirer) and in respect of damage to or loss of any property whatsoever arising out of or in connection with or consequent upon hire, delivery, use, misuse, non-use, repossession, collection, return or non-return of the Equipment or any thereof.