Terms & Conditions for Best Improved Online Presence Programme

1. This Best Improved Online Presence Programme (“Programme”) is an 8 month online programme running from 1 February 2017 to 30 September 2017, is free to follow and open to all UK residents aged 18 years or over, but only BFA Members will be able to qualify for the prize upon approval who fit the criteria. Proof of age may be required. Employees (or family members of employees) or any group company of the Promoter (Flower Council), companies associated with the Promoter (British Florist Association) and all affiliates of such companies may not enter this Programme. 

2. Criteria is based on a poor online presence for your business and who the Promoter feel will need guidance, who has the most room for improvement and will benefit the most from the Programme. 

2. By participating in this Programme you will be deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions and agreed to be bound by them.

3. PRIZE: Two places for a bespoke Branding and Social Media Workshop Package by Rona Wheeldon from Flowerona and a half day photoshoot for with Photographer Katie Spicer or an photographer approved by the Supplier.  MAXIMUM TOTAL PRIZE VALUE at £3,000 and if any extra costs are incurred, this will be up to the prize winner to pay the difference.

4. There are only 30 places available in the Programme that will be monitored and mentored and applications opens on Thursday 27 October 2016 and closes at 11.59pm UK time on Wednesday 30 November 2016 (“Programme Application Period”).

5. To take part in this Promotion visit www.flowercouncil.co.uk during the Promotion Period. You ("Participant”) will need to complete the form and submit all required fields to be considered for this Programme Prize.

6. The successful applicants will be selected by the Promoter after the Promotion Application Period. The successfully approved applicants will be notified by email berginning of February 2017 when the Programme starts.

7. The Promoter does not accept responsibility for network, computer, hardware or software failures of any kind, which may restrict or delay the sending or receipt of your application. Applications must not be sent in through agents or third parties. Incomplete applications, and applications that do not satisfy the requirements of these terms and conditions, will be disqualified and will not be entered.

8. If the Promoter has grounds to suspect any participant or third party of cheating, deception or fraudulent or unsportsman-like conduct of any kind (including, without limitation, manipulating the promotion, choice of successful participants or any entry) the Promoter reserves the right (in its sole discretion) to disqualify any participant, applicant or person it reasonably believes to be responsible for, or associated with, such activity.

9. Successful applicants will be monitored and spot checked over the 8 month Programme Period to monitor individual input and successful following of the Programme.

10. Winner will be announced at FleurEx in October 2017 and shortlisted participants will be notified by email at the beginning of October 2017. The Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize for a prize of equivalent or greater monetary value if this is necessary for reasons beyond its control.

11. There is no cash alternative to the prize and unless agreed otherwise in writing the prizes are non-refundable and non-transferable. 

12. The Promoter and Supplier reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions at any time.

13. The Promoter’s decisions shall be final and binding in all respects on all participants. No correspondence will be entered into. Participants that do not comply in full with these terms and conditions will not be considered. 

14. Except in the case of death or personal injury arising from its negligence, or in respect of fraud, and so far as is permitted by law, the Promoter and its associated companies and agents exclude responsibility and all liabilities arising from: any postponement or cancellation of the Promotion, and any changes to, supply of (including, without limitation, prizes which do not reach the intended recipient), or use of the prize, and any act or default of any third party supplier, which are beyond the Promoter’s reasonable control. 

15. Details of successful participant’s names and county will be available for one month after the close of the Promotion by writing to the Promoter at the address set out below and stating the name and closing date of the Promotion. 

16. Participants agree to allow the Promoter to use their name and likeness for advertising and publicity purposes without additional remuneration. The Promoter will use each participant’s, personal details for the purpose of administering this Promotion.  Please see our Privacy Policy on http://www.thejoyofplants.co.uk/privacy-policy for further details. Please note that your data may be processed outside of the EU.

17. If you have opted in, the Promoter may use the details you give us to contact you for marketing purposes and Programme updates by email and you can opt out at any time.

18. Please note that this Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with the BFA.  By participating, you acknowledge that the BFA bears no responsibility for this Promotion and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, you release the BFA from any liability whatsoever in connection with this Promotion.  You understand that the information you provide is provided to the Promoter (and its affiliates, associates and agents where applicable) and not to the BFA.

19. This Promotion, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. You irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim that arises out of or in connection with this Promotion. 

THE SELECTION

After reviewing the applications, we have had to make a decision to start at an entry level due to the different levels the florists are at.

The 30 BFA Member florists who have qualified to be monitored for the prize have been notified by email, but for the rest of the florists, please note that this programme is open to anyone who wishes to improve their own online presence and you are still welcome to follow the programme free of charge to learn and benefit your business.

Everyone who has signed up will receive the notifications and information by email to help develop new disciplines which need to be shown throughout the programme. The efforts of the florists who have qualified will be monitored over the 8 month period and will be judged on their own input and output.

JUDGES:
The Flower Council will be monitoring each of the qualified businesses internally. Florists will be individually judged on their efforts, content, overall appearance in terms of their presence, branding and output. Each business will be monitored and documented so that comparisons of progress can be made.

DISCLAIMER: 
The programme will lay out tips and best practice advice in a generic form over a course of an eight month period. Florists will need to establish which tasks they will need to improve on to benefit their online presence.

The Promoter is:

The Flower Council of Holland

Sierteeltstraat 1, 1431 GM, Aalsmeer

The Netherlands