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Terms of service

The following Terms of Service (“Terms of Service”) govern access to and use of https://www.wip-uk.com (the “Website”), a website owned and operated by Women in Product Limited, a UK registered company (Company number: 15059266). 


(“Women in Product UK”, “we”, or “us”), including any content, functionality and services offered on or through any of our other products, services, meetings, or events (such content, functionality, and services collectively referred to as the “Services”) for you, or if you are an entity, then for one or more persons for whom you pay Membership Dues (as defined below), as set forth herein (each such person, a “Designee”).

Please read the Terms of Service carefully before using the Website and Services because they contain provisions that affect your and your Designee’s rights and obligations, including a non-disclosure covenant, mandatory arbitration provision, and a waiver of your right to participate in a class action. By you and/or your Designee using the Website, attending meetings, or otherwise using the Services, you, on behalf of yourself and your Designee, accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy, found at https://www.wip-uk.com, which are incorporated herein by reference. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Service or the Privacy Policy, neither you nor your Designee can access or use the Services.

The Services are offered and available to users who are 18 years of age or older. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that you and/or your Designee are 18 years of age or older and are otherwise capable of forming a legally binding contract with Women in Product UK and that your and/or your Designee’s use of the Services is consistent with our Terms of Service, our Privacy Policy, and all applicable law. If you and/or your Designee do not meet these requirements, you must not access or use the Services.

You acknowledge and confirm that (i) you have read and understand all of the terms, conditions, policies, provisions, disclosures and disclaimers contained herein, (ii) these Terms of Service have the same force and effect as a signed agreement, and (iii) you expressly accept and agree to be bound by the terms hereof.

Changes to these Terms of Service

We may modify these Terms of Service at any time at our sole discretion. We will post notice of changes to these Terms of Service on this page. Changes will not apply retroactively and will only become effective when (i) you and/or your Designee use the Services after you know about the change, or (ii) thirty (30) days after they are posted, whichever is sooner. However, changes addressing new functions for the Website or the Services or changes made for legal reasons will be effective immediately. We will also update the Last Modified Date at the top of these Terms of Service accordingly. Your or your Designee’s continued use of the Website and/or Services after the Last Modified Date signifies your consent to the modified Terms of Service. You are expected to check this page frequently so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you. If the modified Terms of Service are not acceptable to you and/or your Designee, you and/or your Designee should not access or use the Website or Services after the Last Modified Date.

Data Privacy and Personal Information

By agreeing to these Terms of Service, you, on behalf of yourself and your Designee also consent to our Privacy Policy which is incorporated by reference into these Terms of Service. If you and/or your Designee are domiciled outside the United Kingdom, by agreeing to these Terms of Service you and/or your Designee consent to the transfer and processing of your personal information and the personal information of your Designee, as applicable, in the UK in accordance with the Privacy Policy and UK laws. ‍

International Users

Women in Product UK and the Services are operated from within the United Kingdom. If you and/or your Designee access the Services from a location outside the United Kingdom, you are responsible for compliance with the laws of that jurisdiction regarding online conduct and acceptable content. Women in Product UK makes no claim that the content of the Services may be utilized, accessed or appropriate outside the United Kingdom. You and your Designee must not access or use the Services from a territory that is embargoed by the United Kingdom or from which it is illegal to receive products, services, or software from the United Kingdom.

Third Party Links

The Website may link to independent third party websites or social media widgets. Such hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only. Women in Product UK is not liable for the availability or accuracy of such third party sources, and you assume all risk in using them. When you link to them, these third party sites or services may place cookies and other tracking technologies on your computer and may have different rules for using or sharing any personal information you submit to them. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before submitting your personal information.

When you access third party websites or interact or communicate with third parties, including other users, through the Services, you do so at your own risk. Women in Product UK is not responsible for the actions, content, information, data, practices, policies or opinions of any third parties.


Application Form 

To become a member of Women in Product UK, you’d need to fill an application form. The application form will collect some personal information about you. If your application is successful, we’ll send you payment details to purchase a subscription of your choice, and in that case payment information in the form of a valid credit card or other payment processing information will be collected. 

By filling the application form, you represent and warrant that (i) all of the information that you provide is correct, current, and complete; (ii) you have the authority to agree to these Terms of Service on behalf of your Employer/Company and on behalf of your Designee, as applicable; (iii) your agreement to these Terms of Service is binding on you and your Employer/Company and on behalf of your Designee, as applicable; (iv) you and/or your Designee have not registered for any illegal purpose, to facilitate any illegal topic, or otherwise for the purposes of providing any illegal information.

If you and/or your Designee believe that your identity or someone else’s identity has been misrepresented, please contact us immediately. You and/or your Designee may also report users who you believe to be in breach of this paragraph.

You, on behalf of yourself and your Designee, agree that all information you provide to register with or use the Website or otherwise is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you and/or your Designee consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy.

Confidentiality

Women in Product UK takes our confidentiality requirements very seriously. “Confidential Information” means all of the non-public information that you or your Designee become aware of through your or your Designee’s use, respectively, of the Website and/or Services, whether by attending Women in Product UK events or meetings or otherwise. By way of example and not by limitation, Confidential Information includes, without limitation, (i) with respect to the companies represented by the Women in Product UK members, business projections, plans, financials, trade secrets, discoveries, product specifications and pipelines, customers and customer pipelines, suppliers and supplier pipelines, business decisions, legal matters, investor and shareholder information, employment information, processes, and any other non-public information, (ii) with respect to the Women in Product UK members, their identity, any personal information they may share and the companies for which they work, (iii) with respect to Women in Product UK, membership fees, the terms of this Agreement, the activities and topics discussed, sanctioned, sponsored by, or associated with, Women in Product UK and (iv) any other information that ought reasonably to be understood and treated as confidential based upon the nature of the information and the circumstances of disclosure.

By registering and using the Website and Services, you and/or your Designee and your Employer/Company agree to (a) hold the Confidential Information in confidence and protect it with the same measures you take with respect to your own confidential materials, but in no case with less than reasonable measures, (b) not disclose the Confidential Information to any third person, and (c) not use the Confidential Information except for discussions at Women in Product UK events with other Women in Product UK members.

By registering and using the Website and Services, you also acknowledge and agree that (i) your confidentiality obligations are to Women in Product UK as well as to each member with whom you attend meetings and may be otherwise engaged as a result of your Women in Product UK membership and (ii) any breach by you may cause irreparable harm to a disclosing member and/or Women in Product UK for which there is no adequate remedy at law, and in this case Women in Product UK and/or the disclosing member will be entitled to seek appropriate equitable relief in addition to any remedies available at law.

Your and/or your Designee’s obligation and your Employer/Company’s obligation to protect Confidential Information under these Terms of Service will continue indefinitely, even after you and/or your Designee cease to be a Women in Product UK member.

Changes and Termination of Services; Refunds

We are constantly changing and improving our Website and Services. We reserve the right to add or remove features/benefits of the Women in Product UK membership plans, and we may suspend or stop a Service or the Website altogether. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website or Services are unavailable at any time or for any period. The right to access and use the Website and/or Services is revoked in jurisdictions where it may be prohibited, if any.

We reserve the right to terminate or change the Services or your (or your Designee’s) access to the Services and to stop providing Services to you or your Designee, add or create new limits to our Services, or restrict your or your Designee’s access to all or a part of the Services, without notice, at any time and for any reason, including your and/or your Designee’s violation of these Terms of Service, if we are investigating suspected misconduct, or for business reasons. You agree that Women in Product UK may, for any reason and without notice to you, immediately terminate or otherwise restrict your or your Designee’s access to the Services. Women in Product UK has no obligation to maintain, store, or transfer your information or data.


Cancellation of Membership & Renewals 

You or your Designee can stop using our Services at any time by providing us with written notice to the following address: membership@wip-uk.com 

Our billing is annual only. We will terminate your or your Designee’s membership within ten (10) working days of receipt of your (or your Designee’s) written notice. We will cancel all future payments (if any) but will not issue any refunds for any charges already levied against your account or for any remaining months of membership within the annual billing cycle. 


Renewals are automatic. You or your Designee can cancel the Renewal up to 30 days before the renewal date by providing us with written notice to the following address: membership@wip-uk.com

Licenses Granted

Women in Product UK grants to you and/or your Designee a revocable, non-transferable, nonexclusive, limited and non-assignable license to access and use the Community App and Services in accordance with these Terms of Service. Women in Product UK reserves all other rights in the Website and Services not expressly granted to you and/or your Designee.

You and/or your Designee grant Women in Product UK a worldwide, unlimited, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use any non-confidential, non-personal content that you and/or your Designee share through our Community App or Events. You and/or your Designee acknowledge and agree that Women in Product UK may aggregate and anonymize such information for sharing and publication amongst Women in Product UK members and the public and that Women in Product UK may monetize such information at its discretion. 

‍Guild 

We allow our members to interact with each other using the Guild community app in accordance with Guild’s terms and privacy policy. By using Guild and the Website and/or Services, you agree to be bound by Guild’s terms of service and privacy policy

Interactions with Women in Product UK Members

Women in Product UK is not responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any User Content posted by you or any other user of the Website and/or Services. We cannot guarantee the identity of any other Women in Product UK users or members with whom you or your Designee may interact in the course of using the Services or User Content or the authenticity of any data which Women in Product UK users or members may provide about themselves. You and/or your Designee are solely responsible for independently verifying the quality, relevance, and/or accuracy of any information provided through the Services or User Content before relying on it, and for determining the suitability of any information that you and/or your Designee obtain through the Services or User Content. You acknowledge that use of the information and content that you and/or your Designee obtain through the Services or User Content is at your own risk.

By using the Website and the Services/User Content, you acknowledge and agree that (i) we are not responsible for validating or vetting the expertise or qualification of any particular user (except the information that they have shared on their LinkedIn profiles); (ii) we do not endorse or support any type of communication on the Website or Services, including through Guild; (iii) we have no liability to you with respect to any content, communication, other interaction with other Women in Product UK members and users that are facilitated through the Website or Services, including through Guild; and (iv) we do not make any representations or warranties with respect to the quality of communications between Women in Product UK members and/or users, do not guarantee that will be able to connect or interact with any particular Women in Product UK member or user, and we will not be liable to you and/or your Designee for any such failure. No agency or fiduciary relationship is established between Women in Product UK and any of its users.

If you or your Designee has a dispute with one or more Women in Product UK users or members, you and/or your Designee release us and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, arising out of or in any way connected with such disputes, including damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, privacy or data. We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to become involved in any way with these disputes.

Member Conduct and Guidelines

You and/or your Designee may use the Website and Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Service. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you, on behalf of yourself and your Designee, agree to use the Website and Services in accordance with the provisions below:

  • You and/or your Designee will only use the Website and Services in accordance with the laws of your jurisdiction.
  • You and/or your Designee will be respectful and considerate of other members and will not harass or threaten other users or violate the rights of any other party, and you and/or your Designee will do your part to make the Women in Product UK community a safe, supportive community for all users.
  • You and/or your Designee will not impersonate someone else or misrepresent your affiliation with another person or company.
  • You will register for the Services using accurate and current information, and you and/or your Designee will not impersonate or attempt to impersonate Women in Product UK, a Women in Product UK employee, another user or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using e-mail addresses or usernames associated with any of the foregoing).
  • You and/or your Designee will not post User Content that infringes another’s intellectual property rights.
  • You and/or your Designee will not use the Website or Services to do anything unlawful, deceptive, misleading, illegal, unethical, malicious, or discriminatory.
  • You and/or your Designee may not decompile, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to obtain the source code of any content on the Website or any technology or content as may be shared in Women in Product UK meetings.
  • You and/or your Designee will not use, store, copy, upload, display, post, reproduce, modify, translate, republish, distribute, broadcast, transmit, create derivative works from, display, license, sell or otherwise exploit any part of the Services, including any information included and shared in Women in Product UK meetings or in User Content, in any form whatsoever other than as expressly permitted under these Terms of Service.
  • You and/or your Designee will not use contact information received through the Website or Services, including any information included and shared in Women in Product UK meetings and/or on the Website, for phishing, spamming and other unsolicited communications or data collection.
  • You and/or your Designee will not use the Website and/or Services, including any information included and shared in Women in Product UK meetings, in a manner intended to damage, disable, overburden or impair the Services or to disrupt or interfere with another’s use of the Services.
  • You and/or your Designee will not attempt to hack or otherwise gain unauthorized access to the Website or user’s community app accounts.
  • You and/or your Designee will not use high volume, automated, or electronic means to access the Website (including without limitation robots, spiders or scripts).
  • You and/or your Designee will not affect the display of the Website through use of framing, pop-ups or third party ads.
  • You and/or your Designee will not transmit malware, software viruses, Trojan horses, worms or any other malicious application to or through the Website.
  • You and/or your Designee will not threaten, dox, or otherwise harass other members or users of the Website and/or Services.
  • You and/or your Designee will not act in a manner that violates these Terms of Service.
  • You and/or your Designee will comply with applicable local, state, national or international laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations or ethical codes governing your jurisdiction.
  • You and/or your Designee will not otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Services, or engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Services, or which, as determined by Women in Product UK, may harm Women in Product UK or users of the Services or expose them to liability.
  • You and/or your Designee will notify us immediately of any content of the Website and/or Services that violates these Terms of Service.

Any violation of the above may be grounds for termination of your and/or your Designee’s right to access or use the Services.

We have the right to (i) take any action with respect to any User Content that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including if we believe that such User Content violates these Terms, infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, threatens the personal safety of users of the Website and/or Services or the public or could create liability for Women in Product UK; (ii) disclose your and/or your Designee’s identity or other information about you and/or your Designee to any third party who claims that material provided by you and/or your Designee using the Services violates their rights, including their intellectual property rights or their right to privacy; (iii) take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website and/or Services; and (iv) terminate or suspend your and/or your Designee’s access to all or part of the Services for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Service.

YOU AND/OR YOUR DESIGNEE WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS WOMEN IN PRODUCT UK AND ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSEES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY SUCH PARTIES DURING OR AS A RESULT OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY SUCH PARTIES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

We have no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities described in this section.


Proprietary Rights

The Website and all past, present and future content of the Website, including all software, hardware and technology used to provide the Website and Services (including our proprietary code and third-party software), user interfaces, materials displayed or performed on the Website, such as text, graphics, articles, photographs, images, illustrations and the design, structure, sequence, layout, and “look and feel” of the Website, and all other intellectual property, including all trademarks, service marks, logos, or any other trade name, trademarks, service marks and other distinctive or proprietary brand features of Women in Product UK, are (i) owned by Women in Product UK, its licensors or other providers of such material, (ii) protected by United Kingdom and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws, (iii) are intended solely for the personal, non-commercial use of our users, and (iv) may only be used in accordance with these Terms of Service.

Using our Website and/or Services does not give you and/or your Designee ownership of any intellectual property rights in our Website or Services or any content on the Website and/or from the Services. You may not use content from our Website or Services, including User Content, unless you obtain permission from Women in Product UK and the user who generated the content, if different from Women in Product UK, or are otherwise permitted by law. These Terms of Service do not grant you and/or your Designee the right to use any of our technology or intellectual property. You and/or your Designee may not remove, obscure, or alter any copyright or other legal notices displayed in our Website or along with our Services.

No right, title or interest in or to the Website or Services or any content on the Website or gained through the Services is transferred to you and/or your Designee, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by Women in Product UK. Any use of the Website and/or Services not expressly permitted by these Terms of Service is a breach of these Terms of Service and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.

Claims of Copyright Infringement

If you and/or your Designee believe that your and/or your Designee’s copyrighted work has been unlawfully copied and is accessible on the Services in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please send a notice of copyright infringement to:

‍Email: membership@wip-uk.com

The notice should include:

  • Your and/or your Designee’s full name and electronic or physical signature.
  • Your and/or your Designee’s mailing address, phone number and email address (at which you and/or your Designee can be contacted by us or the alleged infringer).
  • A statement that you and/or your Designee are the owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of the copyright that is allegedly infringed, and that the information in your notice is accurate.
  • A statement that you and/or your Designee have a good faith belief that the disputed use of the copyrighted materials is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or by law, such as fair use.
  • A description of the copyrighted work(s) that you and/or your Designee claim has been infringed.
  • A description of the location of the copyrighted materials on the Website and/or Services.


Electronic Delivery Statement and Your Consent

You, on behalf of yourself and your Designee, agree to receive legal notices and other information concerning Women in Product UK or the Website or Services electronically, including notice to any email address that you and/or your Designee may provide.

Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties

THE WEBSITE, SERVICES, USER CONTENT, AND ANY ASSOCIATED CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER WOMEN IN PRODUCT UK NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH WOMEN IN PRODUCT UK MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE SERVICES OR ANY ASSOCIATED CONTENT. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER WOMEN IN PRODUCT UK NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH WOMEN IN PRODUCT UK REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE WEBSITE, SERVICES, USER CONTENT, OR ANY ASSOCIATED CONTENT WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, UPDATED OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT THE WEBSITE AND/OR SERVICES ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT THE WEBSITE AND/OR SERVICES WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR AND/OR YOUR DESIGNEE’S NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.

WOMEN IN PRODUCT UK HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Limitation of Liability

YOUR AND/OR YOUR DESIGNEE’S USE OF (1) THE WEBSITE AND/OR SERVICES AND (2) ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR DERIVED FROM SERVICES, INCLUDING ANY INFORMATION INCLUDED AND SHARED IN WOMEN IN PRODUCT UK MEETINGS AND/OR USER CONTENT, IS AT YOUR AND/OR YOUR DESIGNEE’S SOLE RISK AND DISCRETION.

You and/or your Designee may not assert claims for money damages arising from the Services or any associated content against Women in Product UK, its affiliates, licensors or service providers, or our respective employees, contractors, officers, directors and agents. Women in Product UK, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and our respective employees, contractors, officers, directors and agents shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, including but not limited to personal injury, pain and suffering, emotional distress, or loss of revenue, profits, goodwill or data, whether caused by tort (including negligence), breach of contract or otherwise, even if we knew or should have known of the possibility of such damages, arising out of or in connection with (i) your and/or your Designee’s use, or inability to use, the Services or any associated content or User Content; (ii) any interaction with any third party through or in connection with the Services, including other Women in Product UK members or users, and including User Content; (iii) any information offered or provided within or through the Services; or (iii) any other matter relating to the Website or Services. In no event shall Women in Product UK, its affiliates, licensors or service providers, or our respective employees, contractors, officers, directors and agents be liable to you and/or your Designee in the aggregate (for all potential claims by you) for any damages incurred. 

Indemnification

You are solely legally liable if your and/or your Designee’s use or misuse of the Website and/or Services or any associated content, including User Content, causes damage to the Website and/or Services, to you and/or your Designee, or to someone or something else. You, on behalf of yourself and your Designee, agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Women in Product UK, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and our respective employees, contractors, officers, directors and agents from and against all liabilities, claims, damages, judgment, awards, losses, costs, expenses, fines or fees that arise from or relate to your and/or your Designee’s use or misuse of the Website, Services, and/or User Content, violation of these Terms of Service, or violation of a third party’s rights. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you and/or your Designee will cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses.

Limitation on Time to File Claims

Any cause of action or claim you may have arising out of or relating to these Terms of Service, the Website, and/or Services must be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues, otherwise, such cause of action is permanently barred.

Binding Arbitration

In the rare event that you and/or your Designee have a dispute with Women in Product UK, we encourage you and/or your Designee to contact us immediately so we can work together toward a satisfactory resolution. If we cannot come to a resolution, you, on behalf of yourself and your Designee agree, that any claims, disputes, demands, counts, controversies, or causes of action between you and Women in Product UK arising out of or relating to these Terms of Service, the Website, and/or Services, including the enforceability of these Terms of Service or our Privacy Policy or information practices will be finally and exclusively resolved by binding arbitration on an individual basis only (except as stated below). The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person’s claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of any class or representative proceeding.

Severability and Integration

These Terms of Service and any supplemental terms, policies, rules and guidelines posted on the Website constitute the entire agreement between you and/or your Designee and Women in Product UK. If any part of the Terms of Service is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. If any part of the Terms of Service contradicts any part of any membership agreement between you on your own behalf or on behalf of a Designee, then the terms of such membership agreement will control.

General Provisions

You and/or your Designee may not assign these Terms of Service without Women in Product UK’s prior written approval. Women in Product UK may assign these Terms of Service without your consent or your Designee’s consent to: (i) a subsidiary or affiliate; (ii) an acquirer of Women in Product UK’s business or assets; or (iii) a successor by merger. Any purported assignment in violation of this section shall be void. No joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and/or your Designee and Women in Product UK as a result of these Terms of Service or your and/or your Designee’s use of the Services. Our failure to enforce any right or provision in these Terms of Service shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by Women in Product UK in writing.

Contact Information

The Website and Services are operated by Women in Product Limited (Company number: 15059266). All feedback, comments, requests for technical support and other communications relating to the Services should be directed to us at:


Email: enquiry@wip-uk.com