Terms and conditions

These terms explain the rules for using the AHDB website and the content published on it. They apply when you use our website at ahdb.org.uk.

Please read these terms before using this site. They are a legally binding agreement between you and AHDB.

What is in these terms and conditions?

These terms explain the rules for using our website and the content available on it. On this page:

  • org.uk is referred to as the ‘site’ and how you may use any content on the site
  • We refer to the terms and conditions as the ‘terms’
  • A reference to ‘you’ or ‘your’ is a reference to the user of this site

We provide a summary to explain the main points of each section in straightforward language. It is provided to help users understand the content more easily.

The full legal wording below takes precedence if there is any difference between the summary and the legal terms.

Who we are and how to contact us

AHDB (Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board) provides and manages this website.

If you have any questions about the website, you can contact us by email: info@ahdb.org.uk, telephone 024 7669 2051 or post:

AHDB Middlemarch Business Park

Siskin Parkway East

Coventry

CV3 4PE

By using our site you accept these terms

By using this website, you agree to these terms and conditions.

If you do not agree with them, please do not use the website.

Some content or services may have additional terms that apply. We may restrict or remove access to the website if these terms or applicable laws are not followed.

1. These terms set out all of the rules and obligations that apply to your use of the site. There are different terms and conditions that apply if you are a consumer or if you are accessing the site on behalf of a business or for business purposes. In these terms, ’consumer‘ means a person who accesses the site for personal use only and not in connection with a business, trade or profession.

1.1 By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms and that you agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these terms, you must stop using our site immediately. These terms are a legally binding agreement between you and AHDB.

1.2 Please be aware that your access to use of certain content made available on this site may be subject to separate terms and conditions, as explained below.

1.3 These terms may also make reference to other terms that apply when using our site, such as our privacy notice and cookies policy. 

1.4 We may prevent or suspend your access to our site or any content made available on our site if you do not comply with these terms or any applicable laws.

We may make changes to our terms

We may update these terms from time to time.

Any changes will be published on this page, so you should check the terms regularly to make sure you understand the version that applies when you use the website.

2. We amend these terms from time to time by updating them on the site. Please check these terms to ensure that you understand the terms that apply each time you wish to use our site.

We may make changes to our site

We may update, change, suspend or remove parts of this website at any time.

This helps us keep the website accurate, relevant and operational.

3. We may from time to time change the content of this site or suspend or discontinue any aspect of this site, which may include your access to it.

Your obligations and acceptable use

When using this website, you must act lawfully and responsibly.

You must not:

  • Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the website or its systems
  • Upload malicious software or harmful content
  • Use automated tools to access or collect information from the website without permission
  • Submit offensive or inappropriate content
  • Misuse forms or services provided on the website

Failure to follow these rules may result in access being restricted or removed.

4. You accept that you are solely responsible for ensuring that your computer meets all relevant technical specifications necessary to use this site and that your computer is compatible with this site.

4.1 You must not misuse our system or this site. In particular, you must not hack into, circumvent security or otherwise disrupt the operation of our system and this site, or attempt to carry out any of the foregoing. This includes introducing (but is not limited to) viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material which is or could be malicious or technologically harmful. You must not misuse any forms on the site and any forms you submit must be a genuine enquiry.

4.2 You must not use or attempt to use any automated programme (including, without limitation, any spider or other web crawler) to access our system or this site. You must not use any scraping technology on the site. Any such use or attempted use of an automated programme shall be a misuse of our system and this site. Obtaining access to any part of our system or this site by means of any such automated programmes is strictly unauthorised.

4.3 You must not upload or use inappropriate or offensive language or content or solicit any commercial services in any communication, form, or email you send or submit, from or to the site.

4.4 Whenever you make use of any feature that allows you to upload any content to our site, or to make contact with any other users via our site (if applicable), you must comply with the content standards set out in these terms. 

Intellectual property

Unless otherwise stated, AHDB owns or licenses the content available on this website.

You may download, print or use content for personal use and, where permitted, for internal business purposes.

You must not copy, modify, republish, sell or commercially use content without permission unless the relevant licence terms allow it.

5. This website and its content is the copyright of AHDB © Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board 2026. All rights reserved.

5.1 The copyright and all other intellectual property rights in this site (including all database rights, trade marks, service marks, trading names, text, graphics, code, files, links and other data or materials published on it) belong to us or our licensor(s). All rights are reserved.

5.2 Subject to clause 4, and subject to the following provisions, you may download material from this site. However, you must not modify, republish, store (in whole or in part), pass off or link to any other material or information on or downloaded from this site without our prior written consent. 

5.3 Subject to clauses 5 and 6.6 (inclusive) and unless the content is covered by separate terms and conditions made available to you at the point of downloading or accessing that content, we grant you a licence to:

5.3.1 copy, transmit or reproduce part or all of any content made available on this site; and

5.3.2 you may print or download to a local disc extracts of any content made available on this site,

5.3.3 providing that: 1) if you are a business, such use is for your own internal business purposes only; or 2) if you are a consumer, such use is for your personal use and information only. Where the content is subject to separate terms and conditions at the time of access or download, those terms and conditions (including any licence conditions and restrictions on use) shall prevail over these terms.

5.4 You agree:

5.4.1 not to make any change, amendment, modification, addition or deletion to any content, meaning or message of the content available from our site; and

5.4.2 to clearly acknowledge AHDB as the source and owner of any material or content made available on this site.  

5.5 You may not, except with our prior written permission:

5.5.1 commercially exploit any content owned or licensed by AHDB; or

5.5.2 transmit or store in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system any content owned or licensed by AHDB.

5.6 Other than the rights set out above, nothing in these terms grants you any legal rights in the site or the content. You agree not to adjust, try to circumvent or delete any notices contained on the site or the content (including any intellectual property notices) and in particular, in any digital rights or other security technology embedded or contained within the site or the content.

Warranty

We work to keep the website available and the information on it accurate and up to date.

However:

  • We cannot guarantee uninterrupted access to the website
  • We cannot guarantee that all information will always be accurate, complete or current
  • We cannot guarantee that downloadable files will always be free from technical issues or malicious software

You should use the website and any information it contains at your own discretion and make sure it meets your needs.

6. While we endeavour to ensure that any material available for downloading from this site is not contaminated in any way, we do not warrant that such material will be free from infection, viruses and/or similar code.

6.1 Due to the nature of software and the internet, we do not warrant that your access to, or the running of, this site will be uninterrupted, or error free. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our site without notice. We shall not be liable if you cannot access our site due to circumstances beyond our control.

6.2 The content provided on this site is for general information only and does not constitute specific advice. Although we make reasonable efforts to update and keep correct the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees of any kind, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up to date. We give no warranties, guarantees or representations that the site or any information available on it is reliable, suitable or available for any specific purpose. Any reliance you place on the site and any information is therefore strictly at your own risk. It is your responsibility to ensure that any use of this website or information available through it meets your specific requirements.

6.3 We give no warranties, guarantees or representations that the site or any information available on it is reliable, suitable or available for any specific purpose. Any reliance you place on the site and any content or information provided is therefore strictly at your own risk. It is your responsibility to ensure that any use of this site or the content or information available through it meets your specific requirements.

6.4 To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our site or any content on it, whether express or implied.

6.5 We make no promise that the site is appropriate or available for use in locations outside of the UK. If you choose to access the site from locations outside the UK, you acknowledge you do so at your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws where they apply.

Barring from the site

We may temporarily or permanently restrict access to the website if we consider it necessary.

This may include limiting access to some or all website content and services.

7. We reserve the right to bar users from this site or restrict or disable their access to, including the use of any or all elements of the site and any content available through the site, on a permanent or temporary basis at our sole discretion.

We may suspend or withdraw our site

We provide this website free of charge.

We cannot guarantee that it will always be available and may suspend, restrict or remove access if required for operational or business reasons.

You are also responsible for ensuring that anyone using the website through your internet connection follows these terms.

8. We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and operational reasons at any time at our sole discretion.

8.1 You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.

Websites we link to

This website may include links to third-party websites.

These links are provided for information and convenience only.

We do not control these websites and are not responsible for their content, services or availability. If you choose to use a linked website, you do so at your own risk.

9. This site contains links to websites operated by third parties. Any such links are provided for your convenience and information only. We have no control over such websites' content or functionality. We accept no legal responsibility for any content, material or information contained with them. We give no warranties or representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the information appearing in relation to any linked websites. We do not endorse or recommend any views expressed within them, nor any products or services advertised on those websites. If you decide to access any third party website linked from this site, or use any information available, you do so at your own risk. 

Third parties

These terms apply only between you and AHDB.

They do not give any rights to other people or organisations unless the law specifically allows it.

10. These terms are between you and AHDB and no other party shall not have any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any of the provisions of these terms.

Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you

This section explains when AHDB may be responsible for loss or damage and when we are not.

Nothing in these terms limits liability where the law does not allow us to do so.

Subject to legal requirements, we are not responsible for losses arising from circumstances outside our control, technical issues, viruses, third-party systems or reliance on information provided on the website.

Additional limitations apply to business users.

11. Whether you are an individual consumer or a business user we do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors and for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

11. 1 Subject to clause 12.1, we will not be liable for:

11.1.1 any failures due to software or internet errors or unavailability, technical issues or any other circumstances beyond our control.

11.1.2 any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programmes, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our site or your downloading or access to any content on it, or any website linked to it; or

11.1.3 any losses that were not caused by any breach on our part;

11.1.4 any losses that were not foreseeable to you and us when these terms were formed.

11.2 We are not liable to you if we fail to comply with these terms because of circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

11.3 If you are a business user, subject to clause 1:

11.3.1 we exclude all implied conditions, warranties, representations or other terms that may apply to our site or any content on it;

11.3.2 we will not be liable to you for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with :

11.3.2.1 use of, or inability to use, our site, or

11.3.2.2 use of or reliance on any content displayed on our site,

11.3.3 In particular, we will not be liable for any:

11.3.3.1 loss of any data, profits, sales, business, or revenue;

11.3.3.2 business interruption;

11.3.3.3 loss of anticipated savings;

11.3.3.4 loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or

11.3.3.5 any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

Which country’s laws apply to any dispute?

These terms are governed by UK law.

Any disputes relating to these terms will be handled by the courts specified in the full legal wording, depending on whether you are using the website as a consumer or as a business.

12. If you are a consumer, relevant United Kingdom law will apply to these terms. If you want to take court proceedings, the relevant courts of the United Kingdom will have non-exclusive jurisdiction in relation to these terms.

12.1 If you are a business, these terms, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by English law and you agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

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