Terms of Use

What using Hearitlocal means

Reading hearitlocal.com, sharing its links or writing to it means you accept these terms as they apply to a reader of local stories, business profiles and arts coverage. Questions can go to [email protected].

Local information, not a guarantee

Our articles are general information and editorial opinion. Opening hours, ticket prices, event dates, venue rules and business details change often, and a piece may be out of date by the time you read it. Confirm details with the venue, shop or organiser before travelling or spending money. A profile of a business is not a recommendation that suits every customer, and a review of a gig or exhibition is one writer’s view. Nothing here is legal, financial or professional advice for people starting or running a business.

Who owns what

The articles, headlines, layout and original photography belong to the operator or appear with permission. Photos and recordings supplied by artists and businesses remain theirs. You may read, quote a short passage with a clear credit and share a link to a story. Copying a full piece, republishing it or using it in your own marketing needs written permission from us.

Using the site properly

Do not scrape articles in bulk, flood the site with automated requests, plant malicious code or post fake praise or complaints about a business through our inbox. Do not use our address to send spam or harassment aimed at local people or venues. Anyone who endangers the site or its readers may be cut off from it.

Tips, stories and corrections you send

When you send a story idea, photo, quote or correction, you confirm that it is yours to share, or that you have permission. You allow us to use it to research and improve our coverage, and we may edit it for clarity. We are not obliged to publish or reply to anything.

Sponsorship, ads and outside links

The site may in future carry advertising, sponsored items or affiliate links, which would be marked and would not change what we write about a shop, band or event. Articles may point readers to businesses, ticket sellers, venue pages, artists’ own sites and public listings. All of those sit outside our control, and we cannot vouch for their stock, prices, bookings or content, so check them yourself before relying on them.

Liability

Hearitlocal is provided in its current form, and a story about a gig, shop or festival may be incomplete or overtaken by events. As far as the law allows, the operator does not promise that articles will be complete, current or always reachable, and is not liable for loss from relying on them, such as a wasted trip to a closed venue. Any consumer rights you hold that the law does not let anyone waive stay intact, as does any liability the law does not allow us to exclude.

Changes and severability

We may revise these terms or the site at any time, and revised terms apply once posted here. Should a court find one clause unenforceable, the other clauses still bind both sides.

Contact

For anything about these terms, email [email protected].