B2B Terms and Conditions
1) Next Business to Business is a department within Next Retail Limited of Desford Road, Enderby, Leicester LE19 4AT (‘Next’). This contract is made between Next and the Customer (whose details are set out overleaf) for the purchase of any items sold by Next which may include clothing, accessories, flowers and items for the home (the ‘Goods’).
2) The Customer acknowledges that the Goods are not manufactured for industrial or commercial use. For example, the furniture range is designed for use in the home and not for use in an office environment; the clothing is designed as retail fashion wear and not as industrial clothing.
3) These Conditions shall apply to all contracts for the sale of Goods by Next to the Customer to the exclusion of all other terms and conditions including any terms or conditions which the Customer may purport to apply under any purchase order, confirmation of order or similar document. The Customer acknowledges that no representations have been made or relied upon in entering into this contract.
4.1) All orders or requests for Goods shall be deemed to be an offer by the Customer to purchase Goods pursuant to these Conditions. The order will not be binding on Next until accepted by Next.
4.2) Any variation to these Conditions (including any special terms and conditions agreed between the parties) shall not be binding on Next unless agreed in writing and signed by an authorised representative of Next.
5.1) The price payable for Goods shall be the full retail price less any agreed discount, where applicable (the ‘Price’). The Price is inclusive of VAT which shall be due at the rate ruling on the date stated on Next’s invoice to the Customer.
5.2) Any discount agreed shall be at the sole discretion of Next and shall apply unless withdrawn by notice in writing by Next. The acceptance of any order from the Customer shall not of itself entitle the Customer to any discount.
5.3) Payment of the Price and VAT shall be due within 30 days of the date of invoice. Time for payment shall be of the essence.
5.4) If the Customer fails to make any payment in full on the due date Next may charge the Customer any reasonable additional administration costs and interest (both before and after judgment) on the amount unpaid at the rate of 4% above the base rate from time to time of Barclays Bank Plc. Such interest shall be compounded with monthly rests.
5.5) Late payment of any invoice may at Next’s absolute discretion result in loss by the Customer of any discount previously agreed.
5.6) The Customer may not delay or withhold payment of any invoice or other amount due to Next by reason of a right of set-off or counterclaim which the Customer may have or allege to have or for any reason whatsoever.
5.7) Applications for trade credit are subject to status and acceptance. In the event that an application is accepted the Customer will be notified of the credit limit available to them. If the Customer exceeds the stated credit limit Next shall be entitled to suspend performance of all its obligations hereunder without liability to the Customer.
6) Next warrants that the Goods will at the time of delivery correspond to the description given by Next. Except where the Customer is dealing as a consumer (as defined in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 Section 12) all other warranties, conditions or terms relating to fitness for purpose, satisfactory quality or condition of the Goods whether implied by statute or common law or otherwise are excluded.
7) The Goods are designed and sold as fashion and/or domestic items and no express or implied warranty is given for the suitability of any clothing to be worn as day to day work wear or for any home Goods (such as furniture and home accessories) to be used in a business context. Clothing is not made of performance fabrics and is not available on a continuing basis. Goods will be available on a season by season basis only and styles and fabrics may change within each season.
8.1) The Customer shall be deemed to have accepted the Goods 10 days after delivery of the Goods to the Customer or in the case of flowers/plants and other perishable goods (e.g. alcohol products) within 24 hours after delivery. After acceptance the Customer shall not be entitled to reject Goods unless they are faulty. This does not affect consumer’s statutory rights.
8.2) Where the Customer rejects any Goods then the Customer shall have no further rights whatsoever in respect of the supply to the Customer of such Goods or the failure by Next to supply the Goods which conform to the contract of sale.
8.3) Next will at its option either refund the price, repair or replace free of charge any defective Goods where the defect is apparent on inspection provided that the defect is notified to Next within the timescales set out in clause 8.1 above
8.4) Any defective Goods must where reasonable be returned to Next for inspection if requested by Next before Next will have any liability for defective Goods. When returning Goods the Customer must obtain proof of postage.
9) Risk shall pass to the Customer on delivery of the Goods to the Customer. Title shall pass to the Customer on payment in full to Next by the Customer of all outstanding sums due to Next by the Customer.
10) Time for deliveries are estimates only and Next shall not be liable to the Customer for late delivery or short delivery of the Goods. Any claims of short delivery shall be notified to Next within 7 days of delivery.
11.1) Next shall have no liability for damage, loss, liability, claims, costs or expenses caused or contributed to by the Customer’s continued use of defective Goods after a defect has become apparent or suspected or should reasonably have become apparent to the Customer.
11.2) The Customer shall give Next a reasonable opportunity to remedy any matter for which Next is liable before the Customer incurs any costs and/or expenses in remedying the matter itself. If the Customer does not do so Next shall have no liability to the Customer.
11.3) Next shall have no liability for any matters which are outside its reasonable control.
11.4) Next shall have no liability to the Customer for any (i) consequential losses; (ii) loss of profits and/or damage to goodwill; (iii) economic and/or other similar losses; (iv) special damages and indirect losses; and/or (v) business interruption, loss of business, contracts, opportunity and/or production.
11.5) Next’s total liability to the Customer in relation to any one claim shall not exceed the value of the individual Goods to which the claim relates.
11.6) Each of the limitations and/or exclusions in this contract shall be deemed to be repeated and apply as a separate provision for each of the following categories of liability: (i) liability for breach of contract; (ii) liability in tort (including negligence); (iii) liability for breach of statutory duty; and (iv) liability for breach of common law; except clause 11.5 above which shall apply once only in respect of all the said types of liability.
11.7) Nothing in this contract shall exclude or limit the liability of Next for death or personal injury due to its negligence or any liability which is due to Next’s fraud or any other liability which it is not permitted to exclude or limit as a matter of law.
11.8) Nothing in this contract shall exclude or limit any statutory rights of the Customer which may not be excluded or limited due to the Customer acting as a consumer. Any provision which would be void under any consumer protection legislation or other legislation shall to that extent, have no force or effect.
12) Information provided by the Customer about itself may be used by Next or any of its associated companies for marketing, credit and/or risk assessment purposes. Information relating to the contract between Next and the Customer may also be disclosed for credit scoring, administration and financing purposes and for fraud prevention. The Customer consents to receiving marketing material by email, post, fax and telephone.
13) The Customer may not sell or otherwise dispose of any new Goods which form the subject matter of this contract to any third party. Any such Goods re-sold by the Customer shall be deemed to be unauthorised sales and will be a material breach of this contract.
14.1) Next is the registered owner of the trade mark NEXT (the ‘Trade Mark’) and all intellectual property rights in the Trade Mark remain the property of Next. The Customer shall not use the Trade Mark in any publicity or other material without the specific written consent of Next.
14.2) Next owns and retains all intellectual property rights in the Goods. The Customer will not use the Goods, or allow them to be used in any way which may damage the reputation of Next or the Trade Mark or Next brand.
15) No confidential information whether written or oral about the business or operations of Next shall be disclosed by the Customer to any third party without the prior written consent of Next. For the avoidance of doubt confidential information includes but is not limited to information on Next’s discount structure, sales policy and operational procedures.
16) The failure by Next to enforce at any time or for any period any one or more of the terms or conditions herein shall not be a waiver of them or of the right at any time subsequently to enforce all the terms and conditions of this contract.
17) All third party rights are excluded and no third party shall have a right to enforce any part of this contract.
18) This Agreement is subject to English law and the parties hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
Voucher Terms and Conditions
1) These conditions apply to the sale of all Next gift vouchers (“Vouchers”) by Next Retail Limited of Desford Road, Enderby, Leicester LE19 4AT (“Next”) to the purchaser of the Vouchers (“Customer”).
2) Next will aim to deliver Vouchers as follows: (i) where orders are received before 10.00am – the next Working Day; and (ii) where orders are received after 10.00am – within 2 Working Days. Working Days are Monday to Friday excluding any public holidays. The delivery times are estimates only and time for delivery is not of the essence. Where payment is made by cheque Next reserves the right to delay despatch of the Vouchers until such time as the cheque has been cleared.
3) A handling charge of £5.00 will be applied to all orders received under £100.
4) Risk in the Vouchers will pass to the Customer as soon as the Vouchers are dispatched to the Customer. Title in the Vouchers will remain with Next until payment in full of all outstanding sums due by the Customer has been received by Next.
5) Payment terms are 30 days from the date of the invoice unless otherwise agreed in writing. Time for payment is of the essence. If the Customer fails to make any payment in full on the due date Next may charge the Customer any reasonable additional administration costs and interest (both before and after judgment) on the amount unpaid at the rate of 4% above the base rate from time to time of Barclays Bank Plc. Such interest shall be compounded with monthly rests.
6) Where an account has not been paid by the due date Next reserves the right to suspend the account without notice until payment has been received in full.
7) The Customer may not withhold payment of any invoice or other amount due to Next by reason of any right of set-off or counterclaim which the Customer may have or allege to have or for any reason whatsoever.
8) Credit facilities are available, subject to status and acceptance. Next may require payment with order for successive orders before a credit facility is made available to the Customer. In the event that an application is accepted the Customer will be notified of the credit limit available to them. If the Customer exceeds the stated credit limit Next shall be entitled to suspend performance of its obligations hereunder without liability to the Customer.
9) All intellectual property rights in the Vouchers remains the property of Next. No corporate title, designation, service mark, trade mark or any other trading name or style of Next may be used, or adopted by the Customer without the consent of Next first having been obtained in writing.
10) In the event that the Customer wishes to use the Vouchers in any form of incentive promotion the prior written consent of Next must be obtained to the promotion and Next reserves the right to amend or delete any part of the promotion as a condition of such consent.
11) No confidential information whether written or oral about the business or operations of Next shall be disclosed by the Customer to any third party without the prior written consent of Next. For the avoidance of doubt confidential information includes but is not limited to information on Next discount structure, sales policy and operational procedures.
12) Any short delivery must be notified to the Next Business to Business Department in writing within 4 days of delivery. Non-delivery must be notified in writing to the Next Business to Business Department as soon as is reasonably practical or within 24 hours of receipt of invoice whichever is the earlier.
13) The Customer may not sell or otherwise dispose of the Vouchers to any third party at a discount against face value other than to commercial clients and any such sub-sale shall include a similar clause to this clause 13.
14) Vouchers cannot be exchanged for cash.
15) All Vouchers are sold subject to the Terms and Conditions printed thereon.
16) None of these terms and conditions may be changed or varied except in writing and signed by an authorised representative of Next. Any terms and conditions contained in Customers’ purchase orders shall have no force or effect unless expressly accepted and signed by a director of Next.
17) Next reserves the right to alter any of the terms and conditions herein on reasonable notice in writing to the Customer. Such changes shall not affect any orders placed before the variation.
18) Information provided by the Customer about itself may be used by Next or any of its associated companies for marketing, credit and/or risk assessment purposes. Information relating to the contract between Next and the Customer may also be disclosed for credit scoring, administration and financing purposes and for fraud prevention. The Customer consents to receiving marketing material by email, post, fax and telephone.
19) The failure by Next to enforce at any time or for any period any one or more of the terms herein shall not be a waiver of them or of the right at any time subsequently to enforce all the terms of this contract.
20.1) Next shall have no liability for any matters which are outside its reasonable control.
20.2) Next shall have no liability to the Customer for any (i) consequential losses; (ii) loss of profits and/or damage to goodwill; (iii) economic and/or other similar losses; (iv) special damages and indirect losses; and/or (v) business interruption, loss of business, contracts, opportunity and/or production.
20.3) Next’s total liability to the Customer in relation to any one claim shall not exceed the value of the Vouchers to which that claim relates.
20.4) Each of the limitations and/or exclusions in this contract shall be deemed to be repeated and apply as a separate provision for each of the following categories of liability: (i) liability for breach of contract; (ii) liability in tort (including negligence); (iii) liability for breach of statutory duty; and (iv) liability for breach of common law; except clause 20.3 above which shall apply once only in respect of all the said types of liability.
20.5) Nothing in this contract shall exclude or limit the liability of Next for death or personal injury due to its negligence or any liability which is due to Next’s fraud or any other liability which it is not permitted to exclude or limit as a matter of law.
20.6) Nothing in this contract shall exclude or limit any statutory rights of the Customer which may not be excluded or limited due to the Customer acting as a consumer. Any provision which would be void under any consumer protection legislation or other legislation shall to that extent, have no force or effect.
21) All third party rights are excluded and no third party shall have a right to enforce any part of this contract.
22) This contract is subject to English law and Wales and the parties hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.