These terms & conditions ("this Agreement”) constitute the contract governing the supply of telecoms services ("the Services”) by 08Direct ("us”, "we”) to the person to whom such Services are provided ("the Customer” or "you”). If you use any premium rate services supplied by 08Direct, then you will be required to sign a separate agreement so as to comply with PhonepayPlus regulations. Some terms and conditions may vary from time to time as described below. This Agreement comes into force once we have accepted your order for the Services. By submitting this order, you agree to these terms and conditions. If you are registering or purchasing this product on behalf of someone else, you undertake to ensure that they are aware of and agree to these terms and connditions. We will provide acceptance of the order by email, sent to the email address you supplied at sign-up.
We will supply the Services in accordance with this Agreement. In doing so, we shall exercise the reasonable care and skill expected of a telecommunications operator, but no telecommunications service can be supplied without occasional faults. We will attempt to remedy any faults as soon as we can reasonably do so.
From time to time, we may vary some aspects of the Services, but we will try to inform you of these changes. Occasionally, we may suspend the Services due to operational or technical reasons. If this occurs, we will try to inform you and we will attempt to restore the Services as soon as we reasonably can.
You may purchase additional Services from us, which will also, once we have accepted an order, be subject to this Agreement.
For customers who make use of the Services to a large extent, we may require you to provide us with forecasts of usage, to ensure that we can continue to supply the Services at a high level of quality.
We help customers manage their services by means of our web-sites (the "Web Control Pages”). These Web Control Pages will be protected by one or more passwords. You are responsible for the security of these passwords and must not disclose them to other parties. If you or we suspect that a password has become known to an unauthorised party, you or we must change that password. We currently do not ofler call recording, however some of our Services may allow you to record telephone calls through another system. You agree that you have sole responsibility for any recordings made and undertake to comply with all relevant laws and regulations relating to the making and use of recordings.
Although it may be technically possible to use our Services from locations other than the UK, the Services are only sold for use within the UK. 08Direct will take no responsibility for any failures or quality limitations if any of our Services are used in other locations.
You may reserve up to six numbers, regardless of the type of numbers (Bronze, Silver or Gold) that you require. If you require more numbers than this, please contact us via email at info@0845numbershop.co.uk or call 0844 619 6199.
You can book your numbers at any time online. Alternatively, you may reserve your numbers via our call centre from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, Monday through Thursday and until 5.00pm on Friday. Numbers and/or associated services that incur a monthly charge will require a Direct Debit mandate and Package Order Form to be completed and returned before the service(s) will be activated.
When taking a service from 08Direct there are two types of charge; minutes and services.
A minutes (or number) package relates specifically to include bundle minutes for inbound calls only this does not include any services other than our free call management package. This is a monthly charge via direct debit.
A services package relates to chargeable call management features and is taken independently of a minutes package via monthly direct debit. Taking a service package from 08Direct is not compulsory.
The prices displayed on the website are the prices you pay. Any non-geographic numbers that are denoted as free of charge will continue to be free as long as the minutes usage threshold is achieved. All prices are quoted excluding VAT, unless specifically stated.
0845NumberShop does ofler memorable number "upgrades” that are accompanied by a one-off cost. This cost reflects the memorability of the number only and ownership of the number does not change from 08Direct Ltd. If you purchase one of these numbers you have 14 days from date of purchase to request a refund if you change your mind however a 25% administration fee will apply should you do so.
In the case of any number being registered on the website, we require that number to be used within 30 days from activation. If the number has no usage within 30 days we may deactivate it. This number will then be available for other customers to register.
If after 3 months, a number that is not accompanied by a pay-monthly package is deemed inactive (less than 10 minutes a day), you may be asked to move onto a package to cover the cost of maintaining your number and associated services. The Low User package is priced at £4.99 per month. Once your number reaches an active level (10 minutes or more per day) for 3 consecutive months this fee may be requested to be removed.
Usage and recurring charges will be billed to you monthly, with an interim bill being levied if your account exceeds a pre-set limit. Recurring charges are normally payable monthly in arrears. We reserve the right to charge you interest on any unpaid amounts at a rate equal to three per cent above the base rate from time to time of Barclays Bank PLC. We also reserve the right to suspend your use of the Services without notice if bills are unpaid.
Your first Direct Debit payment for new accounts will be taken from your nominated bank account on the last trading day of the following month. For example, if an account was opened in January, payment for that month will be taken at the end of February, with February’s payment taken at the end of March. We will send a VAT invoice by email notification to your current email address as held on our system, 10 working days prior to collection. You must inform us promptly if you believe the bill to be incorrect, and it is your responsibility to keep your e-mail address and payment details up to date. In the absence of obvious error, the records which we collect of the usage of the Services will be considered to be correct.
If a Direct Debit payment fails, either due to a manually cancelled payment, your bank declining the payment or through you switching accounts without notifying us first, your number could be disconnected. One of our account managers will contact you to re-start your Direct Debit and to recover any outstanding fees. Should a Direct Debit fail multiple times within a reasonable time period, 08Direct reserves the right to charge a £25 administration fee that will be added to any outstanding balances.
All outstanding balances must be cleared in full before a number and/or service can be reestablished.
Unfortunately there may be times where we will be forced to change the cost of our services due to price changes from our own suppliers. Should this occur, 08Direct will provide 30 days’ notice of these changes via email before they come in to eflect.
You must not misuse the Services or permit anyone else to misuse them. Examples of misuse are:
You must, at all times, ensure that you use the services (including any telephone numbers, IP Addresses etc supplied by us) in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.
We may suspend your use of the Services or terminate this Agreement if you misuse the Services or use them in contravention of any applicable law or regulation.
Our relevant services are regulated by PhonepayPlus (formerly ICSTIS) and we fully support the Code of Practice, available at www.phonepayplus.org.uk,which contains the rules governing the content and promotion of premium rate services.
We cannot be held liable for any regulatory or legal action taken as a result of non-compliant services created by you via our customer management portal. Please seek specific advice on regulatory compliance directly from PhonepayPlus.
The Customer indemnifies 08Direct Ltd against any claims or legal proceedings (including damages, costs and expenses) arising solely from the Customer´s use of the Services which are brought or threatened against 08Direct Ltd by any third party, including any loss, damage or expense as a result of:
If you have a complaint about the service, then you should inform us at complaints@08direct.co.uk
However if we are unable to resolve the dispute with you, or you are not satisfied with our handling of the dispute after 40 working days, then you may be entitled to use our arbitration service provided by Ombudsman Services (formerly Otelo, www.otelo.org.uk, now www.ombudsman-services.org) which has been approved by Ofcom.
We want you to feel confident about the privacy and security of your personal information. Any information ("information”) which you give to us or which we obtain or receive about you or which you give to our subcontractors or agents, will be held and processed by us by computer or otherwise, and all reasonable care will be taken to prevent any unauthorised access to your personal information. We take the privacy of our customers very seriously and will never disclose your information to third parties for commercial gain. However, we may use your information:
It is your responsibility to ensure that 08Direct Ltd has the correct contact details at any time during your service with us. Should your phone number or email address change please let us know right away.
Where software is supplied to enable the Customer to use the Services 08Direct Ltd grants the Customer a nonexclusive, non-transferable license to use the software for that purpose only. The Customer shall not copy, modify, reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise endeavour to obtain the source code of the software except to the extent permitted by law.
All intellectual property rights in the software shall remain the property of 08Direct Ltd or its licensors. The Customer shall sign any agreement required by the owner of the intellectual property rights in the software to protect such rights.
The intellectual property rights relating to recordings supplied by 08Direct Ltd for use by the Customer remain with 08Direct Ltd and are not transferable.
The parties will keep confidential any information of a confidential nature obtained under this Agreement (whether written or oral), including but not limited to the prices payable by the Customer for the Services, and will not disclose such confidential information to any person (other than their employees who need to know the information for the purpose of this Agreement and who are under a duty of confidentiality equivalent to this Clause 10 without the prior written consent of the other party.
This Clause 10 will not apply to any information which has been published other than through a breach of this Agreement, information lawfully in the possession of the recipient before this disclosure under this Agreement took place, information obtained through a third party who is free to disclose it and information which a party is required by law to disclose.
All reasonable care will be taken to ensure confidentiality of information during and after the purchase process via appropriate security measures.
08Direct Ltd will only be liable to the Customer for claims made in writing within six months of the date on which the Customer becomes aware, or ought reasonably to have become aware, of the grounds of such claim. Otherwise, and subject to the next paragraph, 08Direct Ltd’s total liability to the Customer in connection with this Agreement, whether in contract, tort or otherwise is limited to £1,000 in respect of any single occurrence or series of occurrences whether successive or concurrent in any twelve month period.
08Direct Ltd shall not in any circumstances be liable to the Customer whether in contract, tort or otherwise for direct or indirect loss of profit, loss of anticipated business savings or wasted expenditure or for any indirect or consequential loss, corruption or destruction of data whether or not 08Direct Ltd was advised or aware of the possibility of such damage, losses or expenses.
Nothing in the foregoing shall operate to exclude or limit 08Direct Ltd’s liability for personal injury or death caused by its negligence.
Cancellation of any 08Direct Ltd number package is subject to 30 day notice period, notification of when you want this period to commence can be done via email to cancellations@08direct.co.uk, or by mail to the address below:
O8Direct Cancellations Mazhar HouseAll 08Direct number and service packages are billed one month in arrears, a final payment will be taken one month after the notice period has been served to close your account in full. If a Direct Debit is cancelled before full notice is served, you are still liable for this payment.
Either we or you may terminate this Agreement with immediate eflect by giving written notice to the other if the other:
08Direct Ltd may (without losing or reducing any other right or remedy) suspend the Services in whole or in part without notice if:
08Direct may terminate this Agreement with immediate eflect on written notice in order to comply with the decision or action of a competent regulatory authority.
There is a minimum contract period after which the Customer may terminate this Agreement subject to a notice period. The minimum contract period and the notice period are set out in the order form that you complete, whether online or on paper.
Unless the Service is terminated by us without cause you shall not be entitled to a refund of any charges paid.
In order to ensure e‰cient use of number capacity, 08Direct reserves the right to recover numbers that remain unused for a continuous period of at least six months.
Cancellation of a Direct Debit does not constitute termination of this Agreement. A notice period must be served and final payments taken before an account can be closed.
We reserve the right to add to and/or amend the terms of the Agreement at any time in which case the changes shall be notified to the Customer by posting on the 08Direct Ltd website and shall become eflective 14 days from the date of posting.
Some services, including delivery of calls to Emergency Services, are provided on behalf of 08 Direct Ltd by other service providers who are approved by Ofcom as a provider of Publicly Available Telephone Services. 08Direct.co.uk is a trading name of 08Direct Ltd, 06428331.
A notice given under this Agreement must be in writing and may be delivered by hand or sent by email, facsimile or post to the addressee at any e-mail address, facsimile number or postal address supplied previously for this purpose. Any such notice shall be deemed to be served (in the case of post) at the start of business on the next business day and (in the case of e-mail or facsimile) at the time of transmission.
The Customer must not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement.