Prospect Magazine Subscription Terms

Please read these terms and conditions carefully before choosing your subscription

Please read these terms and conditions carefully before choosing your subscription.

1. These subscription terms set out the terms on which you purchase a subscription to Prospect from Prospect Publishing Limited (“we”).  

2. We are registered in England and Wales under company number 9850521 and have our registered office at 2 Queen Anne’s Gate, London SW1H 9AA, United Kingdom. Our VAT number is 656 8716 89.

3. “Prospect” means either the monthly Prospect print magazine and/or the digital content published on the Prospect website at https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/and any other website from time to time (the “Prospect website”).

 

Your subscription

4. We offer (a) digital subscriptions and (b) digital and print subscriptions.  These are referred together as "the Subscriptions" and individually as a "Subscription". A digital subscription provides reader access to the Prospect website.  A digital and print subscription also provides a posted copy of the print magazine for the next twelve months.

5. You may purchase a Subscription by submitting an order through our website. 

6. We will only accept your order when we have successfully processed your relevant details and emailed you to confirm this.

7. We will try to process your Subscription order promptly but cannot guarantee activation by any specified time. We may reject any Subscription order in our discretion. 

8. You confirm that your Subscription details are complete and accurate, and that you are entitled to purchase a Subscription using those sign up and payment details.  

9. It is your responsibility to update and maintain changes to your sign-up details on our ‘Log In’ section. 

10. Each Subscription is for a single user only. We may cancel or suspend your Subscription account if you share your access rights with any third parties, or attempt to allow third parties to avoid our control of access to our site.

 

Fees and Payment

11. You agree to pay the Subscription fees at the rates and in the currency displayed during the Subscription process.   Prices may vary from time to time and by country.  Unless otherwise indicated, prices stated are inclusive of any applicable value added tax (VAT) or other sales taxes. The breakdown of any VAT will be indicated on the relevant invoice.

12. If we do not receive payment authorisation or any authorisation is subsequently cancelled, we may immediately terminate or suspend your Subscription. 

13. We will give you at least 14 days’ notice of any increase in the price of your Subscription, which will take effect at your next renewal date, and offer you an opportunity to cancel the Subscription renewal if you do not wish to pay the new price.

14. If we incorrectly state a price online or otherwise, we are not obliged to provide you with a Subscription at that price, even if we have mistakenly accepted your offer to buy a Subscription.   

15. If we notify you of a pricing error, you may cancel the Subscription and we will refund you any money paid, or you may pay the correct price. If you do neither, we may cancel your Subscription and refund any money you have paid. We will always act in good faith in determining whether a genuine pricing error has occurred.

16. If you are entitled to a refund we will credit that refund to the card or other payment method you used to submit payment, unless it has expired in which case we will contact you to arrange the refund.

17. In addition to the Subscription fees you are responsible for paying for any: (a) broadband, mobile, data, messaging or other internet connection and telecommunications charges that you may incur by accessing the Prospect Content;  and (b) charges that may be levied by your bank or credit card issuer (for example foreign transaction fees on transactions which take place abroad or in a foreign currency).

18. We will do all that we reasonably can to ensure that all of the information you give us when paying is secure by using an encrypted secure payment mechanism. However, in the absence of negligence on our part, any failure by us to comply with this contract or our Privacy Policy or a breach by us of our duties under applicable laws, we will not be legally responsible to you for any loss that you may suffer if a third party gains unauthorised access to any information that you give us.

 

Home Delivery

19. These terms apply to when you have a print subscription:

20. We will arrange your print magazine to the address you provided during the sign-up process if it is within the United Kingdom. 

21. Delivery is not guaranteed non-secure locations or beyond ground floor levels.  

22. Any special delivery requests may be seen by third parties, and we cannot guarantee that these requests will be fulfilled.

23. We aim to commence delivery of your print magazine within one month of your Subscription commencing.  Delivery times for other regions will be confirmed separately.

24. If you wish to change your address for home delivery then please contact us at least one month before the date on which you wish your change of address to take effect. If we are not able to provide you with a home delivery service to your new address then we will cancel your print subscription, issue a pro rata refund for the unexpired period of your print subscription and, at your option, transfer you onto an only digital subscription.

 

Student subscriptions

25. Our student subscription offers are only available to students who have a valid .ac.uk email address and are currently enrolled at a college or university. At the time of signing up, you will be asked to provide us with details about yourself and your course to verity your student status. We reserve the right to contact you by phone or email from time to time to verify your student status and ongoing eligibility to take advantage of this offer.

Trial subscriptions

26. We also offer the Subscriptions on a trial basis ("Trial Subscriptions")

27. You may not take more than one Trial Subscription in any twelve-month period.  We may cancel any Trial Subscription that you may have purchased, without refund, if you have had access to any other Trial Subscription in the previous twelve months.

28. If you take a Trial Subscription, we will inform you of the full Subscription price payable at the start of the trial period. Your Subscription will renew automatically at the end of that trial period at the full Subscription price unless you cancel your Subscription before the end of the trial period. To cancel your Subscription during the trial period please go to your “Log In” page and follow the simple cancellation instructions.

Your Cancellation Rights

Digital Subscription:

29. By placing your order for a Digital Subscription subject to these subscription terms, you agree that you waive your statutory right to cancel our contract within 14 days of our confirmation email. You subscription will start on the date specified in the confirmation email (or if no date is specified, on the confirmation email date). You will not have the right to cancel the Digital Subscription within the active subscription period, save for any ‘free trial’ you might be entitled to.

30. This means that you lose your right to cancel this contract once we have provided confirmation via email of your Digital Subscription and that any notice of cancellation that you provide (whether before or after the 14-day period) will only take effect at the end of your current subscription period. You will not be entitled to a refund except in the event that there is a fault by Prospect.

  

Print and Digital Subscription:

31. You have the right to cancel our contract for a Print and Digital Subscription within 14 days of our confirmation email without giving any reason. 

32. If you exercise your right to cancel within that period, we will reimburse all payments received from you, less a pro rated amount for each Print you received before cancelling.

33. After the above period has expired, you may cancel your Print and Digital Subscription by notifying us at any time of your intention to do so. However, the cancellation will only take effect at the end of your then current Subscription period, and you will not be entitled to a refund except in the event that there is a fault in our provision of Prospect.

34. To exercise the above rights to cancel, you must inform us of your decision to cancel the contract by calling +44 (0) 330 3330173 or emailing us at customerhelp@subscription.prospectmagazine.co.uk including: first and last names; post code; email address; subscriber number (if you have it).

Our cancellation rights

35. We may suspend or terminate your Subscription if we are prevented from providing services to you, or accepting payment from you, by applicable law or circumstances beyond our control, or if we cease publishing Prospect. If we terminate for any of these reasons, we will provide you with a pro rata refund to the extent permitted by applicable law.

36. We may also suspend or terminate your Subscription, without refund, if you breach these terms, or in the event of any verbal or written abuse of any kind (including abusive, offensive or aggressive language) directed towards our customer care team, other Prospect personnel, or any other Prospect user, with or without notice and without further obligation to you. 

37. If you are not a Prospect subscriber, then we may suspend or terminate your access to the Prospect at any time, with or without notice and without further obligation to you.

 

Effects of cancellation

38. If you are entitled to a refund, we will make the reimbursement without undue delay (through our third party payment providers), and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to cancel your Subscription. Additional charges may apply if we are required to reimburse to any other credit card or bank. 

39. If you have received copies of the Print as part of your Subscription, you will not be expected to return these copies, but we will retain payment for such in accordance with these terms.

Subscriptions via a third party

40. If you purchase your Subscription directly through the Apple ‘App Store’, the Google ‘Play Store’ or any other third-party app-purchase location (each an “App Provider”), then you have to cancel your Subscription in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions of the App Provider.   You shall not have the right to any refund from Prospect in respect of any termination or cancellation of the Subscription.  

41. If you purchase your Subscription via an external sales representative (excluding the App Providers) or a subscription sales partner, you shall not have the right to any refund from Prospect in respect of any termination or cancellation of the Subscription and this matter shall be dealt with exclusively between you and the sales representative or subscription sales partner (as applicable). 

 

Renewals

42. If the subscription was paid via Direct Debit or continuous credit card method, unless you notify us before the end of your current subscription period that you wish to cancel, your subscription will continue to renew for further equivalent periods and will be subject to these terms. We will charge the subscription using the same card or other payment method that you previously used. Please note that refunds are not available for the remainder of your current subscription period.

Ownership 

43. Our site and the Prospect content and all intellectual property rights in each are owned by us, our licensors or both (as applicable). Intellectual property rights mean rights such as: copyright, trade marks, domain names, design rights, database rights, patents and all other intellectual property rights of any kind whether or not they are registered or unregistered (anywhere in the world). We reserve all of our rights in any intellectual property in connection with these terms. This means, for example, that we remain owners of them and free to use them as we see fit.

44. Nothing in these terms grants you any legal rights in the Prospectcontent other than as necessary to enable you to access our site and use the Prospect Services. You agree not to adjust, to try to circumvent or delete any notices contained on our site (including any intellectual property notices) and in particular in any digital rights or other security technology embedded or contained within our site.

General

45. We shall have no liability to you for any breach of these terms caused by any event or circumstance beyond our reasonable control including, but not limited to, strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes; epidemic or pandemic; breakdown of systems or network access; or flood, fire, explosion or accident.

46. You may not license or transfer any of your rights under these terms. 

47. If any provision of these terms is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of that provision will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these terms, which will remain in full force and effect.

48. Failure by either party to exercise any right or remedy under these terms does not constitute a waiver of that right or remedy. Headings in these terms are for convenience only and will have no legal meaning or effect.

49. These terms (together with the documents referred to within these terms) constitute the entire agreement between you and Prospect related to your use of the Prospect Services. They supersede all previous communications, representations and arrangements, either written or oral.

50. We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to another organisation. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under the contract.

51. To contact us, please email editorial@prospect-magazine.co.uk.

Changes to these terms

52. We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page.

53. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you.

Applicable terms

54. These terms of use refer to the following additional documents, which also apply to your use of our site and the Prospect Services: Our Privacy Policy, which explains how and why we use your personal information; and Our Website Terms of Use

 

Applicable law

55. If you are a consumer, please note that these terms of use, its subject matter and its formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree to that the courts of England and Wales will have non-exclusive jurisdiction. However, if you are a resident of Northern Ireland you may also bring proceedings in Northern Ireland, and if you are resident of Scotland, you may also bring proceedings in Scotland.

56. If you are a business, these terms of use, its subject matter and its formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.