North East 250 Limited is a registered company in England with company number 04717491 and with its registered office at 593-599 Fulham Road, London, England, SW6 5UA.
When you submit your application online, or you email us your application, you are making an offer to subscribe to the North Coast 250 Business Members’ Club which, if accepted by us, will result in a legally binding contract in accordance with these terms and conditions.
At the point of renewal of your membership, your renewal payment is confirmation of the continued acceptance of these terms and conditions. You may not transfer any of your rights and obligations under these terms and conditions to another person.
For online applications, you will receive an email from us to confirm whether your application has been accepted. Please note, an acknowledgement that your application has been received or is being processed does not yet mean that the contract between us is formed.
For Business Memberships, a legally binding contract is formed upon receipt of your welcome email.
For Business Memberships, digital documents will be available on confirmation of payment and all other additional membership benefits will be sent out within 5 working days of payment via Royal Mail, 2nd Class. Working days are Monday-Friday.
Benefits of Membership
Business Member listing on NorthEast250.com which includes:
- Icon on the North East 250 interactive map with name of business, address and telephone number for direct bookings
- Business summary – please supply a description of your business and the services you provide to your guests/visitors
- Space for as many high res photos and videos as you like
- Direct link through to your own business website for enquiries and direct bookings
- Link to your social media pages/OTA links – please supply
- Individual Business Member login to manage your North East 250 listing
Membership branding support:
- North East 250 logo in JPEG & PDF format for use on your own marketing materials and website
- North East 250 brand guidelines to help you accurately display your affiliation
- North East 250 car stickers x 2
- North East 250 shop window stickers x 1
Point of Sale Marketing Materials, including:
- Priority stock of North East 250 route maps for distribution
Example Passport - Opportunity to become a North East 250 ‘Hub’ for stamping of passports and selling merchandise – please enquire
Enhanced Advertising and PR Opportunities:
- Opportunity to advertise your business on North East 250 paper copy route map
- Opportunity for joint marketing activities with North East 250
- Priority list for Press Trips, PR/Marketing activities, consumer enquiries
- Social media package – scheduled posts per year and unlimited sharing of North East 250 content
- Dedicated Business Account Manager
- Scheduled opportunity to advertise your business in the North East 250 Visitor-focused newsletter Additional Benefits:
- Car rental discount for your visitors from Sixt Rent-a-Car
- Regular Business Newsletters detailing tourism trends and North East 250 news and success stories
- Networking opportunities at our regular business engagement events
- Opportunity to feature your business in an official North East 250 downloadable ebooks/itineraries for visitors
- Membership valid for one year
Newsletter
You will automatically be signed up to receive our business-focused newsletter which is distributed via MailChimp. You are able to opt out of receiving this at any given stage.
Images
Please ensure that you have the correct copyright permissions for using images of your business on your northeast250.com listing. North East 250 Ltd will not be held responsible for infringement of copyright laws on individual business listing on our website. Please use high res images where possible.
For advice please contact help@project-404.co.uk. All Business Member listings are to be published on northeast250.com subject to approval by the North East 250 team.
Payment Terms
From 2020, charges for all repeat Business Memberships will be invoiced on an annual basis during March and April and your Business Membership will be valid for that year (2020). North East 250 Ltd may adjust the fee incrementally, all members will be informed in advance of any increase in charges. Charges for advertising on the paper copy route map are entirely separate to those of your Business Membership. Payments can be made on the website using PayPal or via invoice using BACS transfer.
Cancellation of subscription
Cancellation of your subscription to North East 250 can be made at any time. Please contact help@project-404.co.uk. Cancellations made within 14 days of subscribing will be fully refunded.
Privacy
Please also read the North East 250’s Privacy Policy to understand how we collect your personal information and how we use it.
Your account and password
If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code or other membership reference, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose it to any third party.
We have the right to disable any user identification code or membership identification or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time if, in our reasonable opinion, you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these terms of use.
If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user its identification code or password, you must promptly notify us at: help@project-404.co.uk.
North East 250 Brand
Once your Business Membership has been confirmed, you will be able to download different versions of the North East 250 logo and some brand guidelines for use on your marketing materials, social media content and website. This brand toolkit will be available in the Business Member login area of northeast250.com.
North East 250 Ltd is a privately funded company whose primary aim is to grow the brand, its reach and its positive impact on tourism in the North East of Scotland by creating enhanced economic impacts for the communities in the North East.
North East 250 is a trademarked brand. For continued investment in the marketing, audience reach and future success of the North East 250 route, it is essential that we can monetise the brand through licence agreements. Our Business, Supporters and Partner members already enjoy the use of the brand as part of their membership and association with us and this is something that we would like to grow. If you have a goods or services business, and would like to use the North East 250 brand, we are here to give you advice and guidance and lead you through our licensing process.
It is important to understand that it is forbidden to use the registered trademarks of North East 250 without permission. If you are currently doing so, we will be in touch to offer you opportunities to use the brand under license or, failing that, to advise that you will be required to stop using these brands. Unauthorised use does not create reinvestment in the development and audience reach of the route.
We always prefer to work with others to ensure that as many businesses as possible are able to gain from the brand collateral we have created. In order to boost the tourism economy and help to show that the North East is a sustainable place to live, work and grow your business, we must protect the brand.
For more information on how to use the North Coast 250 brand under license, please contact info@northeast250.com.