Website terms of use


These terms of use (together with the documents referred to in it) tell you the terms of use on which you may make use of our website www.bmcareers.com (our site), whether as a guest or a registered user. Use of our site includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use our site. 

Please read these terms of use carefully before you start to use our site, as these will apply to your use of our site. We recommend that you print a copy of this for future reference. 

By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them. 

If you do not agree to these terms of use, you must not use our site. 

Other applicable terms 

These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our site: 

  • Our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using our site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate. 
  • Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our site. 

Information about us 

www.bmcareers.com is a site operated by the Builders Merchant Federation Limited (we/our). We are registered under the Co-Operative and Communities Benefits Societies Act 2014 No. 31516R. Our main trading address is 1180 Elliott Court, Herald Avenue, Coventry CV5 6UB. Our VAT number is GB 232 5348 80. 

Intellectual property rights 

We are the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site and in the material published on it. Works are protected by copyright laws and treaties. 

You may modify paper or digital copies of materials you have printed off or downloaded in line with guidance. Content may be updated so the licence is for one use granted for materials available at the time of login and terms currently in use. 

We (or any identified contributors) should be acknowledged as author of the content. 

If you breach the terms of the licence, we may revoke it, or take legal action to recover monetary damages or stop you using materials. You could pay legal costs. 

Acceptable use 

You must not: 

  • use the site/ materials in any way that causes damage to the site/materials or impairs the performance, availability or accessibility of the site/materials; 
  • use the site/materials in a way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent, harmful, obscene, offensive, defamatory, damages a brand and/or its rights or brings the BMF, its members or the Building Materials industry into disrepute; or 
  • use our site or materials as a conduit for malware, hack into our site, its server or a computer or database connected to our site or conduct or misuse data. 

If you breach this acceptable use policy, we may revoke your access to our site. 

No reliance on information 

Content is for general information only and does not constitute advice. Take professional or specialist advice before acting on the basis of content on our site. 

We try to update the information on our site but we make no representations, warranties or guarantees content is accurate, complete or up-to-date. 

Limitation of our liability 

We do not exclude or limit liability for death/personal injury arising from negligence, our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or anything else we may not exclude. 

We will not be liable to any user for loss or damage, in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable. 

Uploading content to our site 

Whenever you upload content to our site, or make contact with other users of our site, you must behave professionally. If you don’t, we may revoke your access to the Members’ Area of our site. 

You warrant that any contribution complies with acceptable use standards and you are liable to us for any loss we suffer as a result of your breach of warranty. 

When you upload content, you retain any ownership rights in the content and grant us and users of our site a licence to use store and copy content and distribute it to third parties. 

We may disclose your identity to anyone who is claiming that content posted or uploaded by you breaches their intellectual property rights, or of their right to privacy. 

We will not be responsible, or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any content posted by you or any other user of our site. 

We have the right to remove any posting you make on our site if, in our opinion, your post does not comply with acceptable content standards. 

The views expressed by other users on our site do not represent our views or values. 

Third party links and resources in our site 

Where our site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, we have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. 

Applicable law 

The terms are subject to English and Welsh law and the English courts, unless you live in Northern Ireland/ Scotland in which case you may also bring proceedings at home.