Terms and conditions

General Terms and Conditions

Trampery Workspace Terms of Use

This document contains detailed terms (“these terms”) governing the use of a Trampery workspace, which are incorporated into the specific agreement (the “cover sheet”) that you signed. Any definitions in the cover sheet, and in particular the table on the first page of the cover sheet, apply throughout these terms.

THE OPERATOR’S OBLIGATIONS

  1. The Operator shall provide the price-inclusive services described in the appendix to this agreement.

CUSTOMER’S OBLIGATIONS

Payment

  1. The Customer shall pay:

    1. the occupation fee in advance, fifteen days before the first day of each occupation period; and
    2. the deposit on the date of this agreement.

  2. In addition, the Customer shall pay:

    1. a charge for all chargeable items (as described in the site specific appendix), at the Operator’s going rate, within 14 days of receipt of the Operator’s invoice;
    2. all costs incurred for the supply of any chargeable utilities listed in the site specific appendix, either directly to the utility company in question, or to the Operator at the Operator’s discretion;
    3. any additional charge (such as a service charge) listed in the site specific appendix, in the manner (for example as to time and method of payment) and amounts described in the site specific appendix;
    4. VAT at the current rate on all fees and other charges levied by the Operator payable at the same time as the fee or charge is due; and
    5. to the extent that the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (interest) Act 1988 does not apply to any sum owed under this agreement, the amount of compensation and interest that would be payable under that Act if it did apply.

  3. Unless otherwise specified, all payments must be made directly to the Operator’s bank account in cleared funds (for example by standing order or direct bank transfer) and will be deemed to have been paid on the date of receipt by the Operator’s bank.

  4. Where the occupation period is for more than one calendar year, the Operator may increase the occupation fee on each anniversary of the start of the occupation period by giving one month’s notice in advance to the Customer. Such an increase may not exceed 15% more than the inflation rate based on the Consumer Prices Index most recently published by the Office of National Statistics on the date of the notice given by the Operator.

Keys etc

  1. The Operator may loan the Customer, one or more devices such as keys, entry cards and RFID fobs, to permit the Customer’s permitted occupiers to gain access to the Building and/or any part of it. The Operator may require the Customer to pay a deposit for each entry device and shall repay any such deposit, without interest, on the return of the entry device in good condition.

Occupation and visitors

  1. The Customer may permit the following individuals, whether they are officers or employees of the Customer or otherwise, to use the designated space:
    1. casual visitors; and
    2. permitted occupiers

  1. The Customer may not otherwise share occupation of the designated space with anyone else or sub-licence any of its rights under this agreement.

  2. The Customer may not sublet occupation of the whole or any part of the designated space (whether or not the Customer is itself a tenant).

  3. The list of permitted occupiers may be changed by agreement, in writing, with the Operator.

  4. The Customer must ensure that all casual visitors are supervised while in the building at all times. The Customer must not give an entry device to a causal visitor nor permit a casual visitor to remain in the building unless an officer or employee of the Customer is also present.

  5. The Customer agrees that the Operator may require any permitted occupier to sign an agreement that they will comply with any relevant terms of this agreement and any relevant rules for use of the designated space. In addition the Operator may choose, to require that any permitted occupier undergo an induction into the use of the Site, and the designated space, including as to the proper use of facilities and any matters of safety. Any such induction may be carried out by the Operator or delegated to the Customer, again at the Operator’s choice.

  6. The Customer will ensure that casual visitors and permitted occupiers do nothing to cause a breach of this agreement or any relevant rules for use of the space.

  7. The Operator may, acting reasonably, refuse entry to any permitted occupier or casual visitor if it reasonably believes it would be necessary to do so to protect the safety of the people using the building or any property contained within it.

Safety

  1. The Customer shall comply with all current legislation binding on the Customer that is applicable to the Customer’s use and occupation of the designated spaces and in particular any fire or electrical safety regulations.

  2. The Customer will take all reasonable steps to ensure that health and safety standards are met in relation to the designated space and, in particular:

    1. test all electrical devices brought onto the Site to ensure that they comply with all regulatory requirements including the relevant British standard;

    2. conduct a risk assessment appropriate to their use of the designated space; and

    3. ensure that all their visitors, servants and agents are familiar with the Operator’s emergency procedures, the location of fire extinguishers and the Site’s evacuation routes.

  3. The Customer shall fill in a Risk Assessment Management form supplied by the Operator in any situation indicated by the Operator, whether in any rules it publishes regarded health and safety or otherwise.

Other Obligations

  1. Any act or omission on the part of any of the Customer’s servants, agents or other invitees shall be deemed to be the act or omission of the Customer.

  2. Any requirement in this agreement not to do an act, includes a requirement not to permit another to do that act.

  3. The Customer shall not:

    1. use the Site for any unlawful or illegal purpose;
    2. do anything that would cause the Site to fall into disrepute or that may affect the credit rating of the Operator or of any other customer or occupier of the Building;
    3. cause any annoyance or nuisance to any person lawfully in the Site, or to any of the owners or users of property in the immediate neighbourhood of the Site;
    4. use any electrical appliance without the prior approval of the Operator;
    5. cause any unlawful damage to the Site or any property contained in it;
    6. obstruct the stairs, passages, lifts (if any) or other common parts in the Site;
    7. create any trip hazard (whether by laying cabling or otherwise) within the Site;
    8. bring into or remove from the Site any items of an unusual or bulky nature without prior agreement of the Operator (which - agreement will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
    9. alter the designated space or any other part of the Site;
    10. affix or display anything on the windows or doorways;
    11. move or discharge any fire extinguishers except where necessary in an emergency;
    12. allow anyone other than the permitted users to use the designated space other than while receiving casual visitors in the normal course of business.

  4. The Customer shall not use the Building as its registered office without the express written consent of the Operator and on receipt of written notice from the Operator will ensure that any person within the Customer’s control who is using the Building as its registered office ceases to do so.

  5. The Customer shall not interfere with the conduct of the Operator’s business or in any way seek to entice away or make any offer of employment to any employee or member of staff of the Operator. If the customer contravenes this provision then the Operator will be entitled to compensation equal to the total annual remuneration of the employee(s) in question.
  6. The Customer shall keep the designated space clean and tidy.
  7. The Customer shall not leave or store any items in the Site other than in the designated space.
  8. The Customer will comply with any of the Operator’s reasonable requirements for the maintenance of the security of the Building, including any requirement that anyone leaving the Building will lock all doors; close any security shutters and activate any alarm system.
  9. The Customer shall observe and obey all rules and regulations from time to time made by the Operator for the management and safety of the designated Space and the Building and notified in writing to the Customer.
  10. The Customer shall indemnify the Operator from and against all costs losses claims and demands arising out of any breach by the Customer of any of the terms of this agreement.
  11. The Customer shall not remove any fixture of fitting from the Site; nor any item supplied with it by the Operator (such as a desk, chair, pipes, boiler, or crockery) without the permission of the Operator unless that item is consumable in nature.
  12. The Customer agrees to do nothing that will cause the Operator to be in breach of any external agreements (as described in the site specific appendix).
  13. This agreement is personal to the Customer and is not capable of assignment.

At the end of the agreement

  1. When this agreement comes to an end then, the Customer must:

    1. leave the designated space clean and tidy;
    2. clear the designated space of anything that has been brought in during the period of occupation, other than anything installed by or for the Operator;
    3. inform any utility provider with which the Customer has a direct contractual relationship that the Customer has left the property and pay any outstanding bills; and
    4. make good any damage (beyond normal wear and tear) to the designated space, including to any decorations, fixtures, fittings or furniture provided by the Operator.

  2. If the Customer fails to clear the designated space of any of its property, the Operator may sell that property as the agent of the Customer or, if it honestly believes that attempting to sell any property would be disproportionate, in particular in the case of property that appears to be waste or unsellable, then the Operator may dispose of the property in any way it seems fit.

  3. If having sold any of the Customer’s property under the preceding clause and, having used reasonable to do so, the Operator is unable to locate the Customer, then the Operator may retain the proceeds of any sale absolutely unless the Customer claims them within 6 months of the date on which they ceased to use the Site, in which case the Operator may deduct any costs of storage, sale and any sum owed by the Customer to the Operator and then return any net proceeds to the Customer.

OUT OF HOURS / LONE WORKING

  1. The site specific appendix may indicate times when the Site is closed to users – for example by times of day or particular days in the year (expressed either by reference to “opening hours” in some other way). The Customer and its servants or agents may not enter the Site without making prior arrangements to do so with the Operator or doing so under conditions imposed by the Operator (for example as to security). The Operator is under no obligation to permit entry or use of the Site when it is closed to users in this way.

  2. When any of the Customer’s servants or agents are present on the Site at a time where none of the Operator’s servants or agents are there present, the Customer must ensure that its servants or agents:

    1. report any emergency (eg fire or burglary) to the appropriate emergency service and to the Operator;
    2. report any damage to the Site or any of its contents promptly to the Operator; and
    3. take all reasonable care to ensure that, where anyone working alone in the designated space (a “lone worker”) suffers an accident preventing them from seeking emergency help, there is at least one other person who will become aware of that in a reasonable time, for example a member of the lone worker’s household.

NO WARRANTY

  1. The Operator gives no warranty that the building, including the designated space, may be lawfully used for any particular purpose. The Occupier accepts that it is responsible for ensuring that any legal requirements as to the use of the space are complied with.

LIMIT OF LIABILITY

  1. The Operator strongly advises the Customer to insure against all potential losses, damages, claims, expense or liabilities which might arise out of (but not limited to):

    1. its own property brought into the Building;
    2. its own liability to its employees and third parties;
    3. liability for any duty imposed by law on the Customer on behalf of any of the Customer’s visitors;
    4. business interruption; and
    5. any other matter under this agreement where the Operator excludes liability.

  2. Nothing in this agreement is intended to exclude any liability where such an exclusion would be forbidden by any rule of law.

  3. The Operator shall not be under any liability (for business interruption losses or otherwise) where failure to supply any of the services is due to a cause beyond the reasonable control of the Operator or during any reasonable period of maintenance or renewal.

  4. The Operator shall not be liable for any loss as a result of its failure to provide a service as a result of mechanical breakdown, strike, delay, failure of staff, termination of the Operator’s interest in the building containing the designated Space or otherwise unless the Operator does so deliberately or is negligent.

  5. The Operator is not liable for any failure until the Customer has informed the Operator and given the Operator reasonable time to address the failure.

  6. The Operator will not in any circumstances have any liability for loss of business, loss of profits, loss of anticipated savings, loss of or damage to data, third party claims or any consequential loss.

  7. The Customer remains responsible for all property belonging to it, its servants, agents or visitors or which is otherwise brought into the Building on its behalf (“the Customer’s Property”). The Operator will not be liable for any loss of or damage to the Customer’s Property except where that loss or damage is caused by deliberate act of the Operator or any of its servants or agents.

  8. The parties agree that the Operator’s liability shall be limited as follows:

    1. without limit for personal injury or death;
    2. otherwise to the amount of the Operator’s insurance for the relevant loss.

  9. The Operator shall supply the Customer with the Operator’s policy of insurance on request.

JOINT OCCUPATION

  1. Where the Customer is more than one person, then the liability of those persons under this agreement is joint and several.

TERMINATION

  1. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, or indicated in the site specific appendix, this agreement will terminate as follow:

    1. If it is a monthly rolling contract, at least one months notice in writing from either party, which will bring this Licence to an end immediately prior to the beginning of the next licence period to fall no less than one month after the service of the notice;
    2. If it is a fixed term agreement it will end on the expiry of the occupation period;
    3. If it is a periodic agreement, it will end only if one party gives notice to the other before the end of the occupation period; otherwise it will automatically renew at the end of that period. Notice under this paragraph must be at least as long as the notice period specified on the cover sheet.

  2. This agreement may also be ended by:

    1. Notice in writing from the Operator to the Customer in the event that the Building and/or any of the designated space become unusable due to fire, explosion or any other cause.
    2. Notice in writing from the Operator to the Customer in the event of the Customer committing any material breach of its obligations under this agreement; and
    3. Immediately by the Operator in the event that the Customer suffers an event of insolvency including receivership, administration, bankruptcy or liquidation.

NOTICE

  1. Any notice by the Operator to the Customer shall be deemed sufficiently served if left at the designated space or by electronic mail to the last address formally notified to the Operator by the Customer for that purpose.

DEPOSIT

  1. Any deposit will be held during the currency of this agreement by the Operator. The Operator may withdraw sums from the deposit, during or after the occupation period:

    1. against the payment of the occupation fee and any other sums payable pursuant to this agreement;
    2. as compensation for any breach by the Customer of any its provisions, which may include deductions for any damage done to the designated space that have not been put right by the end of the agreement;
    3. to pay sums owed by the Customer to any third party arising out of the Customer’s use or occupation of the site or otherwise in relation to this agreement, including unpaid utility bills.

  2. In the event that the Operator withdraws money from the deposit the Customer must pay to the Operator, on request, the sum required to restore the deposit to its original level.

  3. The Operator will as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the occupation period return the deposit or (as the case may be) the balance of the deposit to the Customer after deducting sums then due under or arising from any breach of this agreement.
  4. Where a deposit is held against return of an entry device, the Customer agrees with the Operator that it may retain that deposit if the device is not returned within 14 days of the end of this agreement as pre-agreed damages for the loss of the device to the Operator.

DEFINITIONS

  1. Words and phrases listed in the left hand column of the table at the start of this agreement are to be interpreted in accordance with the details given in the corresponding right hand column.

  2. In this agreement:

    1. “quarterly” means a period of three consecutive calendar months.
    2. “fixed term agreement” applies to this agreement if it is either (i) a lease; or (ii) it explicitly states that it is made for a fixed period of time.
    3. “periodic agreement” applies to this agreement if it is not a fixed term agreement.

SITE SPECIFIC APPENDIX

  1. Where there is any conflict between the site specific appendix and the rest of this agreement, the site specific appendix shall prevail.

CHANGES TO TERMS

  1. The Operator may amend these terms or any site specific appendix by giving you one month’s notice in writing. The Operator will, ordinarily, only use this power to make minor and incidental changes to take into account changing practice at the Trampery. Where any such change unreasonably has a substantial adverse effect on your ability to use the Site, you may terminate this agreement by giving the Operator one month’s notice in advance.

Trampery Old Street

Site Specific Terms for The Trampery Old Street

Site description The Trampery Old Street, 239 Old Street, London, EC1V 9EY, together with use of on-site members’ kitchen and lounge.

Price-inclusive services

  • Workdesk
  • Workchair
  • Tea and Coffee in the kitchen, refilled only during working days
  • Internet Connectivity
  • Lighting
  • Power
  • Heating
  • Scanning and Printing Facilities (printing subject to reasonable use)
  • Cleaning

Chargeable items

For prices and details of the conditions associated with these items see The Trampery handbook supplied with this agreement.

  • Event Space Hire and Event Planning
  • Additional Meeting Room usage
  • Storage space
  • Client IT support service (includes client equipment setup and or configuration)

Chargeable utilities

None

(updated on the 06/09/2018)