Terms and conditions
Please read this page carefully as this page states the "Terms and Conditions" if you wish to place advertisements on the Graduate Talent Pool website.
Graduate Talent Pool is managed by Graduate Prospects Ltd (GP) on behalf of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS).
All advertisements are accepted for publication by Graduate Talent Pool (GTP) are subject to the following conditions. No other conditions will be binding unless agreed in writing by GP / BIS and you. The posting of any vacancy by you will be deemed to be an acceptance of these conditions. GP and BIS may revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting and therefore you should check this page periodically.
1. Scope of agreement
1.1 GTP is a web site whose sole role is to allow recruiters to advertise vacancies to candidates and facilitate an introduction without human intervention. The service is limited to the online posting of, and search for internship vacancies. The service does not include application management, response handling, applicant tracking or other related services.
2. Publishing of advertisements
2.1 GP & BIS reserve the right to omit, refuse, withdraw or cancel Advertisements submitted to GTP by you, at GP / BIS absolute discretion. Please note, GTP only accepts advertisements for live internship vacancies. Any adverts found to be sign posting to external sites will be removed.
2.2 The positioning of the Advertisement is at GP sole discretion.
3. Warranties and indemnities
3.1 You warrant and represent that:
3.1.1 you contract with GP as a principal, notwithstanding that you may be acting as an agent for your own client;
3.1.2 Advertisement as submitted or amended pursuant to these conditions will not breach any contract or infringe the rights of any person;
3.1.3 any information supplied in connection with the Advertisement is accurate, complete, true and not misleading;
3.1.5 the Advertisement complies with the requirements of all relevant legislation (including any subordinate legislation and the rules of statutorily recognised regulatory authorities); and
3.1.6 the Advertisement is legal, decent, honest and truthful and complies with the British Code of Advertising Practice and all other relevant codes.
3.2 You will indemnify BIS / GP and agree to keep BIS / GP indemnified against any and all claims, costs, proceedings, demands, expenses or liability whatsoever arising directly or indirectly as a result of any breach or non-performance of the representations, warranties or other terms contained in these conditions or implied by law.
3.3 GP / BIS will not be liable for any loss or damage (including any special, indirect or consequential damages, including, without limitation loss of profits or other consequential loss) resulting from the delay or failure of an Advertisement to appear on the date(s) specified from the failure of an Advertisement to appear in any specified position, from the appearance of any error in an Advertisement for any reason, or from the discontinuance of the GTP site. GP / BIS liability in relation to any of these circumstances is £0.
3.4 It is your responsibility to check the correctness of the Advertisement. BIS / GP assume no responsibility for the repetition of an error in an Advertisement ordered. Any other matter of complaint, claim or query in relation to the Advertisement must be raised with BIS / GP within 30 days following the commencement of any Advertisement run.
3.5 Where you are an agency or media purchaser then you warrant that you are authorised to place the Advertisement with GTP and you will indemnify BIS / GP against any claim made against BIS / GP arising from the publication of the Advertisement.
3.6 You acknowledge that you are responsible for compliance with the obligations set out in clause 3.1 above and that GP have no obligation to edit or review any of GP publications for accuracy or appropriateness. However, GP reserve the right to alter or remove any Advertisement to comply with any obligation placed upon GP or to ensure compliance with the requirements set out in clause 8.1 above.
4. Force majeure
4.1 If performance of GP obligations are delayed or hindered by circumstances outside GP control then:
4.1.1 GP will as soon as reasonably practicable give you notice of the reasons for the delay. However, failure to give such notice will not prevent GP relying on the remaining provisions of this clause, and GP will incur no liability for failure to give such notice; and
4.1.2 GP duty to perform shall be suspended for as long as the circumstances amounting to force majeure continue, and the time for performance of GP obligations shall be extended by a period equal to duration of those circumstances.
5. Intellectual property
Any advertisement material originated by you remains your copyright.
6. Termination
In the event that you commit a material breach of these terms and conditions, GP may terminate this agreement immediately on notice and without liability to you.
7. Data protection
Both parties agree to abide by the terms of the Data Protection Acts 1985 and 1998 and all other similar legislation in any applicable jurisdiction.
8. Waiver
The failure or delay by either party to exercise or enforce any of its rights is not a waiver of that right and nor will it bar enforcement of any obligation at that time or any subsequent time.
9. Notices
Any notice or other document to be served under these conditions must be in writing and served in the following ways (and shall be deemed to have been served at the time stated):
9.1 by first class post - on the second day after postage;
9.2 by fax - upon receipt of an error-free reception code (provided that a copy is sent by pre-paid first class post on the date the fax is sent).
10. Severability
If any provision of these conditions, or of any document made in connection with these provisions, is determined by any court, tribunal or administrative body of a competent jurisdiction to be wholly or partly unenforceable for any reason, that unenforceability shall not affect the rest of this agreement or that document, the unenforceable part being deemed severed and deleted and the remainder continuing in full force and effect.
11. Entire agreement
These conditions shall apply to each posting of an Advertisement together with such additional conditions (if any) as may be set out as part of the order process. In the event of any variations or inconsistency between these conditions and the conditions set out in the Order Process the Order Process shall prevail. These conditions form the entire agreement between us on its subject matter and supersede all previous contracts, arrangements, representations or understandings between us (save for fraudulent misrepresentations).
12. No assignment
You may not resell, assign or transfer any of its rights under these conditions.
13. Agency
These conditions shall not create any agency, partnership or joint venture between us.
24. Governing law
The contract, which incorporates these conditions, shall be construed under and governed by the laws of England and the parties irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
