Terms and conditions of use
1. Introduction
1.1 These terms and conditions shall govern your use of our website.
1.2 By using our website, submitting any data to our website or using any of our website services, you accept these terms and conditions in full; accordingly, if you disagree with these terms and conditions or any part of these terms and conditions, you must not use our website.
1.3 You must be at least 18 years of age to use our website; by using our website or agreeing to these terms and conditions, you warrant and represent to us that you are at least 18 years of age.
1.4 Our website uses cookies; by using our website or agreeing to these terms and conditions, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of our Cookie Policy page.
2. Copyright notice
2.1 Copyright (c) 2023 Bridge-A-Loan.co.uk.
2.2 Subject to the express provisions of these terms and conditions:
(a) we, together with our licensors, own and control all the copyright and other intellectual property rights in our website and the material on our website; and
(b) all the copyright and other intellectual property rights in our website and the material on our website are reserved.
3. Licence to use website
3.1 You may:
(a) view pages from our website in a web browser;
(b) download pages from our website for caching in a web browser;
(c) print pages from our website;
(d) use our website services by means of a web browser,
subject to the other provisions of these terms and conditions.
3.2 Except as expressly permitted by Section 3.1 or the other provisions of these terms and conditions, you must not download any material from our website or save any such material to your computer.
3.3 You may only use our website for your own personal and business purposes, and you must not use our website for any other purposes.
3.4 Except as expressly permitted by these terms and conditions, you must not edit or otherwise modify any material on our website.
3.5 Unless you own or control the relevant rights in the material, you must not:
(a) republish material from our website (including republication on another website);
(b) sell, rent or sub-license material from our website;
(c) show any material from our website in public;
(d) exploit material from our website for a commercial purpose; or
(e) redistribute material from our website.
3.6 We reserve the right to restrict access to areas of our website, or indeed our whole website, at our discretion; you must not circumvent or bypass, or attempt to circumvent or bypass, any access restriction measures on our website.
4. Acceptable use
4.1 You must not:
(a) use our website in any way or take any action that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the performance, availability or accessibility of the website;
(b) use our website in any way that is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity;
(c) use our website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software;
(d) conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to our website without our express written consent;
(e) access or otherwise interact with our website using any robot, spider or other automated means, except for the purpose of search engine indexing;
(f) violate the directives set out in the robots.txt file for our website; or
(g) use data collected from our website for any direct marketing activity (including without limitation email marketing, SMS marketing, telemarketing and direct mailing).
4.2 You must not use data collected from our website to contact individuals, companies or other persons or entities.
4.3 You must ensure that all the information you supply to us through our website, or in relation to our website, is true, accurate, current, complete and non-misleading.
5. Financial Promotions
5.1 We, PNL Solutions Ltd, are an Introducer Appointed Representative (IAR) of Visionary Markets Ltd who are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and entered on the Financial Services Register under reference 710569.
5.2 For regulated bridging loans, the financial promotions used on our website and related advertisements have been approved by FCA authorised firms.
6. Introductions
6.1 Our website includes an enquiry form that you can use to request information about or quotations in respect of bridging loans.
6.2 Using this information, we introduce you to bridging loan brokers/firms and/or selected Financial Technology (FinTech) companies that provide the introduction to the service providers.
6.3 Telephone and email enquiries that you make using the details published on our website will be directed to or passed to a service provider.
6.4 We will earn a fee in respect of each introduction that we provide to a service provider.
6.5 You acknowledge that:
(a) some of the brokers/firms we work with may not provide quotes from all of the bridging loan providers featured on our website. You may need to contact specific bridging loan providers directly to allow you to make a comparison against the quotes you receive from our service providers;
(b) we do not check, audit, monitor or control: the credit worthiness of suppliers, the security of supplier websites, or the accuracy of the information published by our service providers;
(c) we are not party to any contract for the sale or purchase of goods or services entered into between you and a service provider;
and accordingly, we will not be liable to you in relation to any loss or damage arising out of any use of a service providers website, any information provided by a service provider, any offer made by a service provider, or any contract with a service provider.
6.6 We are not responsible for the enforcement of any obligations arising out of a contract between you and any third party, and we will have no obligation to mediate between the parties to any such contract.
7. Report abuse
7.1 If you learn of any unlawful material or activity on our website, or any material or activity that breaches these terms and conditions, please let us know.
7.2 You can let us know about any such material or activity by email to admin@bridge-a-loan.co.uk.
8. Limited warranties
8.1 We do not warrant or represent:
(a) the completeness or accuracy of the information published on our website;
(b) that the material on the website is up to date; or
(c) that the website or any service on the website will remain available.
8.2 We reserve the right to discontinue or alter any or all of our website services, and to stop publishing our website, at any time in our sole discretion without notice or explanation; and save to the extent expressly provided otherwise in these terms and conditions, you will not be entitled to any compensation or other payment upon the discontinuance or alteration of any website services, or if we stop publishing the website.
8.3 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law we exclude all representations and warranties relating to the subject matter of these terms and conditions, our website and the use of our website.
9. Limitations and exclusions of liability
9.1 Nothing in these terms and conditions will:
(a) limit or exclude any liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence;
(b) limit or exclude any liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
(c) limit any liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
(d) exclude any liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.
9.2 The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this and elsewhere in these terms and conditions:
(a) are subject to Section 8.1; and
(b) govern all liabilities arising under these terms and conditions or relating to the subject matter of these terms and conditions, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in these terms and conditions.
9.3 To the extent that our website and the information and services on our website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.
9.4 We will not be liable to you in respect of any losses arising out of any event or events beyond our reasonable control.
9.5 We will not be liable to you in respect of any business losses, including (without limitation) loss of or damage to profits, income, revenue, use, production, anticipated savings, business, contracts, commercial opportunities or goodwill.
9.6 We will not be liable to you in respect of any loss or corruption of any data, database or software.
9.7 We will not be liable to you in respect of any special, indirect or consequential loss or damage.
9.8 You accept that we have an interest in limiting the personal liability of our officers and employees and, having regard to that interest, you acknowledge that we are a limited liability entity; you agree that you will not bring any claim personally against our officers or employees in respect of any losses you suffer in connection with the website or these terms and conditions (this will not, of course, limit or exclude the liability of the limited liability entity itself for the acts and omissions of our officers and employees).
10. Indemnity
10.1 You hereby indemnify us, and undertake to keep us indemnified, against any and all losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation legal expenses and any amounts paid by us to a third party in settlement of a claim or dispute) incurred or suffered by us and arising directly or indirectly out of your use of our website or any breach by you of any provision of these terms and conditions.
11. Breaches of these terms and conditions
11.1 Without prejudice to our other rights under these terms and conditions, if you breach these terms and conditions in any way, or if we reasonably suspect that you have breached these terms and conditions in any way, we may:
(a) temporarily suspend your access to our website;
(b) permanently prohibit you from accessing our website;
(c) block computers using your IP address from accessing our website;
(d) contact any or all of your internet service providers and request that they block your access to our website;
(e) commence legal action against you, whether for breach of contract or otherwise;
11.2 Where we suspend or prohibit or block your access to our website or a part of our website, you must not take any action to circumvent such suspension or prohibition or blocking.
12. Third party websites
12.1 Our website includes hyperlinks to other websites owned and operated by third parties; such hyperlinks are not recommendations.
12.2 We have no control over third party websites and their contents, and subject to Section 8.1 we accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.
13. Trade marks
13.1 Our logos and our other registered and/or unregistered trademarks are trademarks belonging to us; we give no permission for the use of these trademarks, and such use may constitute an infringement of our rights.
13.2 The third party registered and unregistered trademarks or service marks on our website are the property of their respective owners and, unless stated otherwise in these terms and conditions, we do not endorse and are not affiliated with any of the holders of any such rights and as such we cannot grant any licence to exercise such rights.
14. Variation
14.1 We may revise these terms and conditions from time to time.
14.2 The revised terms and conditions shall apply to the use of our website from the date of publication of the revised terms and conditions on the website, and you hereby waive any right you may otherwise have to be notified of, or to consent to, revisions of these terms and conditions; if you do not agree to the revised terms and conditions, you must stop using our website.
15. Assignment
15.1 You hereby agree that we may assign, transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with our rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions.
15.2 You may not without our prior written consent assign, transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with any of your rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions.
16. Severability
16.1 If a provision of these terms and conditions is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions will continue in effect.
16.2 If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision of these terms and conditions would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect.
17. Third party rights
17.1 A contract under these terms and conditions is for our benefit and your benefit and is not intended to benefit or be enforceable by any third party.
17.2 The exercise of the parties’ rights under a contract under these terms and conditions is not subject to the consent of any third party.
18. Entire agreement
18.1 Subject to Section 8.1, these terms and conditions, together with our privacy and cookies policy, shall constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of our website and shall supersede all previous agreements between you and us in relation to your use of our website.
19. Law and jurisdiction
19.1 These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.
19.2 Any disputes relating to these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.
20. Complaints Procedure
20.1 We aim to provide a high standard of service to all our customers. Unfortunately, occasionally things do go wrong. When this happens, we make every effort to settle complaints quickly and fairly.
20.2 If your complaint is about a product or service that you have purchased via an introduction from us to a service provider, then you can complain directly to the relevant product or service provider responsible for supplying the product or service. We cannot answer complaints on behalf of a product or service provider or accept responsibility for any such complaints. We recommend that you visit the website of the product or service provider and follow their complaints procedure if you wish to make a complaint against them.
20.3 If you have a complaint about our service, please contact us:
By email: admin@bridge-a-loan.co.uk.
In writing: Please address your letter to: Suite 4, 48 Westgate, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 8AZ.
Always include your name, postal address, and email address. Please also include why you are unhappy in as much detail as you can. This will help us to respond to you quickly. If we do not have enough information to investigate your complaint, we will try and contact you to ask for further details.
We will try to respond to your complaint within fourteen days. If your complaint is particularly complex, we may need to spend longer investigating it, up to a maximum of eight weeks. In these cases, we will periodically give you an update on our progress.
By the end of eight weeks after receipt of your original complaint letter we will send you a final response or a letter explaining why we are still not able to issue a final response and advising you of when we expect to be able to do so.
If you remain unhappy with our response to your complaint, or your complaint has not been resolved within eight weeks after you first told us about it, you have the right to refer your complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service. If you wish for the Financial Ombudsman Service to look into your complaint, you must refer it to them within 6 months of the date of our final response to you. You can contact them at:
The Financial Ombudsman Service
Exchange Tower
London
E14 9SR
By phone: 0800 023 4567 or 0300 123 9123 Email: complaint.info@financial-ombudsman.org.uk
21. Our details
21.1 This website is owned and operated by Bridge-A-Loan.co.uk.
21.2 Our registered office is at Suite 4, 48 Westgate, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 8AZ
21.3 You can contact us:
(a) by post, using the postal address given above;
(b) by email, admin@bridge-a-loan.co.uk.
Loans for?
Use your bridging loan for
If you’re using the bridging loan to invest in property, purchase a buy-to-let investment or buy commercial real estate, the bridging loan is not regulated.
Residential
When you need to raise money from property or land you own, a residential bridging loan can help you
Development
It can be hard to find a development bridging loan, but we have the contacts and experience to help you
Commercial
Is your business in desperate need of short term finance? A commercial bridging loan can help you
What is a bridging loan?
Loans from £20,000 to £30m plus
Max 75% LTV first charge 70% second charge
Both Regulated and Non-Regulated Bridging Loans
Secured on Residential and Commercial property
Automated Valuations available
Dual representation available
Adverse credit considered
Probate cases considered
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What can a bridging loan be used for?
They’re primarily used to ‘bridge’ the financial gap between buying and selling your property, but you can also use bridging finance for:
- Auction purchases
- Development or renovation projects
- Short-term working capital for your business
How much can I borrow?
How much you can borrow depends on your financial situation and the project you’re looking to finance. Most lenders will lend up to 75% loan-to-value (LTV).
How quickly will I receive the loan?
If your application is relatively straightforward, you can see funds in as little as 72 hours.