Terms of Service

Last Updated: 9 September 2025

 

In simple terms: By using this website, you agree to these rules. If you don't agree, then you shouldn't use the site.

 

Please read these terms of service carefully before using this site.

 

1. Introduction & Acceptance of Terms

 

This document tells you the terms of use on which you may make use of our website https://escape-velocity.co.uk (the "Site"). Use of our Site includes accessing, browsing, or registering to use our Site.

 

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, you must not use our Site. These terms should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy, which also applies to your use of our Site.

 

2. Information About Us

 

The Site is operated by STMW Limited, trading as Escape Velocity ("We", "Us", "Our"). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 11947937 and have our registered office at London, England, United Kingdom. Our main trading address is 43 Haydon Park Road, London SW19 8JQ, United Kingdom.

 

3. Changes to These Terms

 

We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we made, as they are binding on you.

 

4. Your Use of Our Site

 

Our Site is made available free of charge. We do not guarantee that our Site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. Access to our Site is permitted on a temporary basis. We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or change all or any part of our Site without notice. We will not be liable to you if for any reason our Site is unavailable at any time or for any period. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our Site.

 

We do not guarantee that our Site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. You are responsible for configuring your information technology and computer programmes to access our Site. You should use your own virus protection software. You must not misuse our Site by knowingly introducing viruses or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorised access to our Site, the server on which our Site is stored or any server, computer or database connected to our Site. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.

 

You may link to our home page, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

 

Where our Site contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.

 

5. Intellectual Property Rights

In simple terms: Everything on this site—the text, the Manifesto, the frameworks—is my intellectual property. It is the result of years of work and refinement. Please be inspired by it, but respect the work and do not copy or steal it.

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We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our Site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.

 

You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our Site for your personal use. You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.

 

Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our Site must always be acknowledged. You must not use any part of the content on our Site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.

 

6. Use of This Website & Prohibited Uses

In simple terms: Please use this site for its intended purpose. Don't try to hack it, inject malicious code, or use it for illegal activities.

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You may use our Site only for lawful purposes. You may not use our Site:

• In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.

• In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.

• To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards.

• To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material (spam).

• To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware, or other harmful programs designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

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7. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

In simple terms: The information and frameworks on this site, including the Manifesto, are for informational purposes only. I make no guarantees about the results you'll get from using them. Any action you take based on this content is at your own risk. True strategy requires context, which this website cannot provide.

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Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury arising from our negligence, or our fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by English law.

 

To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our Site or any content on it, whether express or implied.

 

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

• use of, or inability to use, our Site; or

• use of or reliance on any content displayed on our Site.

If you are a business user, please note that in particular, we will not be liable for: loss of profits, sales, business, or revenue; business interruption; loss of anticipated savings; loss of business opportunity, goodwill or reputation; or any indirect or consequential loss or damage.

 

If you are a consumer user, please note that we only provide our Site for domestic and private use. You agree not to use our Site for any commercial or business purposes, and we have no liability to you for any loss of profit, loss of business, business interruption, or loss of business opportunity.

 

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our Site or to your downloading of any content on it, or on any website linked to it.

 

8. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

In simple terms: Any legal disputes will be handled under the laws of England and Wales.

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If you are a consumer, please note that these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation, are governed by English law. You and we both agree that the courts of England and Wales will have non-exclusive jurisdiction. If you are a business, these terms of use, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by English law. We both agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

 

9. Contact Us

 

For any questions specifically about this Privacy Policy or these Terms of Service, please email strategy@escape-velocity.co.uk. For all strategic and business enquiries, please use the secure form on our main website.