Our Policies

 
 
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 STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS

  1. Yester Farm Dairies Ltd reserves the right to accept or refuse a Customer Account Application at its discretion.

  2. You will be deemed to have agreed to these terms and conditions by completing and returning this Customer Account form.

  3. All product prices are subject to variation depending on market circumstances. You will usually be advised of any price variation in advance.

  4. Business account holders: orders should be placed by telephoning Yester Farm Dairies on (01620) 810998 or emailing orders@yesterfarmdairies.co.uk before 12.00 noon on the day prior to the required delivery. Delivery of orders placed after these times cannot be guaranteed. The notice requirements for placing orders may be varied at Christmas and New Year.

  5. A specific delivery time cannot be guaranteed but we will endeavour to deliver on or around the same time each day, save for any delays due to circumstances beyond our control. We will endeavour to advise you in advance of any substantial variation in delivery time.

  6. Delivery of your order will only be made at the address to which you have registered above or otherwise notified to us.

  7. Delivery is subject to availability of the products.

  8. Perishable products will be delivered below 8˚C and should be kept refrigerated by the customer. Yester Farm Dairies Ltd is not responsible for any deterioration in perishable goods due to handling after they have been delivered to the customer. If there is a fault or damage to any products when delivered you must tell us no later than 48 hours after delivery otherwise goods will be invoiced and payable. 

  9. Yester Farm Dairies Ltd does not operate a “sale or return” policy.

  10. Yester Farm Dairies Ltd shall not be liable for any theft or loss of or damage to your products once the products are delivered to your address. If you are concerned about such risks, please make special arrangements for delivery such as a locked crate or providing us with a key or security code.

  11. Unless credit terms are agreed in writing, invoices must be paid on a proforma basis before delivery.  Late payment may result in interest being charged at the rate of 2% per annum above Clydesdale Bank plc base rate from time to time on the outstanding sum due both before and after judgment from the date of invoice. Costs of recovery of late payments, including legal and court fees, will be payable by the customer.

  12. If payment is made by Direct Debit a £25 charge will be levied for every failed Direct Debit, and automatic removal from the Scheme after 2 consecutive failed Direct Debits (at which time any outstanding Fees & Extras will become due in full).

  13. If a Customer uses the services of a procurement agent, we reserve the right to charge a reasonable administration fee.

  14. Price change notifications will be provided in advance where possible and will be contained in the covering email along with weekly or monthly emailed invoices. Unless an alternative method of communication has been requested in writing, price notifications will be deemed to have been accepted upon receipt of the relevant invoice. 

  15. PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS ETC  If the Customer is a limited company, a limited liability partnership, a trust or an unincorporated voluntary association, the directors/members/trustees/office bearers (as the case maybe) of the Customer each personally, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably (until all sums due to Yester Farm Dairies Ltd by the Customer have been paid whether or not the Customer has ceased trading and/or has been wound up, dissolved or liquidated):

  16. (a)  guarantee the payment of all sums due to Yester Farm Dairies Ltd by the Customer;

    (b) indemnify and hold harmless Yester Farm Dairies Ltd in respect of any losses sustained by Yester Farm Dairies  Ltd  as a result of trading with the Customer; and

    (c) agree that the foregoing guarantee and indemnity shall not be discharged or affected by (i) anything that would not have discharged or affected them if they had been a principal debtor instead of a guarantor; (ii) any waiver, failure to enforce or giving of time by Yester Farm Dairies Ltd; or (iii) any increase in the credit limit extended to the Customer.

  17. If any part of an invoice is disputed the customer agrees to pay the undisputed portion pending resolution of the dispute.

  18. These terms and conditions are governed by Scots law.

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 Environmental Policy Statement

Objectives

Yester Farm Dairies Ltd is committed to minimising the impact of its activities on the environment. Our Environmental Policy aims to achieve:

  • Better environmental management which reduces waste and energy use

  • Improved efficiency to cut the cost of running our business

  • Ability to demonstrate compliance to expand our business opportunities

  • Meet legal obligations to win greater stakeholder and customer trust

  • Ability to prepare for a changing business landscape confidently

Strategy

The key points of our strategy to achieve this are:

  • Minimise waste by evaluating operations and ensuring they are as efficient as possible.

  • Actively promote recycling both internally and amongst its customers and suppliers.

  • Source and promote a product range to minimise the environmental impact of both production and distribution (“from field to fridge”).

  • Actively use electronic means to deliver paper products to reduce copying and mailing.

  • Meet or exceed all the environmental legislation that relates to the Company.

  • Work within the local community to promote local sourcing and related environmental activities.

Implementation

 

This policy is implemented through:-

  • Waste management contract with Hamilton Waste & Recycling for all plastic waste generated by processing plant;

  • All office waste segregated in bins (general, paper and metal/plastic) and recycled with East Lothian Council;

  • Waste water from processing plant is recycled with farm slurry and spread on farm land and does not enter any watercourses;

  • The company sources supplies of raw materials locally where possible. If this is not practical then sourcing is within Scotland and then UK. We do not import any raw materials.

  • Our major raw material is milk which is produced from our own farm thereby minimising distances travelled (nil) and avoiding need for transport or haulage;

  • The company embraces electronic communication. All customers are asked to accept invoices and statements by email and supplier invoices received by email where possible to reduce paper waste;

  • Annual notifications are received from plastic carton suppliers certifying polymer weights supplied to ensure compliance with Packaging Waste Directive;

  • Supplier Questionnaire includes section on Environmental Policy of suppliers.

  • All Staff provided with a copy of the Company’s Environmental Policy and made aware of personal environmental impact as well as the need to plan work (particularly journeys) to minimise environmental impact (emissions) where possible.  

  • Copy of Environmental Policy displayed on Notice Board in main office.

Review

This policy is reviewed on at least an annual basis to take account of any changes in law or good practice or where a new environmental impact is identified. New workstreams are identified and progress on existing programme is updated.

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 PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy statement sets out how Yester Farm Dairies Limited uses and protects any personal information that you give us whether you are a customer, suppliers, subcontractors or other partner. It also relates to personal data which may be shared with us by a third party on your behalf. Where a third party has shared your data with us, we expect that they have informed you about the processing and sharing of your data. Where you are applying for employment with us, please refer to our Recruitment & Employee Privacy Notice.

We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

We may update and change this policy from time to time and our policy will be available on our website or in hard copy if requested. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 7th May 2018.

For the purpose of the Data Protection Legislation and this notice, we are the ‘data controller’. This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal data about you.

Personal data is defined as any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural living person - a ‘data subject’.

Who are we?

When we say ‘we’ or ‘us’ or ‘our’, we are generally referring to Yester Farm Dairies Limited, a company registered in Scotland. Company No. SC396162. Registered Office: Kilstrule, Yester Mains, Gifford East Lothian EH41 4JG.   We operate in the UK as a manufacturer and supplier of dairy products in the agriculture and food processing sectors and have less than 50 employees.

How do we collect and store your personal data?

We collect your personal data through a number of sources, such as:

  • When you set up an new account with us

  • When you contact us by email, telephone, post or social media

  • When you register with “YourMoo” on our website

  • When you make any complaints regarding our products or the service you have received

  • When we contact you to arrange agreements/ or contracts to supply us with goods or services

  • When you arrange a contract or agree to purchase our products

  • In the administration of our relationship with you

  • Through the fulfilment of our contractual obligations

  • Through CCTV Visual Imaging in areas within our processing, store, production and distribution areas.

We are committed to ensuring that the information we collect, use and store, is appropriate, is not excessive, is accurate and up to date, is not retained for longer than required and does not constitute an invasion of your privacy.

We may process your personal data for the performance of any contract or agreement we have in place with you and for our own legitimate interests, provided that those interests do not override any of your own interests, rights and freedoms which require the protection of personal data. This includes processing for marketing, business development, statistical and management purposes.

We may process your personal data for certain additional purposes with your consent, such as the provision of a newsletter or other marketing material. In these circumstances, where your consent is required for the processing of your personal data, you also have the right to withdraw your consent to processing your personal data. We will record the withdrawal of your consent and no further marketing will be sent to you.

What Personal Data do we collect and process?

The data we hold and process will depend on our relationship with you, along with the services or products we are providing to each other.

Typically, we may hold:

  • Names, Addresses – personal or business

  • Email address and telephone contact numbers – personal or business

  • Business name and nature of business

  • Bank Account details

  • Details of the services and products you currently or have previously provided to us

  • Details of products or services you currently or have previously bought or requested from us

  • Records of correspondence and communications with you

  • Records and detail regarding any complaints or enquiries you make to us

  • Your requests and preferences regarding marketing information and how you would wish to receive this information

  • Information from other sources, such as publically available information, industry networking information and national industry portals and records

  • Visual Imaging where you visit or access our premises

Legitimate Interests - How do we use the personal data we hold about you?

Having read and studied the options and the required lawful basis for processing data here at Yester Farm Dairies Ltd we have ascertained that the processing of data is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party unless there is a good reason to protect the individual's personal data which overrides those legitimate interests.

We may collect and store personal data for a number of legitimate business reasons including:

  • To understand your needs and how they may be met

  • To fulfil our contractual obligations

  • To manage our relationship with you

  • To maintain customer and administration records

  • To provide changes to our products or service such as price changes

  • To verify identification where required

  • To communicate with you by post, email or phone

  • To deliver products

  • To effectively manage our distribution, logistics and deliveries including sub-contracting or franchising deliveries to a third party

  • To process financial transactions, invoicing, check trade references and applications for credit

  • To investigate and respond to any complaints you may make

  • To respond to your feedback

  • To prevent and detect crime, fraud or corruption

  • To meet legal, regulatory and ethical responsibilities

  • To visually monitor the safety and security of data subjects and the quality of our manufacturing process

How long will we keep your personal data?

We will only keep your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected.

When we assess the appropriate retention period for your personal data, we will consideration the following:

  • The requirements of our business and the products and services you provide to us and we supply and distribute to you 

  • Any statutory or legal obligations

  • The purposes for which we originally collected the personal data

  • The lawful grounds on which we based our processing

  • The types of personal data we have collected

  • The amount and categories of your personal data

  • If the purpose of processing your personal data could be reasonably fulfilled by any other means

Who will we share your personal data with?

We will only share your personal data with third parties or with other organisations and individuals where:

  • There is a legal obligation to do so

  • Where it is requested by a public or regulatory authority – such as police or HMRC

  • Where we are bound by any code of practice

  • In the event of a complaint from you

  • Where it is a requirement in administrating our relationship with you

  • Where we have a legitimate interest to doing so

  • Where we require the services of third party service providers – such as specialist consultants, auditors and accountants, banking services, administration, I.T systems maintenance, we may be required to share your data with them in order for them to fulfil the contracts we have in place with them.

Data Security

We are serious about taking the appropriate measures to protect your personal data.   We limit access to our buildings to those who require access – using key pad entry codes and other methods. We apply controls and access restrictions in our technology platforms such as passwords for access to hardware and software.  

Where passwords are required by you to access secure platforms as part of the service we provide, it is your responsibility to keep these passwords secure.

Through the contracts and security measures we put in place, any third parties that we may share your data with are obliged to keep your details secure and to use this data only to fulfil the service they provide to you on our behalf. When they no longer need your data to fulfil this service, they will dispose of the details in line with our procedures. If we wish to pass your sensitive personal data onto a third party we will only do so once we have obtained your explicit consent or for the fulfilment of a contract we hold with you, unless we are legally required to do otherwise.

Your rights as a ‘data subject’

As a data subject, you have a number of rights including the right to ask us to correct, erase, restrict or object to processing your personal data.

Can I find out what personal data Yester Farm Dairies Limited holds about me?

If you submit a Subject Access Request we can confirm the information held about you and how we process it. If we process your personal data, you can request the following information from us:

  • Who is the person or organisation that decided how and why to process your data

  • Where applicable, the contact details of their Data Protection Coordinator

  • The legal basis for processing and the purpose of the data processing

  • Where personal data is being processed based on our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, we need to be able to confirm what these interests are

  • Which categories of personal data are collected, stored and processed

  • Who we share your data with or disclose your data to

If we intend to transfer the personal data to a third country or share with an international organisation, we will confirm how we put measures in place to do so securely. Some countries which meet a minimum standard of data protection have been approved by the EU for sending personal data to. Where this approval is not in place, we will ensure that processing your data is protected by safeguards put in place by law and protected by model clauses and contracts approved by the ICO

Contacting Us and Your Right to Making a Complaint

If you wish to speak to us or question anything in this notice relating to how we collect, store or process your personal data, please email us at info@yesterfarmdairies.co.uk or write to our Data Protection Coordinator at Yester Farm Dairies Ltd, Yester Mains, Gifford East Lothian EH41 4JG.

We hope you don’t need to make a complaint about how we process your personal data or how a complaint has been handled. If you feel you do wish to complain, you have the right to complain through our Data Protection Coordinator as detailed above and the supervisory authority at the contact details below:

UK Data Protection Regulator, The Information Commissioner’s Office (‘ICO’), Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF or email https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

Cookies

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Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to enable you to visit other websites of interest easily. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

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