These Terms and Conditions prevail in the event of any conflict or inconsistency with any other communications, including advertising or promotional materials. Entry/claim instructions are deemed to form part of the Terms and Conditions and by participating all claimants will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Please print a copy of these Terms and Conditions and retain for future reference.
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The Promoter: pladis (UK) Limited, Building 3, Chiswick Park, 566 Chiswick High Road, Chiswick, London W4 5YA (please do not send any correspondence to this address). (“Promoter”).
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Eligibility: Entry is open to residents of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) and Republic of Ireland, entrants must be aged 18 or over. The following are excluded from entry:
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Directors, management and employees of the Promoter or its holding or subsidiary companies.
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Employees of agents or suppliers of the Promoter, or any third parties who are professionally connected with the competition or its administration; and
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Members of the immediate families or households of (a) and (b) above.
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Requirements: Entrants must have internet access, smartphone, email address and mobile number. UK only purchase necessary and batch code and back of pack image upload.
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Promotional Period: The Promotion opens 00:00 on 14/04/2025 and the close date is 23:59 22/06/2025 (the “Closing Date”).
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Draw Period: Entrants that visit the site and make a valid entry between 00:00 14/04/2025 and 23:59 22/06/2025 plus any late entries until 23.59 on 06/07/25 will be entered into the Final Draw to win a prize experience worth £/€5,000 (full prize description at clause 10c).
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Entry Instructions: The smartphone must be linked to an active account with a recognised telephone services provider. The account holder must be the same person completing the Registration details indicated below. The Promotion is limited to a maximum of one entry per smartphone number per day and a maximum of two entries per smartphone number per week. To enter:
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Scan QR code or go to mcvities.co.uk/promotions and choose if you are a resident of the UK or Republic of Ireland and then enter required details of full name, smartphone number and email address.
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If you are from UK, you must also purchase a promotional McVitie’s product (see clause 7 for full list) within the Promotional Period and retain your original itemised till receipt for each entry as it may be required to claim a prize. You must upload an image from the back of the promotional pack clearly showing the batch code and barcode.
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Once you successfully complete your registration, you will receive an onscreen message showing a win or lose message.
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Entrants may enter twice per calendar week over the course of the 10-week promotional period, but can only win one £/€100 prize.
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Entrants after 23:59 on 22/06/25 will be entered into the Final Draw.
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All entries received after the campaign Closing Date (06/07/25) are automatically disqualified.
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Entry may only be made online on our web page using the method described in (b and c) above. Claims by any other means (for example postal claims) shall not be accepted.
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In the event that the site has entries in which a bot is suspected, you may be required to validate either your mobile number or email address in order to validate your entry. This is at the promoter’s discretion and is in addition to the above requirements.
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No third party or bulk entries. Entries via third parties or syndicates, entries by macros or other automated means and entries which do not satisfy the requirements of these Terms and Conditions in full will be disqualified. If it becomes apparent that either an entrant or household is using any means to circumvent this condition such as, and without limitation, fraudulently falsifying data, acting fraudulently or dishonestly in the opinion of the Promoter using identities other than their own or any other automated means in order to increase the entrant’s entries or otherwise acting in violation of these Terms, these entrants will be disqualified, and any prize entitlement will be void. Entrants are advised to take care when entering their details; the Promoter is not responsible for mistypes.
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Prizes:
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Tier 1: There are a total of 1,008 x Tier 1 prizes guaranteed to be won via randomly allocated winning moments throughout the main promotional period. Each prize is £100 awarded via bank transfer. Winners residing in the ROI will win €100.
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Tier 2: There is a total of 30,000 x £0.75 /€0.75 coupons off a packet of McVitie’s guaranteed to be randomly allocated via winning moments throughout the main promotional period.
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Final Draw: There is one prize valued at £/€ 5000. The prize is a McVitie’s 100th Birthday experience in London. It includes the following:
- 1 night’s accommodation for 6 people (based on 2 people sharing each room) in 3 x superior rooms at Charlotte Street Hotel.
- Breakfast for 6 people.
- Hire of the Dora Carrington private room for a 2-hour Afternoon Tea celebration.
- Afternoon tea served in the private room for 6 people, plus the 12.5% service charge on Afternoon Tea.
- Two bottles of champagne for the private room afternoon tea plus service charge 12.5%.
- McVitie’s Bespoke cake with candles.
- £460 travel allowance.
- Prize must be taken and booked by 30th November 2025.
- The prize is subject to alteration and the promoter reserves the right to change for a similar alternative.
- There is no cash alternative.
- The prize is for 6 adults. One winner in each room must be at least 21 years old.
- Winners may be asked for a credit card on check in at their hotel to cover any extra costs and must be able to provide one and cover these costs.
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Winner Selection:
Tier 1: During the main Promotional Period, 1,008 winning moments every 100 minutes by the millisecond, have been randomly selected by a computer-generated algorithm. The first valid entry on or after that winning moment will be awarded the Prize. All 1,008 Tier 1 Prizes have been made available, and it is intended that they will be won.
Tier 2: These are an additional 30,000 winning moments to Tier 1 during the Promotional Period that have been randomly selected by a computer-generated algorithm. The first valid entry on or after that winning moment will be awarded the prize. All Tier 2 Prizes have been made available, and it is intended that they will be won.
Final Draw: The final draw winner will be selected at random via an automated computerised program under the supervision of an independent adjudicator from all valid entries received on 7th July 2025.
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Winner Notification: Winners may be required to supply an original itemised purchase receipt, as detailed in Clause 6b.
Tier 1: The winners will be notified instantly on screen that they have won. They will then receive a text message to the mobile number they entered on registration with a link to follow to claim their prize. Winners will be required to provide their full name, email address and postal address (including postcode) to claim their prize. Winners will also be required to supply their bank details. For UK winners, Bank account number and sort code or for ROI winners, an IBAN (International Bank Account Number) and SWIFT/BIC number. Verification of £100 prizes may take up to 7 days. If a winner does not follow the link and successfully claim their prize within 14 days of the winning text message, their prize will be forfeited.
Tier 2: The winners will be notified instantly on screen that they have won and given options for their preferred retailer. Winners residing in the UK will be text a unique link to the mobile number submitted on entry, with a digital gift card for the winners’ retailer of choice. Digital gift cards are redeemable for money off a pack of McVitie’s biscuits valued up to £0.75. Once redeemed and activated, the winner will have 30 minutes to use the digital gift card. Winners residing in ROI will be texted a unique link for an instant print coupon, to the mobile number submitted on entry, up to a max value of €0.75. Winners must redeem the digital gift cards/coupons in their chosen store between 14/04/2025 - 7/07/2025. Digital gift cards/coupons cannot be redeemed in petrol stations or online.
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Entrants acknowledge that the Promoter may be prevented from providing some or all of the Prize elements due to unforeseen circumstances. In such circumstances, the Promoter reserves the right to substitute or cancel some or all of the Prize and neither the Promoter nor the Companies accept responsibility in these circumstances.
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The Promoter reserves the right to amend or withdraw the Promotion if deemed necessary due to circumstances outside of its reasonable control.
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The Promoter’s decision is final on all matters relating to the Promotion.
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If the Promoter has reasonable grounds for believing that an entrant has contravened the Terms and Conditions, the Promoter reserves the right to select an alternative Winner.
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The Winners’ surnames and counties can be requested, by emailing info@winners-list.com with the subject 8287 McVitie’s Winners List and will be available for a period of 4 weeks from 07/07/2025. Details of those that have won Tier 1 only will be available.
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By entering this Promotion, each entrant acknowledges that if he or she is a Winner, his or her surname and county may be disclosed to persons enquiring, where permitted by law. Any entrant may object to their information being made available in this way or may request that the amount of information made available be reduced, by contacting the Promoter. In these circumstances the entrant acknowledges that the Promoter may nevertheless disclose such information in full to the Advertising Standards Authority if required to do so.
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Entrants must enter the Promotion using their legal name. The Promoter will verify the eligibility of prize winners. The Promoter will require such information that it considers reasonably necessary for this purpose and a Prize may be withheld unless and until the Promoter is satisfied with the verification.
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The Promoter seeks to run a fair and secure promotion and prevent abuse and cheating. If you enter in a way that is not consistent with these Terms & Conditions, your entries (and any of your associated aliases) will be disqualified, any Reward awarded may be void and recoverable, and the Promoter reserves the right to bar you from entering future promotions for a period of at least six months. For this reason, the Promoter reserves the right at any point to:
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Verify the eligibility of entrants by requesting such information it consider reasonably necessary for this purpose. Entry or a Reward may be withheld unless and until verification is completed satisfactorily.
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Disqualify entries that are not made directly by the individual entering the Promotion.
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Disqualify entries made using anonymous email services such as, but not limited to, GuerillaMail, Dispostable or Mailinator.
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Disqualify bulk entries from individuals, trade, consumer groups or third parties, incomplete entries and entries submitted by macros or other automated means.
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Disqualify entries beyond the maximum allowed, or those using techniques such as ‘script’, ‘brute force’, masking identity by manipulating IP addresses, using aliases or identities other than their own or any other means.
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Disqualify entries which, in some other way, do not fully meet the requirements of these Terms & Conditions.
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Where a Winner has been found to be in breach of any of these Terms and Conditions and in particular where a person is in breach of the entry restrictions, the Promoter may nevertheless still enforce its right to disqualify that person and require the return or reimbursement to the Promoter of any Prize even where a prize has been awarded and/or actually provided to the entrant or Winner in question.
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The Promoter makes no representation or warranty in relation to any Prize provided. Except as specifically set out herein and to the maximum extent permitted by law, all conditions, warranties and representations expressed or implied by law are hereby excluded. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we hereby exclude and shall not have any liability to any entrant or Winner in connection with or arising out of this Promotion howsoever caused, including for any costs, expenses, forfeited prizes, damages and other liabilities, provided that nothing herein shall operate so as to limit or exclude our liability for personal injury or death caused by our negligence or liability for fraudulent misrepresentation. For the avoidance of doubt, this paragraph shall also apply in respect of any prize provided by a third-party provider.
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If for any reason the Promotion is not capable of running as planned for reasons including but not limited to tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of the Promoter which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Promotion, the Promoter reserves the right (subject to any written directions given under applicable law) to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process and to terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion.
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If an act, omission, event or circumstance occurs which is beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter and which prevents the Promoter from complying with these Terms and Conditions, the Promoter will not be liable for any failure to perform or delay in performing its obligation.
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Winners may be invited to participate in reasonable publicity arising from the Promotion with no further compensation.
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This Promotion is governed by English Law and entrants submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
