Cookie Policy
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.
We use the following cookies:
Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them below:
Strictly necessary cookies
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USE_COOKIE_CONSENT_STATE | ||
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Session | ||
Description | ||
This cookie is set by our cookie banner, and is a temporary session cookie, and will be removed once you close your browser. |
Analytical or Performance Cookies
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_ga | ||
Duration | ||
2 years | ||
Description | ||
This cookie is used to store and count pageviews, to provide us with statistical information. This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It expires two years after being set. |
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_gat_UA | ||
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1 minute | ||
Description | ||
This cookie is set by Google Analytics. This cookie is used to throttle the request rate, limiting the collection of data on high-traffic sites. |
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_gid | ||
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1 day | ||
Description | ||
This cookie is used to store and count pageviews, to provide us with statistical information. This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It expires one day after being set. |
Functionality Cookies
No cookies to display.
Targeting Cookies
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gcl_au | ||
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90 days | ||
Description | ||
This cookie is used to understand your browsing behaviour and how you arrive at our website (such as if any advertisements were followed). This cookie is set by Google Adsense. |
Sharing of Information
Please note that the cookies set by Google Analytics, will send information such as your IP address to Google in the USA. When this information is sent outside of the UK/EEA, we cannot guarantee that it will have the same level of protection as it would within the UK/EEA. This is as the information may be intercepted by government agencies in the USA. Please consider this when deciding whether to provide consent.
Your Control Over Cookies
You can manage your cookie preferences using the cookie control feature available on this website. This feature can be accessed through the cookie banner at the bottom of the page. The cookie banner operates on an opt-in basis, meaning all non-essential cookies are disabled by default. Users can selectively enable specific cookies by adjusting their preferences, ensuring that no cookies are set until explicit consent is given.
You may also be able to disable some or all cookies through the settings in your web browser. Please note that if you disable all cookies, our website may not work as expected.
Useful Information
A number of websites provide detailed information on cookies, including AboutCookies.org and AllAboutCookies.org.
The European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance website Your Online Choices allows you to install opt-out cookies across different advertising networks.
Google has developed a browser add-on to allow users to opt-out of Google Analytics across all websites which use it. This is also available in the Chrome web store.
Some browsers include a feature known as ‘Do Not Track’ or DNT. This allows you to indicate a preference that websites should not track you. However, whilst DNT is available in many browsers, websites are not required to recognise its request, so it may not always work. You can get help on how to use DNT in Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera.
Internet Explorer has a feature called Tracking Protection Lists which allows you to import a list of websites you want to block.
For more information on how private browsing works as well as its limitations, visit the support pages for your browser: Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari (mobile and desktop) and Opera.