Cookie policy

Our cookie policy and usage whilst navigating this website.

What's a Cookie?

A cookie is a piece of information that is stored on your internet browser or computer’s hard drive when you visit a website. Cookies record how you move around a website so that, when you revisit that website, it can present tailored options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also analyse traffic for advertising and marketing purposes.

How do we use cookies?

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 also allows us to improve our site.

Types of cookies

Strictly necessary cookies: These are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website.

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 more relevant to your interests.

First and third-party cookies: First-party cookies are set by our website. Third-party cookies are cookies that are on our website and are set by another website, for example, Facebook, which allows us to show you relevant content from us when you are on Facebook.

Cookies we use

All of our website cookies are managed by Cookie Control from CIVIC. This panel allows you to opt in/out of any analytical/performance or tracking cookies at any time. These are held up to 90 days by your browser, unless you clear your sessions or cookies manually.

Google Analytics

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to improve the website for users. Information collected is anonymous.
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