What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files which are downloaded to your computer, tablet or mobile phone when you visit a website or an app. Each time you visit, the website will be able to recognise you and offer a secure online experience by retrieving cookies from your web browser.
Cookies are used by almost every website to make your online experience smooth and secure. For example, they might remember your preferences, record the items you put in your shopping basket or count the number of people who look at a page on a website.
You can also refer to our Privacy policy.
Managing cookies
Cookies can be restricted, blocked or deleted by changing your browser settings. A step-by-step guide to disabling cookies on your device is available on About cookies.
Please note that, for security reasons, many websites won’t work properly if cookies are disabled. For more information about cookies and their use online you can read the Information Commissioner’s guide to cookies.
You can accept all the cookies that we use by clicking on the Allow all button displayed on our cookie banner.
If you’d rather decide what cookies are set, you can click on the Allow selection or Deny buttons on our cookie banner.
You can amend your settings or withdraw your consent for cookies at any time by clicking on the small black floating Cookies Settings button on the bottom right of our webpages.
If you haven’t given permission for us to set cookies through the cookies banner that popped up when you first visited this site, your visit (and how you got here) won’t be tracked by us. However, if you visit this site using a different device and/browser in the future, you will need to provide us with your cookie preferences again.
Strictly necessary
Strictly necessary cookies are essential to make our website work for you and cannot be disabled. They are set in order to provide you with the services you request, for example remembering login details for secure areas, setting privacy preferences or filling in forms to contact us. Strictly necessary cookies do not store information that identifies you personally.
Preferences
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
Marketing
Targeting cookies do not collect and store personal information that could directly identify you, such as your name or email address. Instead, they use information such as your browser type or IP address to identify you. You can still use the site without targeting cookies. For more information please visit Google’s Privacy & Terms site.
Third party
Third parties (for example, advertising networks or providers of external services such as web traffic and analysis services) may use cookies over which we have no control. They are most likely to be analytical / performance or targeting cookies. For more information please visit Google’s Privacy & Terms site.