When you visit our website, we use “cookies” to help improve your experience and to help us understand how our site is being used. This page explains our ‘cookie policy’ and our compliance with UK and EU legislation such as the GDPR.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files which are added to your computer or any similar device you use to access the internet (e.g. smart phone, tablet or other mobile device) which store information about your use of the website. Some cookies expire when you close your browser. Other cookies are used to remember you when you return to the website and will last for longer. Please note that cookies do not harm your computer or any installed software.
Cookie Usage
We do not store personally identifiable information such as credit card details in the cookies we create, but we do use aggregated information gathered from them to help improve your experience of the site. We use cookies to collect statistical information about how our visitors use the website so that we can improve it by understanding how it’s used
Third party cookies
Certain cookies are either set by third parties on the Website or these are set by us using the third parties cookie code. More information about cookies placed by third parties and how to restrict or block their cookies can be accessed by following the link to their website. In addition to cookies, tracking gifs may be set by us or third parties in respect of your use of the Site. Tracking gifs are small image files within the content of our site or the body of our newsletters so we or third parties can understand which parts of the website are visited or whether particular content is of interest.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is third-party software that helps us track site usage. This software adds 5 cookies to your computer when you use our site:
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Purpose
These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. For more information visit Google Analytics and Google Privacy
Third Party Websites
When you visit this Website you may notice some cookies that are not related to this website. When you visit a page that contains embedded content, for example from YouTube, you may be sent cookies from these websites. We don’t control the setting of these cookies, so we suggest you check the third-party websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.
Please be aware that we do not control and are not responsible for websites that are referred to or linked from its own websites and that use of your personal information on these websites is not subject to this Privacy and Cookies Policy.
You can change your browser to prevent that or to notify you each time a cookie is set. You can also learn more about cookies by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org which includes additional useful information on cookies and how to block cookies using different types of browser. Please note however, that by blocking or deleting cookies used on our website you may not be able to take full advantage of the website if you do so.