Cookie Policy

Information about our use of 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. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

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.
  • Analytical/performance cookies. They 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.

Our cookies

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Cookie

Type

Name

Purpose

More information

Google Universal Analytics cookies

Analytical/ performance

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__utmb
__utmc
__utmv
__utmz
__ga
__gat

_gid

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 our services. 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.

You can view the Google Privacy Policy here .

You can opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites here .


Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

You can block cookies by updating your browser settings. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access parts of our site. The following links provide further information on how to block cookies:

Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09

Google Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647

Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Cookies

Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265

Opera: http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/

Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 12 months.