Cookie Policy

We may from time to time use various cookies that retain information about you and your use of our websites. A cookie is a small piece of data that is transferred from a website, via your web browser and is automatically stored on your device’s hard drive. Cookies are widely used to make websites work or make them work better. Cookies provide us with information about your activities or preferences whilst using our websites and provide statistical and technical information about how you use our websites. We use this information to improve our websites and deliver a better personalised service.

Cookies allow us to store information on your visit which can help us to improve your experience of the website. We do not store personally identifiable information in cookies we create. Cookies can also help us to identify and resolve errors, or to determine relevant related information to show you when you’re browsing.

Cookies can help enhance your experience of our website, by letting you navigate between pages efficiently and showing you details that are related to your browsing history. However, you may consider that some of the information that we store is private, and we recognise that you may want to choose whether to receive them on your computer. To help you to decide whether to accept our cookies, we have listed all our cookies in the table below.

Cookie	Type	Description
_ga	Analytics	The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.
_gid	Analytics	Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.
_gid	Analytics	_gat_gtag_UA_103324121_1 is our website Google tracking tag.

How to manage cookies

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies, but if you don’t want to receive cookies, you can change your browser so that it notifies you when cookies are sent to it or you can refuse cookies altogether. If you restrict or block web browser cookies, you may find that some aspects of our websites will not work. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, please visit the All About Cookies website.

To check or update your settings, you will need to know what browser you are using and what version of it you have. You can usually find this out by opening the browser, then clicking on ‘Help’ and then ‘About’. This will give you information about the browser version you are using.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Click on ‘Tools’ at the top of your browser window and select ‘Internet options’, then click on the ‘Privacy’ tab. Ensure that your privacy level is set to Medium or below, which will enable cookies in your browser. Settings above Medium will disable cookies.

Google Chrome

Either click on ‘Tools’ at the top of your browser window and select ‘Options’ or click on the ‘spanner’ icon and then chose ‘Settings’. Click the ‘Under the Bonnet’ tab, locate the ‘Privacy’ section, and select the ‘Content settings’ button.

Mozilla Firefox

Either, click on ‘Tools’ at the top of your browser window and select ‘Options’ or click on the orange ‘Firefox’ button and chose ‘Options’ from this menu. Then select the Privacy icon. Click on Cookies.

Safari

Click on the Cog icon at the top of your browser window and select the ‘Preferences’ option. Click on ‘Security’.

Anonymous analytics cookies

Our websites use Google analytics to collect information about how visitors use our websites. For example the number of visitors, the time of visit, which pages you visited, whether you have visited the site before and what site referred you to our websites. We use the data from Google analytics to compile reports and improve our websites. For more information and to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics, please visit the Google website.