Our Cookie Policy

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored on your computer's hard drive by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Most web browsers allow control over these cookies through the browser settings.

Cookies used by our service providers

Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website. We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. We use UK2 as an Internet Service Provider to host our website. UK2 uses cookies to track usage and preferences of their customers. Please see www.uk2.net/terms-and-conditions/ for details.

Managing cookies

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

(a) support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
(b) support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
(c) www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);
(d) support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e) support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and
(f) privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).

Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.

We may also uses cookies to track and analyse visits to our website with the aim of constantly improving our website services and ensuring that we are adequately supporting the growing number of visitors to our site. These may include third party cookies set by Google Analytics and Twitter.

Some website links for third party service providers are embedded on our site. We do not control the dissemination of cookies from such sites and you should check the relevant third party website for more information on their use of cookies.