Cookies Policy

This page describes how our web site uses cookies to improve the visitor experience and how you can manage which cookies are placed on your computer.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files which are transferred from our web site and stored on your computer's hard drive. They are widely used in order to make web sites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide general usage information to web site owners. We use cookies for these reasons only and do not use them to collect any personal information about you.

Are any of these cookies necessary?

Yes. Some of the cookies we set are absolutely necessary to the web site. Without them the web site would simply stop functioning. We have listed these as ‘Strictly necessary cookies’. You cannot disable our strictly necessary cookies.

How can I manage other types of cookie?

Not all cookies are strictly necessary. An explanation of the purpose and benefit of all of the other cookies used on our web site is provided. If you wish to disable any of these cookies then a link has been provided to allow you to do so. In some cases, you may need to visit a third-party web site operated by one of our service providers to disable the cookies.

The cookies we use…

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies perform important functions on our web site. Without them we cannot provide you with basic features and normal web site behaviour which you will expect us to. For this reason, you cannot disable these cookies:

Functional cookies

These cookies allow our web site to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may also be used to provide services or functionality you indicate you are interested in through interactions with our web site. These cookies are only used to provide an improved browsing experience and we do not pass information about the choices you make to any third party or other organisation.

Performance cookies

These cookies collect general information about how visitors use our web site to help us improve our web site for everyone. For instance, we track which pages visitors go to most often and if they get error messages or broken links. These cookies don’t collect personal information that identifies a visitor. All the information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

External cookies

In using the share icons, you will be sharing the page to an external source. These external sources will require you to log in and will place a cookie on your machine to maintain your logged in state.
How to disable all cookies

If you wish to disable any cookie listed above for which we have not provided a specific means of disabling, you can also use your browser settings to disable cookies. An explanation of how to do this can be found here.

Please note: By disabling cookies in your browser, you may render some of the functionality on our web site (and other web sites you visit) unusable and we make no guarantees as to the performance of our web site when cookies are disabled.