A cookie is a small data file that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer when you visit our website.
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to improve our website’s performance and your experience of using our website.
We may use cookies that are strictly necessary. Where we do, these cookies are required for the operation of our website. For example, to enable you to log in to the secure areas of our website.
We use cookies to recognise and count the number of visitors to our website and to collect information about how visitors use our website to help us to analyse and improve its performance.
We may also use cookies to enhance the functionality of our website, for instance by storing your preferences.
We may also use targeting cookies which may record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed, to help us to make our website more relevant to your interests.
You can find out more about the cookies that we use in the table below.
| Cookie Name | Type of Cookie | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| cc_cookie | Strictly necessary | This cookie is used to remember the level which you have chosen and your acceptance of our cookies. These cookies are essential for our cookie widget to maintain your preferences. |
| _ga _ga_ |
Analytics | We use Google Analytics for website analytics purposes. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website and to track visitor behaviour across multiple devices and marketing channels. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.
Read Google’s overview of privacy and safeguarding data here |
You can change your cookie preferences by clicking the Manage Preferences button on the cookie banner or by clicking the Cookie Preferences (cookie icon) button in the bottom left hand corner of your browser at any time. Settings are changed by selecting the appropriate level of cookies and then clicking the Save preferences button. Please note that this will not allow you to prevent our use of strictly necessary cookies.
Alternatively, you can manage and control the use of cookies through your browser, including removing cookies by deleting them from your browser history when you leave our website. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies) this may affect your ability to use parts of our website.
Last Updated April 2024