Cookie Policy
A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (eg computer, smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our website. We use cookies on our website. These help us recognise you and your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions.
For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of your information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see below.
For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Consent to use cookies and changing settings
We will ask for your permission (Consent) to place cookies or other similar technologies on your device, except where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested .
Our use of cookies
The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:
| The cookies we use | Name | Purpose | Whether cookie is essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested and whether we will seek your consent before we place the cookie |
| Webserver | _cfduid | Used to identify trusted web traffic | Yes, essential (we will therefore not request your consent before placing this cookie) |
| Analytics | _ga, _gat, _gid, _collect | This is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc which uses cookies to show us how visitors found and explored our site, and how we can enhance their experience. It provides us with information about the behaviour of our visitors (eg how long they stayed on the site, the average number of pages viewed) and also tells us how many | Yes, essential (we will therefore not request your consent before placing this cookie) |
| Language | Lang | Remembers a users selected language settings | Yes, essential (we will therefore not request your consent before placing this cookie) |
| Marketing | _fbp, bcookie, bscookie, fr, lidc, tr, usermatchhistory | Used to allow third party linked sites to provide targeted ads such as facebook and linkedin | No |
How to turn off all cookies and consequences of doing so
If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your browser settings so that cookies (including those which are essential to the services requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our website.
For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.