Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
We use cookies on our website to make browsing easier and to make the content on the site more meaningful for you.
Cookies help us to provide you with a better website experience by enabling us to recognise those pages you find useful and those you don’t. You can be reassured that they don’t give us access to your computer or any information other than the details you choose to share with us. Cookies are used on most websites and we believe that the benefits from their proper use are worthwhile – we hope you agree.
What exactly is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that’s placed on your computer’s hard drive via your browser. It helps the use of our interactive devices and allows our website to respond to you as an individual. The site can be tailored to your needs, likes and dislikes by remembering information about your preferences.
How to manage cookies
All internet browsers allow you to manage the cookies stored on your computer. You can set the browser to enable cookies, notify you of cookie placement requests, or decline cookies completely. However, if you decline them, you’ll find a reduced functionality on this site. You can also delete the files that contain cookies, but the way you manage them depends on which browser you have:
Google Chrome – Manage your cookies and site data
Mozilla Firefox – Enable and disable cookies that websites use to track your preferences
Internet Explorer (9+) – How to manage cookies in Microsoft Edge
You can find some excellent guides on managing your cookies at allaboutcookies.org.
How we use cookies
These are the cookies used on this website and their purpose:
Strictly necessary cookies
Cookie | Party | Description |
OptanonAlertBoxClosed | First party | This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and, in some cases, only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one-year lifespan and contains no personal information. |
OptanonConsent | First party | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. |
PHPSESSID | First Party | PHP session cookie associated with embedded content from this domain. |
Performance cookies
Cookie | Party | Description |
_ga* | First Party | This cookie name is associated with Google Analytics. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. |
_gcl_au | First Party | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to understand user interaction with the website. |
_hFirstSeen | First Party | This cookie is installed by Hotjar. The cookie is used to identify a new user’s first session. |
_hjSession_* | First Party | This cookie is installed by Hotjar. The cookie holds the current session data to ensure subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session. |
_hjSessionUser_* | First Party | This cookie is installed by Hotjar. The cookie is set when a user first lands on a page and gives a user a user ID which is unique to that site. It ensures data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID. |
Targeting cookies
Cookie | Party | Description |
_fbp | First party | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. |