What about cookies?

A cookie is a small data file that is essential for the proper functioning of this website. Cookies help our systems to recognise your browser and to provide features such as providing you with access to information that you have previously confirmed you are able to access. Cookies do not retrieve information about you stored on your hard drive, or corrupt or damage your computer or computer files.

How do we use cookies on this website?

The cookie settings on this website are set to “allow all cookies” to give you the best user experience. When you visit this website a cookie will be transferred to your computer’s hard drive through your browser. The cookie will expire after 30 days or sooner should there be a change to this important information.

We use the following cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website.
• Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
• Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
• Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

If you do not wish to accept cookies, you are free to block cookies on your browser. However, please note that if you do block cookies, it will impact your ability to navigate this website effectively. By continuing to browse this site, you are agreeing to use our cookies.

Third party cookies

Details of the third party cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them is set out in the table below:

How long will the cookies remain on my computer?

The cookie(s) can be deleted at any time by you (see below). The cookie(s) will not collect any information when you are not accessing this website.

Do I have to accept the use of cookies?

You do not have to accept cookies, but without accepting them you may experience reduced functionality of this website. If you should wish to reject the cookies then the Help menu on the menu bar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. For more information about cookies, including how to set your internet browser to reject cookies