We use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This allows us to provide you with a good experience while you browse and also helps us to improve our website.
A cookie is a small text file that we store on your computer or on any other device that you use to access our website (e.g. a mobile phone or other mobile device), if you agree to this. No personal information is stored in the cookies.
Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work, and to work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website and to manage elements of their business.
Without certain cookies, some areas and functionalities of a website will not work.
The list below explains the cookies we use and why:
Google Analytics
These cookies allow us to anonymously collect information about how visitors to our website use our website.
They 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.
We only use these cookies to improve how our website works. We also anonymise IP addresses in our analytics so we cannot identify you.
By default, we tell Google not to store or use any cookies for Google Analytics until you accept them and we achieve this by using Google Consent Mode.
You can find out more information in the Google Privacy Policy and you can opt out of Google Analytics by visiting the Google Analytics Opt-out Page.
The following first party cookies are related to this service:
| Cookie | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| _ga_<container-id> | Used to persist session state | 2 years |
| _ga | Used to distinguish users | 2 years |
Google’s policy and cookie documents can be accessed below.
- Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites
- Security and privacy in Universal Analytics
- How Google Uses Cookies
How Do I Change My Cookie Settings?
You can open the Cookie Consent popup to manage your settings:
You can also block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.
To find out more about cookies visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers at the following links: