Cookie policy
What are cookies and how do we use them?
A cookie is a small text file that is put on your computer or smart device when you first visit a website. They don’t “do” anything except identify you as a unique visitor to a website. They don’t run a program on your computer or smart device. More importantly, they don’t collect, store or save personal information.
This is important to know because our website uses these cookies. We use cookies to help us track how many people visit our website and what parts of the website are visited most often. This helps us to improve our website so that it provides the information you want, the way you want.
The first time you visit our website, you will see the cookies banner. This is a pop up from our cookie control system. It gives you the option to allow cookies from our website to be placed on your computer. It also gives you the option to say no to this. It is ok if you don’t want these cookies placed on your computer, you can still use the website. However, the same pop up will come up each time you visit.
| Cookie | Purpose |
| _ga | To distinguish users and establish if they have visited the website before. |
| _gat | To distinguish users and establish if they have visited the website before. |
| _gid | To manage the rate at which page view requests are made. |
Other cookies may be stored to your computer’s hard drive by external vendors. These cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored, saved or collected.
We use Google Analytics to see how many people are using our website and what they use it for. This includes recording how people get to our website, how often they visit and which parts of the site they go to.
You can find out about the cookies that google analytics sets on their cookies page.
What if I don’t want to allow cookies from any website?
You can turn off cookies in your browser or through the security settings on your computer or smart device.
Turning off cookies may impact on how you use or view certain websites.
Changes to this cookie policy
We will regularly review our cookie policy. If we make any significant changes to this policy we will advertise this on our website. But you are advised to check our website regularly to read the most recent cookie policy. This notice was last updated on 11 May 2022.