Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow a website to recognise your browser, remember certain settings and support features that make browsing more convenient.

Some cookies are temporary and are removed when you close your browser. Others remain on your device for a set period or until you remove them.

Similar technologies, such as pixels, local storage and tracking scripts, may also be used for certain website functions. In this policy, we refer to these technologies collectively as cookies unless a distinction is needed.

2. Why We Use Cookies

Cookies may be used to support the day-to-day operation of our website and help us understand how visitors interact with our content.

• To keep essential website features working correctly.
• To remember cookie preferences and certain browsing settings.
• To help maintain website security and prevent misuse.
• To understand general website traffic and page performance, where permitted.
• To identify areas where the website could be made easier to use, where permitted.

3. Types of Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are needed for the website to operate and provide features you have requested. They may support functions such as page navigation, security, form submissions and remembering your cookie preferences.

Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent under the applicable UK cookie rules. They cannot normally be switched off through a website preference tool, although you may be able to block them through your browser.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

These cookies can help us understand how visitors use the website, such as which pages are visited, how long pages take to load and whether visitors encounter errors. The information can help us improve website navigation and content.

These cookies will only be used where the required consent has been obtained.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies may remember preferences or choices that make the website more convenient to use. Depending on what a particular feature does, these cookies may require consent before they are placed.

Advertising and Marketing Cookies

These technologies may be used to measure advertising activity or help make promotional content more relevant. They are not essential to the operation of our website and will only be used if such tools are installed and the required consent has been provided.

4. Cookie Duration

Cookies can remain on your device for different lengths of time, depending on their purpose.

Session Cookies

These are temporary cookies that are normally removed when you close your browser.

Persistent Cookies

These remain on your device until their expiry date or until you remove them manually. Their duration depends on the function they perform.

Where we use optional cookies, we aim to keep their duration appropriate to their purpose and avoid retaining them longer than necessary.

5. Third-Party Cookies

Some features on our website may be provided by external services. If these services are used, they may set their own cookies or use similar technologies.

Depending on the services actually installed, these may include:

• Website analytics services used to understand visitor activity.
• Website hosting and security tools used to maintain site performance.
• Embedded content or external features displayed on website pages.

Third-party providers operate under their own privacy and cookie policies. We recommend checking their information to understand how they use data.

We do not assume that every third-party service listed here is active on the website. The services in use depend on the website configuration.

6. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit the website, a cookie notice or preference tool may allow you to accept or reject non-essential cookies and manage available categories.

You can change your preferences later using the cookie settings option on the website, where available. Withdrawing consent will stop the relevant optional cookies from being used going forward, although it may not automatically remove cookies already stored on your device.

You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to view stored cookies, block certain types or remove them.

Please be aware that blocking essential cookies may affect some website functions.

7. Your Choices and Consent

We respect your choice about non-essential cookies. Where consent is required, these cookies will not be placed before you have made an appropriate choice.

You can accept or reject optional cookie categories without being required to accept all categories. You can also withdraw or change your choice later.

Cookie preferences should remain available for a reasonable period. Where consent is relied upon, we will periodically ask you to review your choice, normally within 6 months, or sooner if the cookies or purposes change.

8. Personal Information and Cookies

Some cookies and similar technologies may collect information that relates to an identifiable visitor, such as an online identifier or device information. Where this happens, the information is handled in accordance with applicable data protection law.

For more information about how personal information is collected, used and retained, please read our Privacy Policy.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy if website features, the technologies we use or relevant legal requirements change.

Any revised version will be published on this page. We recommend checking it occasionally to stay informed about how cookies are used on the website.

10. Further Information

If you would like to learn more about cookies and online privacy, the following independent resources provide useful guidance:

• Information Commissioner’s Office – guidance on cookies and data protection in the UK.
• GOV.UK Data Protection Guidance – information about data protection rights and responsibilities.