1. INFORMATION ABOUT OUR USE OF COOKIES

1. Our site uses cookies to collect data from your device that allows us to distinguish you from other users of our site. This helps us to provide you with a better experience when you browse our site, understand how you use our site and also allows us to improve our site.
2. When you use our site, a banner will be displayed asking you for your consent to our use of cookies. You can withdraw your consent to our use of cookies at any time by clicking on the cookies icon in the bottom left hand corner of our site.

2. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

1.  Cookies are small text files made up of letters and numbers that are saved onto your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit our site. 
2. Cookies store small amounts of information. For example, when you visit and then later return to our site, our site will recognise a certain type of cookie stored on your device and will know that you have visited our site before.
3. Cookies help us to improve your visit and experience when browsing our site by, for example, storing certain information so that you don’t have to re-enter it on subsequent visits and enabling you to navigate between pages efficiently.
4. Cookies also assist us with tracking which pages of the site you have visited.
5. We use both persistent cookies (which stay on your device and will work until their expiry date, unless detected and disabled by you beforehand) and session cookies (which expire when you close your browser). Further information about the persistent and session cookies that we use are set out below.

3. WE USE THE FOLLOWING COOKIES:

1. Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are essential for the operation of our site and enable us to manage key functions such as security, accessibility and network management. These cookies are always on because our site cannot function properly without this data. Although it is possible to disable these cookies via your browser settings, this would affect the functionality of the site and it may not work as it is supposed to. 
2. Analytical/ performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our site and see how visitors move around our site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our site works, for example, by ensuring that you find what you are looking for easily.
3. Functionality cookies. These cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our site and enable our site to remember any choices you make. This enables us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences.
4. Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our site, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our site and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
5. You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

4. YOUR INTERACTION WITH COOKIES

1. It is possible to disable and remove cookies from your computer or device by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to do so. You will need to know what browser you are using and what version you have.
2. You can refer to your browser’s help section or visit the aboutcookies.org/ website for further information and assistance with cookies.
3. Please be aware that if you use your browser settings to block or amend certain cookies, our site may not be able to function properly and your browsing experience may change for the worse.
4. You can also reject all non-strictly necessary cookies at any time by clicking on the cookies icon in the bottom left hand corner of our site”.

5. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

1. We may update, change, modify, add or remove portions of this policy at any time, and any changes will become effective immediately. Please visit this page periodically if you want to keep up to date.