This website uses cookies to collect information about you. If you use this website, then you accept that we can use the cookies set out below.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files which are placed on your computer by this website and which collect certain personal information about you.

2. Why do we use cookies?

Cookies enable us to tailor our service offering (including the website) and to provide you with a better service.

3. What cookies do we use?

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. They do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing purposes or remembering where you've been on the Internet.
  • Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to collect information about how you use our website, such as, how you move around our website and if you experience any errors. These cookies do not collect any information that could identify you; all of the information collected is anonymous and is only used to help us improve the way our website works, understand what interests our users and measure how effective our advertising is.
  • 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 and improve your visit.
  • Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. They are linked to services provided by third parties, such as "Like" and "Share" buttons. The third party provides these services in return for recognising that you have visited our website.

You can find up to date information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below.

Generally, cookies which are strictly necessary for the operation of the website will expire when you leave the website. Other cookies may be more permanent or not expire unless you actively delete them.

4. How to reject cookies

If you want to reject any of the cookies that we use, then you will need to change your website browser settings. Find out how to do this by following this link

How to manage the cookies your browser controls

All browsers provide tools that allow you to control how you handle cookies: accept, reject or delete them. These settings are normally accessed via the 'preferences' or 'options' menu of the browser you are using.

If you are unsure as to how to manage your cookies or require more information, we have provided the following links to the settings pages for the most commonly used web browsers:

Firefox internet settings

Chrome cookie settings

Opera cookie settings

Safari cookie settings

Internet Explorer cookie settings