Use of 'cookies'

Like many other websites, our website uses cookies. 'Cookies' are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognise you when you visit. They collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns and do not identify you as an individual. For example, we use cookies to store your country preference. This helps us to improve our website and deliver a better more personalised service.

Different types of cookies?

• Functional cookies
  These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. For example, these cookies are set when you submit a form, login or interact with the site by doing something that goes beyond clicking on simple links.
• Session cookies
  We use these to keep track of your movement from page to page, so you don’t get asked for the same information that you have already given to our site and are automatically deleted from your computer when you leave our website or shortly afterwards.

• Analytical/performance cookies
  They allow us to 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. These cookies do not personally identify any individual user. These are usually third-party cookies, which we use to deliver a better user experience.
• Other cookies
  Please note that any advertisers, logos or links to other websites may also use cookies, over which we have no control.
  Please note that the following third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These named third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third-party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies or performance cookies or targeting cookies:

• Google
• Facebook

To deactivate the use of third-party advertising cookies, you may visit the consumer page to manage the use of these types of cookies:

Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/policy/cookies/
Google: You can opt-out from Google Analytics tracking by clicking on this link

Do I have to consent to cookies?

No, you can 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 restrict the use of cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

By continuing to use this Website, you consent to the use of cookies. You can choose to manage the cookies we use on this Website through your browser settings at any time.

For information on how to do this, and about cookies in general, visit www.allaboutcookies.org

Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 180 days (Facebook) and 2 years (Google Analytics).