Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer’s hard drive by your web browser when you visit any website. They allow information gathered on one web page to be stored until it is needed for use on another, allowing a website to provide you with a personalised experience and the website owner with statistics about how you use the website so that it can be improved.

Some cookies may last for a defined period of time, such as one day or until you close your browser. Others last indefinitely. Other cookies may be stored on your computers hard drive by external vendors when this website uses referral programs, sponsored links or adverts. Such 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.

Your web browser should allow you to delete any you choose. It also should allow you to prevent or limit their use.

Our website uses cookies. They are placed by software that operates on our servers, and by software operated by third parties whose services we use. This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website. Where applicable this website uses a cookie control system allowing the user on their first visit to the website to allow the use of cookies on their computer/device. This complies with recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user’s computer/device.

Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website onto their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors. If you choose not to use cookies or you prevent their use through your browser settings, you will not be able to use all the functionality of our website.

This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computers hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google’s privacy policy here for further information www.google.com/privacy.html

We use cookies in the following ways:
• to track how you use our website
• to record whether you have seen specific messages we display on our website
• to record your answers to surveys and questionnaires on our site while you complete them

What are cookies used for?
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies are required for the running of our website’s services. They remember your preferences of our sites and provide enhanced, more personal features. The information collected by these cookies does not identify you. These are mainly session cookies that expire when you close your browsing session.

Essential or ‘Strictly Necessary Cookies
Functional cookies are required for the running of our website’s services. These are required as otherwise, parts of our websites would not function. These are mainly session cookies that expire when you close your browsing session.

Analytical Performance and Measurement Cookies
Analytical performance cookies are used to monitor the performance of our services. Used to determine page views unique and website visitors. Web analytics services may be designed and operated by third parties. The information collected by these cookies does not identify you. It is only used for statistics.