Website Cookie Policy

1.Definition

Cookies are small text files placed on the browser or hard drive of your device when you visit our site and are used to make your experience more efficient. We are able to store cookies on your device where they are necessary for the operation of the site; however, for non-essential cookies we need your permission.

2.How we use Cookies

We use cookies to recognise you and your preferences, improve our site's performance and collect analytical information for ourselves. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website. Without this information your browsing experience may not be as enjoyable as we will not be able to provide you with a tailored service and you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.

3.Types of Cookies

All our cookies are categorised by the role they fulfil on our website. We only use the following types of cookies: a. Strictly Necessary: these are essential to enable you to move around our website and use features such as secure services. Without these cookies such services could not be provided; b. Functionality: these allow the website to recongise you when you return to our website, remember your choices and to personalise certain features. These cookies may be anonymised and cannot track your browsing activity on other websites; and c. Performance: these collect information about how users use the website. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. The information collected is aggregated and used to improve our website. We do not use any Targeting cookies on our website. Targeting cookies are generally used to record a user’s visit to a website, the pages they have visited and the links they have followed. This information is then used to make a website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to a user’s interests. You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them below.

4.'Session' and 'Persistent' Cookies

'Session cookies' allow us to track your actions during a single browsing session, but they do not remain on your device afterwards. 'Persistent cookies' remain on your device between sessions. We use them to authenticate you and to remember your preferences. We can also use them to balance the load on our servers and improve your experience on our site. Session and persistent cookies can be either first or third party cookies. A first-party cookie is set by the website being visited (i.e. us); a third-party cookie is set by a different website. Third-Party Cookies we use include: Google Analytics, Google Maps, Google Adwords, Bing, Facebook
Cookie Name What they Do Links
Google Analytics utma _utmb _utmc _utmx _utmxx _utmz Collects anonymous information about how visitors use the site, then used to improve the sites structure, layout and ease-of-use. These cookies are stored for up to two years. http://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/policies/privacy/
Allows Google Maps to remember which browser and preferences you have when viewing maps. These cookies are stored for up to ten years. Allows Google Maps to remember which browser and preferences you have when viewing maps. These cookies are stored for up to ten years. https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Google AdWords ads/ga-audiences Allows Google AdWords to focus and engage relevant advertisements to visitors based on the online behaviour across websites. This cookie is stored for up to 30 days. https://adssettings.google.com/ http://optout.networkadvertising.org/
BING MUIDB, MUID Allows Microsoft advertising to anonymously identify visitor sessions to help us measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. This cookie is stored for up to two years. https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-gb/resources/policies/privacy-and-data-protection-policies
Facebook c_user csm datr locale lu s x-src xs Used by Facebook to track when a visitor has clicked their like button These cookies are stored for up to 3 months http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

Please note that we do not have any control over third-party cookies. These third party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies or performance cookies or targeting cookies. To deactivate the use of third party advertising cookies, such as Google AdWords, you may visit the consumer page to manage the use of these types of cookie.

Cookies set by Company:

Company cookies are our own cookies, controlled by us and are used to improve our service and your experience.
Cookie Name What they Do
SASUsername Fetches username information to history, to assist in logging onto the site
If at any time you wish to disable some or all of our cookies, you can do so through the settings on your browser. However, if you choose to disable or delete all cookies (including essential cookies) that will prevent certain important areas and features of our service from functioning properly and you may not be able to access all or parts of our website. You can find additional information at AboutCookies.org. If you have any concerns about the cookies that we use or this cookie policy, or notice anything that isn’t right, please let us know.