Cookie Policy

What Cookies Are

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet or smartphone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, to provide information to site owners and to enable certain features and services. Cookies can be set by the website you are visiting (first-party cookies) or by third-party services operating on that website (third-party cookies).

Cookies may be session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a defined period or until you delete them manually.

How This Website Uses Cookies

This website uses cookies for the purposes described below. We categorise cookies into four groups based on their function: strictly necessary, functional, analytics and advertising.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be disabled without affecting site functionality. They enable core features such as page navigation, access to secure areas and basic security functions. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information. Strictly necessary cookies are set on the legal basis that they are required for the website to operate as intended.

Examples include cookies that remember your cookie consent preferences and cookies that maintain a secure connection during your browsing session.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features. This may include remembering your preferred display settings or whether you have previously dismissed a notification. These cookies are not used to track your browsing activity on other websites. They are set on the basis of your consent.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies collect information about how visitors use this website, including which pages are visited most frequently, how long visitors spend on each page and whether visitors encounter any error messages. The information collected by these cookies is aggregated and used to improve the website’s performance and content. Analytics cookies are set on the basis of your consent.

These cookies may be provided by third-party analytics services. The data collected is processed in accordance with the privacy policy of the relevant analytics provider.

Advertising and Tracking Cookies

This website may use advertising cookies set by third-party advertising networks. These cookies are used to deliver advertisements relevant to your interests, to limit the number of times you see a particular advertisement and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. Advertising cookies may track your browsing activity across multiple websites and build a profile of your interests. They are set on the basis of your consent.

Where advertising cookies are set by third-party networks, those networks operate under their own privacy policies. We do not control the data collected by third-party advertising cookies.

Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, third-party services integrated into this website may set their own cookies. These include analytics providers that measure site traffic and usage patterns, font hosting services that deliver web fonts used in page design, content delivery networks that serve static resources and advertising networks that deliver and track advertisements.

We do not control the cookies set by these third parties. You can review the privacy and cookie policies of relevant third-party services for further information about how they process your data.

Managing Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject non-essential cookies. When you first visit this website, you may be presented with a cookie consent notice that allows you to accept or decline categories of cookies. You can change your preferences at any time.

You can also manage cookies through your browser settings. All major browsers allow you to view, delete and block cookies from some or all websites. Instructions for managing cookies in the most widely used browsers are available at the following links:

• Google Chrome: support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
• Mozilla Firefox: support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
• Apple Safari: support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471
• Microsoft Edge: support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge

Please note that blocking or deleting cookies may affect the functionality of this website and other websites you visit. Some features may not work as intended if cookies are disabled.

Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a Do Not Track (DNT) setting that sends a signal to websites requesting that your browsing activity is not tracked. There is currently no universal standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. This website does not currently alter its behaviour in response to DNT signals, but you can use browser-level cookie controls as described above to manage tracking.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this cookie policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, the third-party services integrated into the site or applicable regulations. The date at the top of this page indicates when this policy was last revised. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.