Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website.
‘Cookies’ are small pieces of information stored on the hard drive of a user’s computer which contain information about the user. The information is used to track a visitor’s use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity.
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
We may store information about your user preferences (e.g. preferred text sixe) using cookies which we can access when you visit our website in the future. We do this to help enhance your interaction with our website.
If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to instructions for your file management software to locate the file or directory that stores cookies.
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 block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after a maximum of 2 years.
We only cookies from Google Analytics, which allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our sites and allows us to see how visitors move around our website. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Cookie | Purpose |
|---|---|
| __utma | This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables us to track your behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie lasts for 2 years by default and distinguishes between users and sessions. It is used to calculate new and returning visitor statistics. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. You can customise the lifespan of this cookie. |
| __utmb | This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables us to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie determines new sessions and visits and expires after 30 minutes. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. Any activity by a user within the 30 minute life span will count as a single visit, even if the user leaves and then returns to the site. A return after 30 minutes will not count as a new visit, but a returning visitor. |
| __utmc | This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables us to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. |
| __utmt | This cookie is set by Google Analytics. According to their documentation it is used to throttle the request rate for the service – limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes. |
| __utmz | This is one of the four main cookies set by the Google Analytics service which enables us to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. This cookie identifies the source of traffic to our site so that Google Analytics can tell us where visitors came from when arriving on the site. |
| _ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This cookie is used to distinguish users and has an expiration of 2 years. |
| _gat | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. It is used to throttle the request rate – limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes. |
