Cookie Policy

Information About Our Use of Cookies

  • We use cookies to make our website easier for you to use
  • We use cookies to help stop our online forms from being used to send spam-email
  • We use cookies to monitor usage so we can spot trends and make improvements
  • We do not store personal information in cookies

We believe that our use of cookies is very necessary for the smooth functioning of the website. We do not believe that they pose any threat to your personal privacy or online security and we recommend that you indicate that you will “allow” cookies. If you “disable” cookies the interactive functions of the website will not operate.

What are cookies?

A cookie is used by a website to send ‘state information’ to a User’s browser and for the browser to return the state information to the website. The state information can be used for authentication, identification of a User session, User preferences, shopping cart contents, or anything else that can be accomplished through storing text data on the User’s computer.

Cookies cannot be programmed, cannot carry viruses, and cannot install malware on the host computer. However, they can be used to track users' browsing activities, this privacy concern prompted lawmakers to take action.

Cookies are used by most websites for a variety of reasons – often very practical reasons to do with the operation of the website. However, they are also used to monitor how people are using the website (e.g. which pages are visited and how long is spent on each page). Each visit is tracked even though no effort is made to try to identify them in person.

The new legislation (EU & UK GDPR) states that you must be able to decline from having cookies stored on your computer.

What happens if you disable cookies (i.e. decline)?

If you decide to disable cookies we record this so you don’t get asked the question again. You will find that most of the website works as expected although some functions that rely on cookies are disabled. We use a cookie to remember your cookie preferences, this has a couple of consequences:

  • If you delete all your cookies you will have to tell us your preference again
  • If you use a different device, computer profile or browser you will have to tell us your preference again