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Cookie Policy
How this website uses cookies and similar technologies.
1. What are cookies
Cookies are small text files which your computer creates or modifies on instruction of the page opened in your browser. They are used to save your preferences and, where applicable, login information. Enabling these cookies is not strictly necessary for the website to work but it will provide you with a better browsing experience. You can delete or block these cookies, but if you do that some features of this site may not work as intended.
2. Cookies we use
We use the following cookies: (1) Site functionality cookies - these cookies allow you to navigate the site and use our features; (2) Site analytics cookies - these cookies allow us to measure and analyse how our customers use the site, to improve its functionality and the user experience. The cookie (cookieNoticeDisplayed) is deployed once a visitor has been flagged about our use of cookies by the pop-out notice. It allows the banner to remain closed as you visit different pages on the site.
3. Third-party cookies
In addition, the site deploys a number of third-party generated cookies because of the integration of various third-party applications on the site. For example, Google may deploy cookies (PREF, __utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmv, __utmz, NID, HSID, APISID, SID). These cookies provide us with information about the numbers of visitors and how they reached us, they also recognise location when used with Google Maps. We do not have control over the cookies deployed by Google - we are forced to accept them to take advantage of the services this company provides, which we believe to be of value to our visitors. Their privacy policy, which governs their use of cookies, can be found at google.co.uk/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
4. Managing cookies
You can restrict or block the cookies used by the website through your browser settings, but this will impact your user experience. The Help function within your browser should tell you how. Alternatively, you can visit www.aboutcookies.org which provides directions on how to block cookies on all major browsers. This site also explains how you can delete cookies that have already been stored on your computer as well as general information about cookies. You should be aware that restricting cookies may impact on the functionality of the websites you visit.
5. Updates
We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with a revised date.