Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping baskets, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better.

If you wish to disable or block the use of cookies entirely, you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies. How you do this will depend on the browser you use. For further help with this, you can take a look at the Help menu of your browser or visit the about cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers.

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users on our website. This helps us to keep track of how our website is used, so that we can be better informed to make changes and improvements in the future. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Some third parties (e.g. advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting 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.

Third party cookies

Some third parties (e.g. advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting 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.

Here’s some more information about some of the main individual cookies we use and the purposes we use them:

- Google

We use Google to better understand our users’ needs so that we can improve our visitor experience, as well as signpost potential visitors to our website. We also use it to show you a map of our location.

Google uses analytics cookies, user cookies (to help protect your privacy and ensure your browsing activities remain safe) and those that serve the ads that it displays on the websites of its partners, such as websites displaying Google ads or participating in Google certified ad networks.  When users visit a Google partner’s website, a cookie may be dropped on that end user’s browser.

You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Ad Settings.  Learn more about Google and opting out.

- YouTube

Our website embeds videos or include links from YouTube. When visiting any of our pages with content from YouTube these cookies may be presented. Expiration of these cookies depends on the cookies used (generally, between 6 months – 2 years). Learn more about YouTube.

- Twitter

Twitter provides real time updates from across the globe on the latest trending stories, ideas and opinions from the Twitter accounts or hashtags that you choose to follow. We make it easier for you to share our website content over Twitter as well as update you with our own news on Twitter. Learn more about Twitter.

- Facebook and Instagram

Facebook helps you stay in touch with your network through your website/mobile application. Because we include a link for you to view our Facebook profiles through our website, Facebook includes an advertising cookie on the website.  These cookies expire after two months. Instagram was acquired by Facebook in September 2012 and they share information with each other.  We use Instagram to show photos and allow you to share that content. Learn more about Facebook and Instagram.

We may update this policy from time to time so you may want to check it each time you visit our website. This policy was updated on 13th August 2021.