Cookie Policy
How we use cookies
Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers which enable our systems to recognise your browser in order that we can provide you with easy use of the various services available on the website.
Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. You can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Mozilla Firefox
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Opera
Apple Safari
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
Cookie Name | Cookie ID | Cookie Description | Additional info |
Has JavaScript | has_js | A cookie that determines whether your browser has JavaScript enabled. Required by the content management system this site has been built with. | This cookie is strictly necessary for the website to operate. |
Google Analytics | _utma _utmb _utmc _utmz | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. This cookie is essential for the website to operate efficiently. |
Strictly Necessary Cookies
| Cookie Name | Description | Duration |
| CraftSessionId | This cookie name is associated with the Craft web content management system, where is functions as an anonymous session identifier. | Session Cookie |
| CRAFT_CSRF_TOKEN | This cookie is used by Cloudflare to identify trusted web traffic. | Session Cookie |
Performance Cookies
| Cookie Name | Description | Duration |
| _ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners._ga | 730 Days |
| _gid | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited._gid | 1 Day |
Functional Cookies
| Cookie Name | Description | Duration |
| vuid | This domain is owned by Vimeo. The main business activity is: Video Hosting/Sharing | 730 Days |
Targeting Cookies
| Cookie Name | Description | Duration |
| _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers | 90 Days |
| _gat_gtag_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | Google Analytics | Session Cookie |
We review our Data Protection Policy annually. The last review was 30th January 2020