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Cookie Policy

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.

 

A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your computer (or other electronic device) when you access our website.

 

We use cookies on this website to:

  • recognise you whenever you visit this website (this speeds up your access to the website as you do not have to log in each time);

  • obtain information about your preferences, online movements and use of the internet;

  • carry out research and statistical analysis to help improve our content, products and services and to help us better understand our visitor requirements and interests;

  • target our marketing and advertising campaigns more effectively by providing interest-based advertisements that are personalised to your interests; and

  • make your online experience more efficient and enjoyable.

 

The information we obtain from our use of cookies will not usually contain your personal data. Although we may obtain information about your computer or other electronic device such as your IP address, your browser and/or other internet log information, this will not usually identify you personally. In certain circumstances we may collect personal information about you—but only where you voluntarily provide it (eg by completing an online form).

We use the following types of cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website.

  • Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

  • Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

Apart from in the case of strictly necessary cookies, we will need your consent in order to use cookies on this website.

First and third party cookies

First party cookies are cookies set by our website. Third party cookies are cookies on our website that are set by another website, such as where we have adverts on our website or use Facebook pixels so that we can show you relevant content from us when you are on Facebook.

We use third party cookies on our website and details of these are included in the table below.

 

More detail about our cookies 
The information below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:
 

Cookie provider: Google Analytics

Cookie name: 

_utma

_utmz

_ga           

 

Purpose of the cookies:

This is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc which uses cookies to show us how visitors found and explored our site, and how we can enhance their experience. It provides us with information about the behaviour of our visitors (eg how long they stayed on the site, the average number of pages viewed) and also tells us how many visitors we have had. This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted web analytics services on the web for helping us to understand how visitors use the site and ways that we can improve their experience. These cookies may track things such as how long visitors spend on the site and the pages visited so we can continue to produce engaging content.

Cookie Provider: Wix.com           

Cookie name:

TS*

TS01*******

TSxxxxxxxx (where x is replaced with a random series of numbers and letters)

TSxxxxxxxx_d (where x is replaced with a random series of numbers and letters) 

 

Purpose of the cookies:

These are functionality cookies used by the website provider Wix.com to provide security and last for the duration of the session only.

Cookie Provider: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram                  

Purpose of the cookies: We use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow visitors to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including: Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies

How to turn off cookies or alter settings


You can alter your cookie preferences at any time by going to the cookie consent mechanism and changing the relevant setting to ‘off’. 

If you do not want to accept cookies, you can also change your browser settings so that cookies are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of this website. 

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the Information Commissioner’s webpage on cookies: https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/.


Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 30 days.
 

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