What's a cookie?
Nerds like us love food, so we relate computer stuff to food, from bytes of data to cookies! A cookie is a tiny file that is downloaded on to your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are everywhere and can do loads of stuff, e.g. remembering your preferences, helping website performance, and counting the number of people looking at a website. Find out more
Why though?
Well, we're all about providing the best service on our own site and our clients. Cookies help us do that. Cookies help us improve the performance of our site and allow us to remember customers’ preferences and understand what they like to look at, so that we can improve the service we offer. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
Cookies set on this website
| Type | Name | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | __cfuid | This helps CloudFlare apply security and performance optimisation settings on a per-client basis | 5 years |
| Performance/Analytical | _ga | This helps us count how many people visit us by tracking if you’ve visited before | 2 years |
| Performance/Analytical | _gid | This helps us count how many people visit us by tracking if you’ve visited before | 24 hours |
| Performance/Analytical | _gat | Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made | 10 minutes |
| Cookie Consent | cookieconsent | So we can remember if you've seen our cookie message | 1 month |
How do I change my cookie preferences?
Your web browser settings can block or disable cookies being stored on your device. This might impact the quality of your browsing experience.
To change your cookie preferences click the ‘settings’ or ‘tools’ button on your browser or you can find out more at www.allaboutcookies.org or www.aboutcookies.org. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Updates to our cookies and policy
We may update the cookies we use and our cookie policy, check back regularly if you wish to keep yourself informed.