Cookies

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. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

We use the following cookies:

Analytical/performance cookies

They 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. These include:

Expiries: up to 2 year expiry
Cookie purpose description: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Data is sent to: United States (behind EEA data shield)

Expiries: held for duration of session only
Cookie purpose description: Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate
Data is sent to: United States (behind EEA data shield)

Expiries: Duration of the session only
Cookie purpose description: Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Data is sent to: United States (behind EEA data shield)

Functionality cookies

These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region). These include:

Expiries: after 2 weeks
Cookie purpose description: Remembers whether to show the feedback and cookie prompt or whether they have been seen and dismissed previously.
Data is sent to: UK only

Expiries: held for duration of session only
Cookie purpose description: Checks whether you’ve dismissed a pop-up during this session
Data is sent to: UK only

Expiries: after 2 weeks
Cookie purpose description: Checks and saves general store preferences such as currency and language preferences.
Data is sent to: UK only

Cookies we do not use:

Targeting cookies

These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed to customise advertising displayed more relevant to your interests.

You 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.

All cookies will expire after 2 weeks.