What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files/data that are saved on your computer, smartphone or other device when you access the Internet.

Why are cookies essential to our websites?

Cookies save information about you to customise the content of the website to make a visitors’ experience more tailored. Without cookies enabled we can’t guarantee that the website and your experience of it are as we intended it to be.

Types of cookies

The length of time a cookie stays on your device depends on its type:

Session cookies:

These are mainly used by online shops and allow you to keep items in your basket when shopping online. These cookies expire when the browser is closed

Persistent cookies:

These remain in operation, even when you have closed the browser. They remember your login details and password so you don’t have to type them in every time you use the site. The law concerning permanent cookies stipulates that they need to be deleted after a period of six month.

Third-party cookies:

These are installed by third parties with the aim of collecting certain information to carry out various research into behaviour, demographics etc.

We use the following cookies:

Google Analytics USE:

To give us anonymous information on how many people are visiting our website and how long they stay on a particular page. This is called web analytics – We use Google to track how visitors reach our site and the path they take through it. Google Analytics use cookies to give us information that will help us improve our service to you. Find out more about how these cookies are used on the Google privacy site.

 • _ga Third-party (2 years)

 • _gid Third-party (2 days)

 • _gat_gtag_UA_6475666_9 Third-party (1 day)

We also use Ginger Cookie to remember your Cookie settings

 • ginger-cookie Persistent (1 month)

Privacy Policy

Please refer to our Privacy Policy for further information on cookies.