2. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

3. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to:

• Improve your browsing experience.
• Analyse how our website is used.
• Personalise content.
• Remember your preferences.

4. Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable you to navigate the website and use its features. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, such as accessing secure areas of the website, cannot be provided.

Analytical/Performance Cookies: These cookies 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. Examples of these cookies are google analytics.

Functional Cookies: These cookies 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).

5. Third-Party Cookies

We may also use third-party cookies, such as those from Google Analytics, to analyse website traffic and usage. These cookies are subject to the respective privacy policies of the third parties.

6. Managing Cookies

You can control and manage cookies in several ways:

Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically find these settings in the “Options” or “Preferences” menu of your browser. You can choose to block or delete cookies, or to receive a notification when a cookie is set.

Cookie Consent Banner: When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. This banner allows you to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can change your cookie preferences at any time.

How to manage cookies in popular browsers: