How we use Cookies

We want to make it easier for you to manage the cookies we use. If you do make any changes, we promise to abide by them.

You can manage the cookies we use on this website through your web browser settings.

Once you’ve set your preference level, we will only read or write cookies that fall into that set. Any cookies set prior to you changing your settings will still be on your computer and you can remove them using your browser settings.

The cookies used on this website are based on the International Chamber of Commerce guide for cookie categories. These are:

strictly necessary
performance
functionality
targeting

Strictly necessary

What are "Strictly Necessary" cookies?
These let you move around the website and use essential features like secure areas, shopping baskets and online billing.These cookies don't gather any information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you've been on the internet.

There are no cookies of this type currently used on this website.

Performance

"Performance" cookies collect information about how you use our website e.g. which pages you visit, and if you experience any errors, for example in forms. These cookies don't collect any information that could identify you – all the information collected is anonymous and is only used to help us improve how our website works, understand what interests our users and measure how effective our advertising is.

What we use them for:

Provide statistics about how our website is used
Seeing how effective our ads are (N.B. we DON'T use this information to target adverts to you when you visit other websites)
Providing feedback to partners that one of our visitors also visited their website. This can include details of any products bought. This lets our partners improve their website, but we don't allow our partners to re-use this information for further advertising
Helping us improve the website by measuring any errors that occur
Testing different designs of our website

What we will NOT use "Performance" cookies for:

Gathering information that could be used to advertise products or services to you on other websites
Remembering your preferences or username beyond your current visit
Targeting adverts to you on any other website

In some cases, some of these cookies are managed for us by third parties, but we don't allow the third party to use the cookies for any purpose other than those listed above.

Please note

Using our site indicates that you accept the use of "Performance" cookies.

Accepting these cookies is a condition of using the website, so if you prevent them we cannot guarantee how our site will perform for you.

"Performance" cookies used on this site

"__utma", "__utmb", "__utmc", "__utmv", "__utmz" (used by Google Analytics to anonymously track visitor activity)
"s_cc" , "s_nr", "s_ria", "s_sq" (used by Adobe SiteCatalyst to anonymously track visitor activity)

Functionality

"Functionality" cookies are used to provide services or to remember settings to improve your visit.

There are no cookies of this type currently used on this website.

Targeting

"Targeting" cookies are linked to services provided by third parties, such as "Like" buttons and "Share" buttons. The third party provides these services in return for recognising that you have visited our website.

There are no cookies of this type currently used on this website.

How we use Cookies

Strictly necessary

Performance

Functionality

Targeting

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