In order to provide you with the best online experience this website uses cookies. By using our website, you agree to our use of cookies. Our cookies aren’t used to identify you personally but do capture and store information about your visit.

 

This information will not identify you; it relates to the:

- Internet domain (e.g. www.company.co.uk) and IP address from which you access the web site

- Type of browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape) and operating system (Windows, UNIX) you use

- Date and time of your visit

- Pages you visit

- Address of the web site from which you linked to us (if applicable).

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We use this information to make each visit more rewarding, and to provide us with information to help improve our service. We do not know, and do not want to know, the identities of people who visit us in this way.

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What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file, typically of letters and numbers, downloaded to your computer when you access websites. Typically, they contain the following information: a site name and unique user ID, the duration of the cookie’s abilities and effects, and a random number. As a rule, cookies cannot be used to reveal your identity or personally identifying information.

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When you visit a website that uses cookies for the first time, a cookie is downloaded onto your computer. The next time you visit that website, your computer checks to see if it has a cookie that is relevant and sends the information contained in that cookie back to the website. The website then notes that you have been there before, and in some cases, tailors what pops up on screen to take account of that fact. They also might record how long you spend on each page on a site, what links you click, even your preferences for page layouts and colour schemes.

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Generally, the role of cookies is beneficial, making your interaction with frequently-visited sites smoother with no extra effort on your part. Without cookies, online shopping would be much harder. Without cookies, some websites will become less interactive with the cookie option turned off.

For further information about cookies, you may like to visit www.aboutcookies.org.