A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your computer (or other electronic device) when you access our website. We use cookies on this website to:
- recognise you whenever you visit this website (this speeds up your access to the website as you do not have to log in each time);
- make your online experience more efficient and enjoyable.
Our use of cookies is limited, and we do not use cookies to obtain information about your preferences, online movements and use of the internet or to carry out research and statistical analysis or carry out any marketing or advertising campaigns.
In most cases we will need your consent in order to use cookies on this website.
There is a notice on our home page which describes how we use cookies and which also provides a link to our website privacy policy.
If you use this website after this notification has been displayed to you, we will assume that you consent to our use of cookies for the purposes described in this website cookie policy and our website privacy policy.
Description of cookies
The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:
| Name of cookie | Owner | Purpose for the cookie |
| Google Analytics | This is a web analytics Service provided by Google Inc which uses cookies to show us how visitors found and explored our site, and how we can enhance their experience. It provides us with information about the behaviour of our visitors (eg how long they stayed on the site, the average number of pages viewed) and also tells us how many visitors we have had. | |
How to turn off cookies
If you do not want to accept cookies, you can change your browser settings so that cookies are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of this website. For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the Information Commissioner’s webpage on cookies: https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/.