Cookie Policy
Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how we use cookies on our Website. This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy which set out who we are, how to contact us, what data is collected, how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.
1 Cookies
A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (e.g. your smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our Website. When we use cookies on our Website, you will always be informed by a pop-up within the Website.
Cookies help us to recognise you and your device and allow us to store some information about your preferences or past actions, including your location data (for more information, please see our Privacy Policy).
For example, we may monitor how many times you use our Website, which parts of the Website you go to, location data. This information helps us to understand use of the Website by our users. Some of this data will be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually.
For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of your information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see below.
For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
2 Consent to use cookies and changing settings
We will ask for your consent to place cookies or other similar technologies on your device, except where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested (e.g. to allow you to remain logged-in to the Website as you navigate within the Website and use the Website functionalities).
You can withdraw any consent to the use of cookies or manage any other cookie preferences by using the tool made available to you within the Website itself. You can then adjust sliders or untick boxes as appropriate to reflect your choice. It may be necessary to refresh or restart the Website for the updated settings to take effect.
3 Our use of cookies
The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:
| The cookies we use | Name | Purpose | Cookie type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie Banner | CookieScriptConsent | This cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly. | Essential |
| Google Analytics | _ga_BX2YE7CTPW | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state. | Performance |
| Last Page Viewed | dm_last_page_view | Tracks the last page viewed by the user to improve website performance and user experience. | Performance |
| Google Analytics | _ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. | Performance |
| This Page Views | dm_this_page_view | This cookie is used to count how many times a page has been viewed. It does not store any personally identifiable information. | Performance |
| Total Visit | dm_total_visits | This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors - this is done by assigning the visitor an ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice. | Performance |
| Last Visit | dm_last_visit | This cookie is used to record the date of the user's last visit to the website, enhancing the user experience by enabling personalized features or content based on their browsing history. | Functionality |
| Time Zone | dm_timezone_offset | This cookie is used to record the time zone offset from UTC of the visitor's device. It ensures that the website displays time and date information relevant to the visitor's time zone. | Functionality |
| Snow Plow Analytics | _sp_id.6642 | This cookies is used by Snowplow to identify if the user is in an active session on a site or if this is a new session for a user. | Performance |
| Snow Plow Analytics | _sp_ses.6642 | Used by Snowplow to store user information that is created when a user first visits a site and updated on subsequent visits. | Performance |
4 How to turn off all cookies and consequences of doing so
If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your device settings so that cookies (including those which are essential to the Website requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of our Website and of other Website you use on your device. For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
5 Changes to this policy
This policy was published on 1st March 2026 and last updated on 7th May 2026. We may change this cookies policy from time to time, when we do we will inform you via the Website or by sending an email to the email address you provided when you signed up to the Website.
