Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners about how users interact with their sites.

Cookies can be "session cookies" (deleted when you close your browser) or "persistent cookies" (remain on your device until they expire or you delete them). They can also be "first-party cookies" (set by the website you're visiting) or "third-party cookies" (set by other services used on the website).

2. Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies for several important purposes:

• Essential functionality: To ensure our website works properly and securely
• Performance improvement: To understand how visitors use our site and identify areas for improvement
• Personalisation: To remember your preferences and provide a customised experience
• Analytics: To measure website traffic and user behaviour to enhance our services
• Marketing: To deliver relevant advertisements and measure campaign effectiveness

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable basic features like page navigation, access to secure areas, and form submissions. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, so they are always enabled.

Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our website. This helps us understand which pages are most popular, how long people spend on the site, and how they navigate through our content. This information is used to improve our website and services.

Functional Cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language preference or cookie consent choices) and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we use on our pages.

Marketing/Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. We use Google Ads and similar services for remarketing and campaign measurement.

4. Specific Cookies We Use

The following table provides details about the specific cookies used on our website:

5. Third-Party Cookies

We use several third-party services that may set cookies on your device:

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. Google Analytics collects information anonymously and reports website trends without identifying individual visitors. For more information, see Google's Privacy Policy.

Google Ads

We use Google Ads for advertising and remarketing purposes. This allows us to show relevant advertisements to people who have visited our website. For more information, see Google's Advertising Policy.

Google Fonts

We use Google Fonts to display fonts on our website. When you visit our site, Google may collect certain information as described in their privacy policy.

6. How to Control Cookies

You have several options for managing cookies:

Cookie Consent Banner

When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie consent banner that allows you to:

• Accept all cookies
• Reject all non-essential cookies
• Customise your cookie preferences by category

You can change your preferences at any time by clearing your browser's local storage for our website, which will cause the consent banner to reappear on your next visit.

Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can:

• Block all cookies
• Block third-party cookies only
• Delete existing cookies
• Set your browser to notify you when cookies are being set

Please note that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of our website and other websites you visit.

Opt-Out Links

You can opt out of specific third-party cookies:

• Google Analytics: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
• Google Ads: Google Ad Settings

7. Google Consent Mode v2

Our website implements Google Consent Mode v2, which allows us to respect your consent preferences whilst still providing useful analytics and advertising features. When you decline certain cookies, Google's services operate in a privacy-enhanced mode that doesn't use cookies for the declined purposes.

This means that even if you decline analytics or advertising cookies, we may still receive aggregated, anonymised information that helps us improve our website whilst respecting your privacy choices.

8. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our use of cookies or legal requirements. When we make significant changes, we will notify you by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy and, where appropriate, provide additional notice through our website or email.

We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

For more information about how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.