Cookie policy

A cookie is a small file saved on your device when you visit a website. This helps the website recognise your device if you return to it.

Cookies are used to:

  • recognise your device, so you don’t have to give the same information again
  • measure how you use the website, so it can be updated and improved based on your needs
  • provide data to understand how the website is used

Cookies can’t be used to identify you as an individual.

How cookies are used on this website

Essential cookies

Essential cookies help our website work. We don’t need to ask permission to use these. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the website might not work.

Necessary cookies from this website

NamePurposeExpires
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Analytics cookies (optional)

Analytics cookies allow us to see how many people visit our website and what they do. This helps us improve the website and its performance. If you don’t allow these cookies, we won’t know when you have visited our website, and won’t be able to monitor its performance.

All Google Analytics data is aggregated and anonymised. It is retained within Google Analytics for a maximum of 24 months.

Google Analytics cookies from this website

NamePurposeExpires
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Google signals

This website uses Google signals. This helps us understand how you use our website, and your demographics and interests if you’re logged into your Google account and have accepted advertising personalisation.

Marketing cookies (optional)

These may be third-party cookies to store information about you, such as your age and gender, your user behaviour and things you may have already looked at, to target you with advertisements that are most relevant to you.

We embed media such as Vimeo videos on some of our pages. The suppliers of these services may also set cookies on your device when you visit the pages where we have used this type of content. These are known as third-party cookies. We have no control over third-party cookies.

You can read the third-party websites' cookie policies for more information about the cookies they collect:

Giving permission to collect Analytics and/or Marketing optional cookies

You can allow Analytics and/or Marketing cookies on the cookie banner on our website.  

You can change your cookie settings in your browser. For instructions, check the support website for your browser.

Further reading

Information Commissioner's Office - cookies and similar technologies

Privacy policy

Cookie policy updated on 1 May 2025.