Cookie Policy

Last updated: January 2026

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a better browsing experience by remembering your preferences, analysing how you use our site, and enabling certain functionality. Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies for various purposes including ensuring our website functions properly, analysing website traffic and user behaviour, personalising your experience, and delivering relevant advertisements. These technologies help us improve our services and better understand how visitors interact with our website.

Types of Cookies We Use

Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly and cannot be disabled. They are usually set in response to actions made by you, such as setting your privacy preferences or filling in forms.

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 visitors stay on our site, and how they navigate through our content.

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalisation, such as remembering your preferences, language settings, and other customisations you have made to the website.

Marketing/Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They may be set by us or by third-party advertising partners, including Google Ads, to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites.

Cookie Table

Cookie Name Purpose Duration Type
cookie_consent Stores your cookie preferences 1 year Necessary
_ga Google Analytics - distinguishes users 2 years Analytics
_gid Google Analytics - distinguishes users 24 hours Analytics
_gcl_au Google Ads - conversion tracking 90 days Marketing
_gcl_aw Google Ads - attribution tracking 90 days Marketing
IDE Google Ads - ad personalisation 390 days Marketing

Third-Party Cookies

Our website uses third-party services that may set their own cookies:

  • Google Analytics: Helps us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
  • Google Ads: Used for conversion tracking, remarketing, and delivering personalised advertisements based on your interests.
  • Google Fonts: Provides web fonts to enhance the visual appearance of our website.

Google Consent Mode v2

We implement Google Consent Mode v2 to respect your cookie preferences whilst still providing valuable analytics insights. This technology allows us to measure conversions and website traffic whilst honouring your consent choices. When you reject marketing cookies, Google services operate in a privacy-enhanced mode that doesn't use cookies for ads personalisation or remarketing.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can control and manage cookies in several ways:

  • Cookie Consent Banner: When you first visit our website, you can choose to accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customise your preferences.
  • Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent.
  • Opt-out Links: You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by visiting the Google Analytics opt-out page.

Browser Cookie Controls

You can manage cookies directly through your browser settings:

  • Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data
  • Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
  • Safari: Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and website data
  • Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Cookies and site data

Impact of Disabling Cookies

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect your experience on our website. Necessary cookies are required for basic functionality, whilst disabling analytics cookies will prevent us from understanding how to improve our website. Rejecting marketing cookies will stop personalised advertisements but may result in seeing less relevant ads on other websites.

Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on our website and updating the "Last updated" date.

Contact Us

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