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Cookie Policy

Our site uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our site. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our site and also allows us to improve our site.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

We use the following cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our site.
  • Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our site works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our site. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
  • Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our site, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Cookie Name Purpose
_ga, _gat, _gid These cookie arc set and used by Google Analytics (as described above).
SID, SAPISID, APISID, SSID, HSID, NID, PREF Google set a number of cookies on any page that includes a Google Map.
wfvt_, wordfcncc_vcrifcdH, uman Our website uses “Wordfence”, a security plugin. These cookies help it distinguish between malicious visitors to the website and genuine people.
_cfduid Our website uses “Cloudflare”, a performance and security systems This cookie helps it determine trusted visitors to the website.
PHPSESSID Users of the application management system may see this cookie; it is used to allow a user to log in and stay logged in for a period of time. It is essential for the function of the application management system.

Cookies can be disabled using the ‘Cookie Control’ tool in the bottom-left of the site. Web browsers also offer control over cookies through the browser settings, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit: www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org. Please note that if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.

Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 2 years.