How we use cookies

Most of our site pages use cookies. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we place on your browser or your computer or mobile device and contains information that is transferred to your computer or mobile device. These cookies enable us to distinguish you from other users of our site, which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you use our site and also allows us to improve our site.

We use the following cookies:

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

• Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our site. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our site.
• Analytical/performance cookies. They 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 website 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).

Cookie	Purpose	Name	More information
laravel_session	Token	This cookie is essential in enabling you to log into secure areas of our site.
_ga	Google Analytics	This cookie enables us to estimate our audience size and usage patterns.	More information

Further information

You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, 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 site. To find out more about cookies, including how to manage and delete cookies, please visit: http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

Persistence of cookies

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

Changes to our Cookie Statement

Any changes we may make to our Cookie Statement in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you.