What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small piece of data sent to your browser by a website that you visit and stored on your device. It helps the website to remember information about your visit, like your preferred language and other settings. That can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you.

How we use cookies

We use cookies on our website. Cookies store a range of data on your desktop computer, laptop or mobile device. Cookies help us to provide important features and an improved experience to you when you visit our website.

We use cookies to do the following:

 Improve the performance of our websites

• Cookies can help us to understand how our websites is being used, for example, by telling us if you get an error messages as you browse.
• It also allows us to understand where you are in the journey as a visitor to our website so we can provide an improved user experience.
• If you engage with our chat tool or fill out a form, cookies help us keep provide a seamless experience for returning visitors

Measuring the effectiveness of our marketing communications, including online advertising

• Cookies can tell us if you have seen a specific advert, and how long it has been since you have seen it. This information allows us to measure the effectiveness of our online advertising campaigns and control the number of times you are shown an advert.
• We also use cookies to measure the effectiveness of our marketing communications, for example by telling us if you have opened a marketing email that we have sent you.

Your choices when it comes to Cookies

You can use your browser settings to accept or reject new cookies and to delete existing cookies. You can also set your browser to notify you each time new cookies are placed on your computer or other device.