Cookies

What are cookies?
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. Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. To ensure our website works fully for you it is recommend they are enabled.

What do cookies do?
Cookies allow websites to offer the best possible experience for each user. This allows us to be able to do simple tasks such as storing products in a shopping cart.

Are cookies safe?
Yes, they do not harm your computer and cannot transfer viruses or malware to your computer. They do not contain any information that could be used by others to identify you personally. They also do not contain any confidential details such as your email address or payment details.

Can I turn cookies off?
You're more than welcome to turn cookies off, although this will alter how the website works. For example, without cookies your shopping basket would reset to zero every time you click on a new link, making it impossible to buy anything online! They are an essential part of how the website works, and to ensure it works properly for you, we recommend that they are enabled, but you are in control. Please see our managing cookies section on how to turn your cookies off.

What cookies does this website use?
We use the following cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
  • Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website 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 website. 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 website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after one hour.

Managing & Deleting Cookies

If you would prefer us not to use cookies in your browser, you can set your browser to reject cookies or to let you know when a website tries to put one in your browser software. Within these settings you can also delete your cookies.

How to Disable Cookies

On Your PC

Internet Explorer
  1. Go to "Tools" and then "Internet Options"
  2. Click on the "Privacy" tab
  3. Click on the "Advanced" button
  4. Choose your preferred option in the cookies menu
Mozilla Firefox
  1. Go to "Tools" and then "Internet Options"
  2. Click on the Privacy icon
  3. Change the history settings to set your browser to reject all cookies, or to tailor your cookie settings to how you want them.
Google Chrome
  1. Click the Chrome menu button (⋮)
  2. Click the "Settings" button
  3. Click "Show advanced settings" or "Advanced"
  4. Click "Site Settings" or "Content settings". This is in the "Privacy and security" section
  5. Choose your preferred option in the cookies menu

On an Apple Mac

Google Chrome
  1. Click the Chrome menu button (⋮)
  2. Click the "Settings" button
  3. Click "Show advanced settings" or "Advanced"
  4. Click "Site Settings" or "Content settings". This is in the "Privacy and security" section
  5. Choose your preferred option in the cookies menu
Internet Explorer 5 (MacOS X)
  1. Choose Preferences from Explorer menu
  2. Select Receiving Files options
  3. Select Cookies
  4. Choose your preferred settings
Mozilla
  1. Choose Preferences from the Edit menu.
  2. Select Privacy & Security, then select Cookies.
  3. Choose your preferred settings.
Safari
  1. Choose Preferences from Safari menu
  2. Select Privacy icon
  3. Cookie settings are shown in window
  4. Choose your preferred settings
Opera
  1. Go to Opera in the main menu and select Preferences (or press Alt+P to access them directly)
  2. Select Privacy

Mobile

iPad
  1. Go to "Settings" and then select "Safari"
  2. Scroll to "Privacy & Security"
  3. Choose your preferred settings
iPhone
  1. Go to "Settings" and then select "Safari"
  2. Scroll to "Privacy & Security"
  3. Choose your preferred settings
Samsung Galaxy
  1. In the internet browser, open the menu and select "More"
  2. Choose "Settings"
  3. Scroll down to "Privacy", and then click to accept or reject cookies, or to clear cookie data

All Other Mobile Devices

All Other Mobile Devices Please consult the device owner's manual.