What are cookies?

Cookies are a small text file that is placed on your computer, tablet or mobile phone when you access our websites. They are not harmful to your devices (like a virus or malicious code) and allow you to use many of the useful features of our websites (like remembering your favourites)

Cookies have a lifetime. Some only last until you close your browser or a short time. These are called 'session cookies'. Some last longer, they enable a website to recognise you when you return to them. These are called 'persistent cookies'.

Cookies placed directly by a website owner (like us) are known as 'first party cookies' and most modern websites also use technology provided by other people/businesses, for example to provide online advertising. Cookies placed by other parties are known as 'third party cookies'.

We use cookies on our website to enhance performance of our web pages to ensure you have a smooth visit all around our site. To get more information about cookies click here