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Our Use Of Cookies

We use "cookies" to store and collect information regarding your usage of our website. These cookies do not contain any personally identifying information, but they do enable us to put in place personal settings and load your personal preferences. This makes it a better experience for you.

What are cookies?

Cookies are tiny files which websites use in order to work properly and provide important visitor data to website owners. They can be placed on your computer when you visit a website and help to make your web experience quicker, easier and tailored to you.

Session cookies are those which expire upon the closing of the web browser and persistent cookies are those which remain in place after a session has ended.

There are four key types of cookie:

Necessary Cookies:

Without essential cookies, websites will not work properly. Essential cookies allow you to move around a website and complete basic functions, such as adding items to your shopping basket or going through the checkout process to make a purchase.

They enable:

E-commerce checkout and basket functionality
Login/registration
Location targeting - showing users the correct site based upon their location.
Device targeting - showing users the correct site depending on which device they are using e.g. mobile or PC.

Statistical Cookies:

Informational cookies allow website owners to gain an understanding of their traffic and visitor engagement levels, with this they can continually improve their website and better the user experience.

They can tell us:

Where visitors are coming from (e.g. via search engines, referred from other sites or direct visits)
Which pages they view
How long visitors spend on the website
How many visitors convert (make an enquiry/purchase/place an order etc.)