A cookie is a text file (often including a unique identifier) which contains small amounts of information which are sent to your browser and stored on your computer, tablet or mobile device when you visit our website or the website of one of our clients.

As mentioned above, we place cookies in order to help us to operate, update, and improve our website. We use these cookies to distinguish you from other users in order to track usage patterns and improve your user experience on our website.

The different types of cookie which we use include:

• Strictly necessary cookies: These are essential cookies required for the effective operation of the websites.
• Performance cookies: These allow us to see how the websites are used.
• Functionality cookies: These cookies are used to recognise you when you return to the websites.
• Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visits to our websites, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed.

Certain cookies which we use require your consent and others do not. We only ask for your consent when legally required to do so.

Finally, our website may also contain some cookies which are placed by third parties. These cookies perform different functions and may, for example, monitor how you interact with other websites. You can choose to opt-out of these cookies through their providers.

For a full list of the cookies which we, and our third party partners, set on our website, please see here.

When you first visit us, we will ask for your consent to place cookies on your browser. After your first visit, you can block cookies by choosing to opt-out here or by activating the setting on your device/web browser which enables you to refuse the downloading of cookies. If you choose to opt-out or not accept certain cookies, some features of our website may not work.

Cookies may also be erased, either (for some cookies) automatically when you close your browser or manually when you erase your cookies history.

Any personal data we collect through cookies will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy which can be found here.