Cookie Policy

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies, such as browser local storage, work in a comparable way — a small piece of information is stored on your device so a website can remember something between visits or between pages. Under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), most non-essential cookies and similar technologies require your consent before they are set.

2. What this website actually uses

We reviewed this website’s code to identify exactly what it uses. Based on that review, this website currently uses one item of strictly necessary browser storage, and does not use any analytics, marketing/advertising or optional functional cookies.

This item is stored using your browser’s local storage rather than a traditional cookie, but it works in the same way and is covered by this policy. Because it is strictly necessary for our cookie preference tool to function, it does not require your consent and cannot be switched off — without it, we would not be able to remember your cookie choice at all.

3. Strictly necessary cookies/storage

Strictly necessary items are essential for the website, or for a tool like our cookie preference manager, to work. They do not require consent under PECR. The only item in this category is the consent-storage item described above.

4. Functional cookies

Functional cookies are typically used to remember choices you make (such as language or display preferences) to give you a more personalised experience. We do not currently use any functional cookies on this website.

5. Analytics cookies

Analytics cookies are typically used to understand how visitors use a website, for example which pages are most popular. We do not currently use any analytics cookies or analytics tools (such as Google Analytics) on this website.

6. Marketing and advertising cookies

Marketing cookies are typically used to show relevant adverts or measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. We do not currently use any marketing, advertising or retargeting cookies (such as a Meta/Facebook pixel) on this website.

7. Third-party cookies and embedded content

We do not currently embed any third-party widgets, maps, videos or social media content on this website that would set third-party cookies. This website does load a font stylesheet directly from Google Fonts (fonts.googleapis.com), which causes your browser to request font files from Google’s servers. According to Google, this service does not use cookies and does not log personal data for its own purposes, but the request does mean your device’s IP address is sent to Google as part of loading the page.

8. How to control cookies

You can manage your cookie preferences for this website at any time by:

• using the cookie banner shown when you first visit the site; or
• clicking Cookie Settings in the footer of any page, which reopens your preferences at any time.

You can also control or delete cookies and local storage using your browser’s own settings. Most browsers let you see what is stored, delete it, and block some or all storage from being set. Blocking all storage may affect how some websites, including parts of this one, work.

9. Changes to this policy

If we introduce any new cookies, analytics or marketing technologies in future, we will update this policy and, where required by law, ask for your consent again before those technologies are used. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page shows when this policy was last revised.

10. More information

For more about how we handle personal information generally, see our Privacy Policy.