Cookie Policy

Last updated: 15th January 2026

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a better experience by remembering your preferences, analysing how you use our site, and enabling certain functionality.

2. Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies for several purposes:

  • Essential Functionality: To ensure our website works properly and securely
  • Analytics: To understand how visitors interact with our website and improve our services
  • Marketing: To deliver relevant advertisements and measure their effectiveness
  • Personalisation: To remember your preferences and provide a customised experience

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation, access to secure areas, and remembering your cookie preferences. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

3.2 Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our website. This helps us understand which pages are most popular, how long people spend on our site, and how they navigate through our content. All data is anonymised and aggregated.

3.3 Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalisation, such as remembering your language preferences, region selection, and other customisation options. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we use.

3.4 Marketing Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. We use Google Ads for marketing purposes.

4. Specific Cookies We Use

Cookie Name Purpose Duration Type
cookie_consent Remembers your cookie preferences 1 year Necessary
_ga Google Analytics - distinguishes unique users 2 years Analytics
_gid Google Analytics - distinguishes unique users 24 hours Analytics
_gcl_au Google Ads - conversion tracking 90 days Marketing
_gcl_aw Google Ads - conversion attribution 90 days Marketing
IDE Google Ads - ad personalisation 2 years Marketing

5. Third-Party Cookies

We use several third-party services that may set cookies on your device:

  • Google Analytics: For website analytics and performance monitoring
  • Google Ads: For advertising and remarketing campaigns
  • Google Fonts: For web font delivery and display

These third parties have their own privacy policies and cookie practices. We recommend reviewing their policies to understand how they handle your data.

6. Google Consent Mode v2

We implement Google Consent Mode v2 to ensure that your consent preferences are respected across all Google services. This means that Google Analytics and Google Ads will only collect and process data based on your specific consent choices. When you deny consent for marketing cookies, Google services will operate in a privacy-enhanced mode with limited data collection.

7. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have several options for managing cookies:

7.1 Cookie Consent Banner

When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie consent banner where you can:

  • Accept all cookies
  • Reject all non-essential cookies
  • Customise your preferences by cookie category

7.2 Browser Settings

You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to view, delete, and block cookies. Please note that blocking essential cookies may affect the functionality of our website.

7.3 Opt-Out Links

You can opt out of specific tracking services:

8. Cookie Retention

Different cookies have different retention periods as outlined in the cookie table above. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser, while persistent cookies remain on your device for the specified duration or until you delete them.

9. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will notify you of any material changes by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy and, where appropriate, providing additional notice.

10. Contact Information

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us: