Cookies policy

This site uses cookies to store information on your computer. This policy explains how we use cookies and may be amended, from time to time, without notice. By using this site you agree to the placement of cookies on your computer in accordance with the terms of this policy. If you do not wish to accept cookies from this site please either disable cookies or refrain from using this site. Please note that by disabling cookies in your browser settings this site may not function correctly.

1. What are Cookies?

   A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the cookie file of the browser on your computer's hard disk so that the website can recognise you when you revisit and remember certain information about you. This can include which pages you have visited, choices you have made from menus, any specific information you have entered into forms and the time and date of your visit.

2. Our use of Cookies

   This website uses these types of cookies:

   • • Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.
     • Performance cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.
     • Functionality cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
     • Advertising cookies: The AdWords remarketing functionality allows us to display banners ads on third-party websites to our website's visitors. We use the AdWords remarketing tags which set information within a doubleclick.net cookie. Doubleclick.net is the domain that serves ads for Google's Display Network. Google serve their ads based on a visitor's interests and you can find out more information by reading their ad preferences:
   
   Google Ads Preferences
   

   Google's doubleclick.net cookie is used for conversion tracking purposes, to track the performance of AdWords campaigns. If you visit certain pages on our website within 30 days of clicking on one of our ads, Google will be able to tell that your visit was a result of a click on one of these ads. If you'd like to know more about how Google handles information gathered from the use of cookies, please read their privacy policy:

   Google Privacy Policy
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   To ensure that you are using this site with full and up-to-date information of how we use cookies please review this policy regularly as any amended policy will be updated on the site.

3. Refusing Cookies on this Site

   Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. However, you have the ability to disable cookies if you wish, generally through changing your internet software browsing settings. It may also be possible to configure your browser settings to enable acceptance of specific cookies or to notify you each time a new cookie is about to be stored on your computer enabling you to decide whether to accept or reject the cookie. To manage your use of cookies there are various resources available to you, for example the "Help" section on your browser may assist you. As our cookies allow you to access some of our website's essential features we recommend that you leave cookies enabled, otherwise, if cookies are disabled, it may mean that you experience reduced functionality or will be prevented from using this site altogether.

4. Further Reading

   • Useful information about cookies can be found at: 
     http://www.allaboutcookies.org
   • Information on the International Chamber of Commerce UK "UK cookie guide" can be found on the ICC website section: 
     http://www.international-chamber.co.uk/our-expertise/digitaleconomy