Cookie policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to record some aspect of a website and to provide information to the owners of the website.
How and why we use cookies
We use cookies to give you the best experience when you visit our website. By using cookies, we can make it easier for you to do many things, such as managing your accounts, policies, or login details, and applying for products and services. Cookies can also allow us to tailor the content of our website so we can show you services or adverts we think you may be interested in.
The types of cookies we use on this website
Cookies are now grouped as essential or optional - we will not set optional cookies without your consent.
The table below explains the cookies we use and what each is for.
Source |
Cookie name |
Purpose |
Essential? |
Cookie category |
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acquia |
tc_ptid |
These cookies set by Acquia Lift allow us to deliver website personalisation. |
Yes |
Strictly necessary |
|
Cloudflare |
cfduid |
This cookie is set by the CloudFlare service to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. |
Yes |
Strictly necessary |
|
CleanTalk | apbct_cookies_test apbct_* ct_* ct_sfw_* |
These cookies are functional cookies set by CleanTalk to detect spam and improve our website’s security. | Yes | Strictly necessary | |
Drupal | howden_country rebrandMessageSeen geoLocationActioned SESS* |
These cookies are functional cookies set by the website Content management system. | Yes | Strictly necessary | |
New Relic | JSESSIONID intercom-session-cyym0u3i intercom-id-cyym0u3i ei_client_id ajs_anonymous_id _mkto_trk _ga _biz_uid _biz_pendingA _biz_nA _biz_flagsA |
These cookies are set by New Relic to enable us to monitor site performance. | Yes | Strictly necessary | |
Iubenda | locale country _pk_ses.10.10f8 _pk_id.10.10f8 _iubenda_session _pk_ses.1.04aa _pk_id.1.04aa _iub_cs-xxxxxx _iub_cs-xxxxxxxx |
These cookies are functional cookies that remember preferences set by users via the cookie banner on our site. | Yes | Strictly necessary | |
Google Analytics | _ga _gid |
We use Google analytics on our site to monitor performance and analyse traffic. These cookies are used to distinguish unique users for website analytics reports. | No | Measurement | |
Google Optimize | _gaexp |
|
No | Measurement | |
Fullstory | fs_uid _ga _ga_D269HHYBGZ _gid OptanonConsent _mkto_trk _uetvid _gcl_au OptanonAlertBoxClosed |
These cookies are associated with the FullStory recording script when recording user activity on this site and contains a user's FullStory user identifier. | No | Measurement | |
Google Analytics and services |
__Secure-3PAPISID |
These cookies set by Google are advertising cookies used for user tracking and ad targeting purposes. | No | Targeting and Advertising | |
Doubleclick.net by Google | DSID IDE |
These cookies are used to register and report user's actions after viewing or clicking one of our Google ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | No | Targeting and Advertising | |
Vimeo | _fbp _ga _gcl_au _uetvid continuous_play_v3 Exps player Vuid |
These cookies allow Vimeo to collect usage information for Vimeo hosted videos, which we often embed on our site to enhance your experience. | No | Experience enhancement | |
YouTube | __Secure-3PAPISID __Secure-3PSID __Secure-3PSIDCC ANID APISID CONSENT HSID LOGIN_INFO PREF SAPISID SID SIDCC SSID VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE Wide YSC |
These cookies allow YouTube to collect usage information for YouTube hosted videos, which we occasionally embed on our site to enhance your experience. | No | Experience enhancement |
Manage cookie preferences
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Keeping your personal information safe
Our cookies do not store personal information such as your name, address, phone number or email in a format that can be read by others. The cookies we use cannot read or search your computer, smartphone or web-enabled device to obtain information about you or your family, or read any material kept on your hard drive.
Our website(s) may share information with Google via internet cookies, where you have agreed to this. You can find out more information about how Google uses data collected through cookies on .
Links to sites provided by others
If you follow a link from our website to another website, please be aware that the owner of the other website will have their own privacy and cookie policies for their site. We recommend you read their policies as we are not responsible or liable for what happens at their website.
Changing your browser settings for cookies
You can adjust the settings in your web browser to determine whether sites can set cookies on your computer. If you've visited this website before, there may be previously set cookies on your computer. You can find out how to delete them from the sites listed below.