Our Cookies Policy

What is a cookie

Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we put on your computer, laptop or mobile device if you agree.

What is the purpose of having cookies on our website

Cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website, which helps us to provide you with a better experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve the performance of our website.

How we use cookies

The cookies we use are ‘analytical’ cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors navigate around the site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for more easily.

What type of cookies do we use

The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:

Name of cookie Owner Purpose for the cookie
Google Analytics
heli-googleanalytics
__utmt_UA-XXX
__utma
__utmb
__utmc
__utmz
Google This is a web analytics service provided by
Google which uses cookies to show us how
visitors found and explored our site, and how we
can enhance their experience. It provides us with
information about the behaviour of our visitors
(eg how long they stayed on the site, the
average number of pages viewed) and also tells
us how many visitors we have had.
Disabling Google Analytics
ga-disable-UA-XXX
Google This cookie is used if you choose not to use
Google Analytics.
Youtube
VISITOR_INFO01_LIVE
YSC
GEUP
PREF
Youtube These cookies are used by YouTube. They
collect information about using videos
embedded on YouTube.
Cookies of the sessions
JSESSIONID
This cookie is used to save your data, for
example, while using online forms.
DoubleClick
id
Google These cookies are used by third-party supplier
“DoubleClick” to collect information and use our
website and its content. DoubleClick is a s
subsidiary of Google that develops and provides
Internet services and other services.

Consenting to cookies

There is a notice on our home page whereby you can agree/disagree to the use of cookies on our site. This will be in the form of a pop-up message which will appear on the home page.

If you use this website after this notification has been displayed to you [and you have not selected one of the options listed above], we will assume that you consent to our use of cookies for the purposes described in this website cookie policy, and also our website privacy policy and website terms and conditions.

The information we obtain from our use of cookies will not usually contain your personal data, although we may obtain information about your computer or other electronic device such as your IP address, your browser and/or other internet log information.

In certain circumstances we may collect personal information about you—but only where you voluntarily provide it (e.g. by completing our contact form).

Can I disable cookies

You can enable or disable cookies through your browser even where you have accepted the use of cookies when first visiting our site. Please see www.allaboutcookies.org for more information.