To make this website simpler to use and navigate, we sometimes place a small data file on your computer or device. These are known as cookies. Nearly all websites do this. They make your visit simpler by:
At no time do we store or retrieve any information that can personally identify you; we simply use cookies to make our website work better for you and are essential to the usage of our website. Did you know you can manage and/or delete these small files as you wish? Learn more about cookies and how to manage them at AboutCookies.org.
Our website may use cookies in several places - we've listed each of them below with more details about why we use them and how long they will last.
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how people use this site. We do this to make sure it is meeting its users' needs and to understand how we could do it better.
Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. No personally identifiable information is ever added to a cookie by Google.
The following cookies are set by Google Analytics:
| Name | Content |
Expires |
_utma |
randomly generated number |
2 years |
_utmb |
randomly generated number |
30 minutes |
_utmc |
randomly generated number |
When you close your browser |
_utmx |
randomly generated number |
2 years |
_utmxx |
randomly generated number |
2 years |
_utmz |
randomly generated number and information on how the site was reached (e.g. direct or via a link, organic search or paid search) |
6 months |
For our websites that contain ecommerce areas, we set a simple cookie that has:
| Name | Content |
Expires |
website domain name (ie, smith.com) |
randomly generated alpha-numeric code (shopping basket id eg Nc87HDteg3) |
60 days OR directly on completion of purchase |
For our websites that contain members areas and have registered users, we set a simple cookie that has:
| Name | Content |
Expires |
website domain name (ie, smith.com) |
Cookie id number (eg '42') |
At midnight of the same day |
not all websites |
your country (by name eg 'UK') |
At midnight of the same day |
not all websites |
VAT exemption status (simple 'Yes' or 'No') |
At midnight of the same day |
For our websites that contain members areas and have registered users, and allow you to be 'remembered' for your next visit, we set a simple cookie that has:
| Name | Content |
Expires |
website domain name (ie, smith.com) |
Cookie id number (eg '42') |
30 Days |