Cookie Policy

1) What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They help websites work, improve user experience, and provide information to the site owners. Related technologies include local storage, session storage, SDKs and tracking pixels.

2) How we use cookies

We use cookies to:

• enable core site features and keep the site secure (e.g., firewall, CDN);
• remember your preferences (e.g., cookie choices);
• measure and improve performance and content;
• with your consent, personalise and measure advertising on platforms like Google, Meta, LinkedIn and TikTok.

The legal bases are legitimate interests for strictly necessary cookies and consent for analytics/marketing cookies as required by UK PECR and GDPR.

3) Types of cookies we use

• Strictly necessary – required for core functionality and security (e.g., Cloudflare __cf_bm, cf_clearance); cannot be switched off.
• Preferences – remember choices (e.g., consent status).
• Analytics – help us understand how visitors use the site (e.g., Google Analytics configured with IP masking).
• Marketing – enable ad delivery, measurement and personalisation (e.g., Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok pixels) – set only with consent.

4) List of cookies

The specific cookies set by this site and our providers can change. We keep an up‑to‑date list via our Consent Management Platform (CMP). Use the button below to view the current declaration and details (name, provider, purpose, expiry, type):

Review your cookie settings / View declaration

If Cookiebot is enabled on this site, the cookie declaration appears in the banner’s Details tab and is updated automatically by Cookiebot’s scan.

5) Your consent & managing preferences

• On your first visit, our banner allows you to accept or reject categories (except strictly necessary).
• You can change your choices anytime via the banner or this link: review your cookie settings.
• If you withdraw consent, we will stop using the affected cookies from that moment forward (existing third‑party cookies may need to be cleared in your browser).
• You can also control cookies in your browser. See help pages for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, etc.

6) Advertising & social media cookies

If enabled with your consent, we may use advertising and social media partners. These partners may set their own cookies and combine information from your visit with other data you have provided to them or that they have collected from your use of their services, according to their policies. You can manage participation through our banner.

• Google Ads / Google Marketing Platform
• Meta (Facebook & Instagram)
• LinkedIn
• TikTok

Vendors and purposes may change over time. The live list appears in the CMP declaration.

7) Analytics

When analytics are enabled, we configure them with privacy safeguards such as IP masking, limited data retention and event sampling. We use the data in aggregate to improve content and user experience.

8) Retention & expiry

Cookie lifetimes vary. Session cookies expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies last for a defined period (e.g., days to months). Exact lifetimes are shown in the CMP declaration.

9) International transfers

Some providers may process data outside the UK/EEA. When they do, we rely on mechanisms such as adequacy decisions and Standard Contractual Clauses (plus UK Addendum/IDTA) and apply supplementary measures where appropriate.

10) Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a Do Not Track (DNT) signal. There is currently no industry standard for DNT. We honour your explicit choices made in our consent banner regardless of DNT.

11) Changes to this policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in technology, our services or the law. When we publish changes, we update the “Last updated” date above. Significant changes may be communicated via notice on the site.

12) Contact

Questions about cookies on this site? Contact our Data Protection Lead: [email protected]. ICO Registration: ZB975053.