Cookie Policy

Information about our use of cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

A cookie is a small file of letters, numbers and other characters that is stored on your the hard drive of your device if you permit the use of cookies in your browser. Cookies themselves are not dangerous or capable of anything independently but can pose a privacy risk if they are used in certain ways. Here we will explain what Cookies we use and what their purpose(s) are. If you have any further questions on our use of Cookies please call our head office on 01428 724727.

We use the following cookies:

1. Strictly necessary cookies.These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.

You can find specific information on each cookie we use and their purpose(s) in the table below:

Cookie	Name	Purpose
Strictly Necessary	cookieWarning	This cookie stops the cookie alert bar from reappearing once it has initially appeared. This stops it appearing on every page. Expires after 6 months.
Strictly Necessary	user_id	Contains the ID number of the currently logged in customer. Only present when a user has logged in and selected "Stay Logged in". Expires after 7 days.
Strictly Necessary	auth_token	Contains a random number that is matched with our database to check if your login session is still valid. Only present when a user has logged in and selected "Stay Logged in". Expires after 7 days.

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies:

1. Analytical/performance cookies. These enable the recognition of visitors, counting how many visitors visit the website and to see how visitors move around the website when they are using it. Disking use Google Analytics for our reporting services. Google's Cookie policy can be found here

You may block cookies by activating the appropriate setting(s) on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site and may experience a diminished experience.