Cookies

  1. What is a cookie?

    Cookies are text files that contain small pieces of information. They are stored on your computer, tablet or smartphone, and sent to your browser from our web server. Most websites use cookies to gather essential information to provide the user with the best experience.

    Cookies ensure websites function as you expect them to:

    • They identify which platform you’re using and display an optimised version of the website for that platform.
    • They save your login details.
    • They remember your language preferences.

    Types of cookies we use.

    Our website uses three types of cookies:

    1. Essential to site function cookies
      These cookies allow you to browse the site, search for products and add items to the basket. They also remember your preferences, such as your log in details and language preferences. They are essential to ensure our website runs as you would expect.
    2. Performance cookies
      These cookies are used to collect anonymous information about how you use our website. They inform us of any error messages from web pages and allow us to improve our website.
    3. Third-party cookies
      These allow us to record the customer experience and test new services to improve the customer journey on the website. This can also include on-page advertising from third-parties, where cookies tailor the advertising to your preferences.

      4. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

      Consent

      According to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) consent to store cookies is not required "for cookies that are essential to provide an online service at someone's request" (e.g. to remember what's in your online basket, or to ensure security).

      https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-pecr/cookies-and-similar-technologies/

      All of our cookies fall under this exception. Therefore we are not required to gain consent before the use of the cookies on this site.

  2. Cookie Details

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    The following is a list of functional cookies that are strictly necessary for our site to function.

    CookiePurpose

    basket

    This cookie is stored when you add an item to your basket or quotation and it enables the site to remember your basket.

    It stores an overview of the items that are added to your basket as well as the unique identification code that is attributed to your basket.

    token

    This cookie is stored only when a user is registered and logged into the site.

    It enables the site to identify the customer who has logged-in.

    _ga*

    These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site.

    The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.