What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files which a website may put on your computer or mobile device when you first visit a site or page. The cookie will help the website, or another website, to recognise your device the next time you visit. We use the term “cookies” in this policy to refer to all files that collect information in this way.

There are many useful ways in which cookies help improve a website. They can help websites remember your username and preferences, analyse how well websites are performing, or even allow sites to recommend content they believe will be most relevant to you.

Certain cookies contain personal information – for example, if you click to “remember me” when logging in, a cookie will store your username. Most cookies won’t collect information that identifies you, and will instead collect more general information such as how users arrive at and use our websites, or a user’s general location.

Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but personal information that we store about you may be linked, by us, to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

How we use cookies

We may use the information we obtain from your use of our cookies for the following purposes:

(1) To recognise your computer when you visit our website

(2) To track your journey as you navigate our website, and to enable the use of the shopping basket on our website.

(3) To improve the website’s usability

(4) To analyse the use of our website

(5) In the administration of this website

How can I block and delete my cookies?

To delete cookies already stored on your computer please follow these steps:

Google Chrome

Click the wrench icon on the browser toolbar

Select Settings

Click ‘Show advanced settings’

In the “Privacy” section, click the ‘Content settings’ button

To enable cookies in the “Cookies” section, pick ‘Allow cookies by default’

To disable cookies, in the “Cookies” section, pick ‘Block cookies by default’


Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, 8.0

Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser window and select 'Internet Options'

In the options window navigate to the 'Privacy' tab

To enable cookies: Set the slider to ‘Medium’ or below

To disable cookies: Move the slider to the top to block all cookies

Mozilla Firefox

Click on 'Tools' at the browser menu and select ‘Options’

Select the Privacy panel

To enable cookies: Check ‘Accept cookies for sites’

To disable cookies: Uncheck at ‘Accept cookies for sites’

Safari on OSX

Click on 'Safari' at the menu bar and select the 'Preferences' option

Click on 'Security'

To enable cookies: In the 'Accept cookies' section select 'Only from site you navigate to'

To disable cookies: In the ‘Accept cookies’ section select ‘Never’

Please be aware that doing so will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.

More Information

More detail on how businesses use cookies is available at www.allaboutcookies.org.