Information on Cookies

Cookies and their use on this website

In common with the practice of most major internet sites, when you browse this website, it would like to store a few cookies on your computer. Cookies are small text files which allow websites to carry out a variety of useful functions and are widely-used across the internet. For example, they will be used to show you any products that have been placed in your online shopping trolley or to allow you to log in to an online account. They may also be used to personalise a website in order to improve your experience, to remember your preferences and settings and also to collect anonymous visitor usage statistics. These anonymous visitor statistics (also referred to as analytics) help webmasters to understand (and therefore manage and improve) the way that visitors interact with a website. You can see the details of the cookies used on this website below.

Essential cookies used on this website

The following cookie is needed for this website to display, and is temporarily classed an an essential cookie which will be stored on your computer as soon as you visit this website. However, a solution is currently being worked on to remove the requirement to set this cookie.

Cookie Description

Cookie Name

Cookie Purpose

Advance Agent

_advance_agent_session

Required, essential part of our web framework used to serve requests, expires after 20 minutes of inactivity. Does not store any personal or identifying information. It is deleted when you close your browser..

General cookies used on this website

The following cookies are for general functionality and statistics.

Cookie Description

Cookie Name

Cookie Purpose

Analytics & Statistics

*-has_visited

Used to generate anonymous visitor statistics.

Advance Agent

short-list

Optional, stores short-listed properties.

Facebook

act, csm, fr, p, datr, lu, presence, c_user, s, xs

Facebook users allowing them to Like pages.

Facebook Privacy Policy

Google Analytics

NID, PREF, _utma, _utmb, _utmc, _utmz

Used to record information about how visitors use our website, including how they found us and what pages they visit. The information is collected anonymously.

Google Analytics Privacy Policy

Twitter

twll, guest_id

To allow users to Tweet links to pages.

Google Plus One

S, NID, PREF, ULS, APISID, HSID, SAPISID, SSID, BEAT

Used to identify Google Plus One users allowing them to ‘+1’ pages.

Google Privacy Policy

* denotes a wildcard where many cookies may be set under the same prefix to store data for the same purpose.

Using your browser settings to manage cookies

The Help or Options menu on the menu bar of most browsers will provide information on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to receive notifications when a new cookie is set and how to disable cookies altogether. You can also disable or remove similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Adobe Flash cookies, by changing the add-on's settings or visiting the manufacturer's website.