About Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit, they send information back to our website so that it recognises your settings and preferences when you visit our website. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
How to manage your cookie settings
By clicking ‘Accept cookies’ on the pop-up layer you are consenting to us placing cookies on your computer. If you choose not to ‘Accept cookies’ the use of cookies we use to provide our website service, we cannot place cookies on your computer and this will affect the performance of certain functions on the site.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. 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.
For more information on the International Chamber of Commerce United Kingdom guide, visit www.international-chamber.co.uk/our-expertise/digitaleconomy
Why we use cookies
We use cookies not only to make our websites work, but also to improve how they work so that we can offer you the best browsing experience.
The cookies we use are classed by the International Chamber of Commerce guide for cookie categories:
Strictly necessary cookies -
essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies services you have asked for cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information, they are integral to the functionality of the website, without them the sites will not work correctly. Under the E-Privacy rules, these cookies are allowed and we automatically place them on your browser. If you choose to disable these cookies it is on the understanding that this website will not work correctly.
Performance cookies -
collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.
Functionality cookies -
allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Targeting or advertising cookies -
used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as advertisers.
Third party cookies –
we have taken steps to try to ensure that the cookies being used fit the descriptions used above and that the ‘Accept cookies’ or ‘No thanks’ selection will honour your wishes but some third party cookies may still get downloaded. Unfortunately we do not have control over these cookies, in this case you should refer to the list of cookies on this page which provides further details.