Cookie Policy

Our use of cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This allows us to recognise that you have previously visited our site. Any information captured by cookies will help us to improve the quality of our service and customer experience or help us to present you with Catalyst services which are relevant to your browsing history.

What’s a cookie?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

The cookies we use

Currently, we use an opt-in / opt-out consent method which means that we provide a cookie consent notice when arriving at our website with the option to amend your settings. or accept the default.

If you are not happy with our consent method then you should either:

  • Not use this site
  • Update your settings
  • Browse the site using your browser’s anonymous usage setting (called “Incognito” in Chrome, “InPrivate” for Internet Explorer, “Private Browsing” in Firefox and Safari etc.)

Strictly necessary cookies
These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. These we deem strictly necessary to the working of the website. If these are disabled then the website may not function correctly.

We use session cookies.

Analytical & Performance cookies
We use Google Analytics to allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

We use Google Analytics to understand how the site is being used. User data is aggregated and completely anonymous. Examples of these cookie names are __utma, __utmc, __utmv, __utmz.

Third Party Cookies

Our websites contain links to various third party websites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of any external websites that are linked from our sites.

Changing your cookie settings

You can manage you cookie settings for this website at any time by visiting cookie settings.

You can also usually control the use of cookies on your device through your browser settings but if you wish to find out more about cookies and which cookies have been set on your device, you can visit: https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/online/cookies/