Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies, such as local storage, can also store information in your browser. We use the term “cookies” in this policy to refer to both.

Cookies can be set by the website you are visiting (first-party) or by another organisation whose content or services are used on that website (third-party).

Necessary cookies are required for the website to function correctly and cannot be switched off in our systems. They do not track you across other websites.

At present, this website uses the following necessary storage:

• mbd-cookie-consent — stored in your browser’s local storage to remember your cookie choices so the banner does not reappear on every page. It contains only your selected categories, a version number and the date of your choice.

Our hosting provider may also process technical request data (such as IP address) for security, delivery and abuse prevention. This is not used to profile you.

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use our website so we can improve it — for example, which pages are viewed most often.

Current status: this website does not currently set analytics cookies. If we introduce an analytics tool in the future, it will only load after you have given Analytics consent, and this policy will be updated to name the tool and its cookies.

Marketing cookies are used to measure the performance of advertising and to provide more relevant advertising.

Current status: this website does not currently set marketing or advertising cookies. If we introduce advertising or conversion tracking in the future, those scripts will only load after you have given Marketing consent, and this policy will be updated accordingly.

We do not currently embed third-party advertising or analytics trackers on this website. Web fonts are loaded from Google Fonts to display our typography; this involves a request to Google’s servers but is not used by us to track you.

If you follow a link from our website to an external service, that service’s own cookie and privacy policies will apply.

When you first visit our website, you are shown a cookie banner. Optional categories (analytics and marketing) are switched off by default and remain off unless you actively turn them on.

We do not treat continued browsing, scrolling or dismissing the banner as consent. Optional cookies and scripts are only loaded once the relevant consent has been given, where consent is required.

You can change or withdraw your choices at any time using the “Cookie Settings” link in the website footer, or the button below. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that took place before you withdrew it.

You can also delete or block cookies and local storage through your browser settings. Blocking necessary storage may affect how the website works.

Your cookie preference record is stored in your browser until you clear your browser storage or reset your preferences. It is re-requested if we materially change the cookie categories we use.

Retention periods for any future analytics or marketing cookies will be documented here when those tools are introduced.

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised.

For questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us using the contact information published on our website.