What Are Cookies?
As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies. Cookies are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to help improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or 'break' certain elements of the sites functionality.
For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.
How We Use CookiesWe use cookies for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling CookiesYou can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help guide for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of this website and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
Forms related cookiesWhen you submit data to through a form (such as those found on our contact page) or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
Site preferences cookiesIn order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.
Third Party CookiesIn some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work Facebook will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
Cookies set by GLD Accountancy Services Ltd (and our service provider FastHost)CONSENT - This cookie generates the cookie warning which appears at the bottom of your screen on our website. Once you agree to the cookie policy using the button provided, a tiny amount of data is stored to remember this action.
PHPSESSID - This cookie is native to PHP and enables websites to establish a user session and to pass state data via a temporary cookie, which is commonly referred to as a session cookie. (Note: This expires when you close your browser).
Cookies set by Google (inc. Google Analytics)
SIDCC - This is a security cookie to protect a user’s data from unauthorised access.
SEARCH_SAMESITE - This is a security cookie setup to prevent cross-origin information leakage. It also provides some protection against cross-origin forgery attacks.
OTZ - This is set by Google Analytics to provide an aggregate analysis of website visitors.
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1_P JAR - This cookie is used to gather website statistics and track conversion rates.
APISID, HSID, SAPISID, SID, SSID and NID (inc. _SECURE- variants) - Google set a number of cookies on any page that includes a Google Map for both functionality of their services and security. While we have no control over the cookies set by Google, they appear to include a mixture of pieces of information to measure the number and behaviour of Google Maps users.
OPG, OGPC - This enables the functionality of a Google Maps plugin. No other information provided by Google.
ANID, S - This cookie may collect certain information used to help improve services, including the pages users visit most often and whether users get error messages from certain pages. This cookie may also be used to anonymously measure the effectiveness of PPC (pay per click) and affiliate advertising.
More InformationHopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren't sure whether you need or not it's usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site. However if you are still looking for more information or could not find the answer you are looking for then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods available on our contact page.
