Cookie Policy

Information about our use of cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to 

provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve 

our site. 

By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

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.

We use the following cookies: 

 Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our 

website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of 

our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services. 

 Analytical/performance cookies. They 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. 

 Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our 

website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and 

remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

 Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have 

visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website 

and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share 

this information with third parties for this purpose.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which 

we use them in the table below:

Cookie Name Purpose 

Vscommerce A session identifier cookie that disappears 

after the browser is closed. This is a 

unique ID that references the database 

entry holding information such as the 

basket contents, logged in status and 

other information. 

VSCurrency An identifier that references the currency 

VSVatPrices An identifier that references if prices are 

VSCategoryGroup An identifier that references the last top 

Mobi An identifier that references whether the 

VSCourierID An identifier that references the courier 

VSCountryID An identifier that references the country 

vs_username The login username of the visitor but only 

vs_password The login password of the visitor but only 

Google Analytics Non-personal information used to track a 

the prices are displayed in. 

shown inclusive or exclusive of VAT. 

level category visited. 

customer has opted to view the mobile or 

standard version of the website. 

the customer has selected. 

the customer has selected. 

if the visitor selected for the website to 

remember their credentials. 

if the visitor selected for the website to 

remember their credentials. 

visitors route through the website. This is 

used to find at which point customers 

have abandoned the checkout process 

and is used to improve the website. You 

can read more information on the cookies 

used by Google Analytics uses on its 

information page. 

Third party cookies

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of 

external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have 

no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

Our website uses third party cookies from the providers found in the table below, if you require 

further information about what those cookies are or how they are used, you should contact those 

providers directly.

3rd Party 

Name 

Additional Information 

Facebook

Pinterest

Google Plus

Twitter 

Google We utilise the online advertising services of the third party companies listed on 

You can choose to share content from our site with others via the social networks 

listed on the left, and so you may be sent cookies from these websites. 

the left, and each of their sites use may set cookies to help identify which adverts 

are clicked on/interacted with. 

How do I block cookies?

You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting 

of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including 

essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.