Cookie Policy

1. What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files that the majority of websites use to identify and remember users and track their activities. They contain small amounts of information and are downloaded to a user’s laptop or other device by a web server when the user visits a website and consents to their use. These cookies remain on the user’s device until they expire or are deleted.

2. What are cookies used for?
Without cookies, it would not be possible to achieve the level of interaction that internet users expect of the web. Cookies are used by web browsers for a variety of tasks, such as:

Tracking visits to a website and individual web pages.
Remembering usernames and passwords.
Retrieving billing and shipping addresses.
Remembering credit and debit card information (where applicable and with appropriate security).
Keeping users logged into a website when webpages are re-opened.
Remembering un-purchased items in a user’s online shopping basket or cart.
Tracking sales and conversions.
Analysing trends and user behaviour.
Improving products, services and communications.
Displaying user-appropriate advertising.
Developing and marketing products and services appropriately.
Measuring the effectiveness of ads and web searches.
Optimising websites and making them easier to navigate.

3. Does this website use cookies?
Yes, our Website “Business-Beat.co.uk” uses cookies. The cookies we use allow us to monitor and improve the performance of our Website in general, and to personalise each user’s experience on the Website where appropriate and with your consent (where required).

4. What cookies does the Website use?
There are four main types of cookie that the Website uses:

Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the operation of our Website. Essential cookies are always enabled because our Website is unable to function properly without them. These types of cookie include, for example, cookies that are needed for you to be able to purchase services, enable you to log into secure areas of our Website, maintain session state, support security features (including spam detection and bot protection), and manage consent preferences. You can switch off these cookies in your browser settings, but if you do this, you may then not be able to access all or parts of our Website.

Analytical or performance cookies
These cookies collect anonymous or aggregated information about the way our visitors use our Website – the most frequently visited pages, the amount of time spent on each page, the number of users who click on internal and/or third-party links, how many sales or conversions are generated through each page, whether you came to our Website via another website, scroll depth, and similar statistics. Using this information, we can make sure that users are able to get around our Website quickly and easily and can improve overall performance.

Functionality cookies
These cookies are used to recognise you when you have left and return to our Website. They enable us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name (where applicable), remember your preferences (such as language or region), and support features such as chat widgets or form state.

Targeting / Advertising cookies
These cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. This information helps us to make our Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to you. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose so that they can serve you with relevant advertising on their websites. These cookies are only used with your consent where required by law.

You can find more information about the categories of cookies we use, and what they are used for, below. Specific cookie names, providers and exact expiry periods may vary over time as we update our Website and services. A current list is available via our cookie consent tool or upon request.

Strictly Necessary Cookies (examples)
These typically include session identifiers, cart/order state cookies, security and spam-prevention cookies, consent-management cookies, load-balancing and content-delivery cookies, and bot-detection cookies (for example those provided by services such as Cloudflare, Google reCAPTCHA, or similar). They generally expire at the end of the session or after a short fixed period (e.g. 1 day to 1 year depending on function).

Analytical / Performance Cookies (examples)
These may include analytics cookies from providers such as Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, Hotjar, HubSpot, Adobe, Zendesk or similar tools. They collect statistical data on visits, time spent, pages viewed, and user behaviour, usually in aggregated or anonymised form. Typical expiry ranges from session to 1–2 years.

Functionality Cookies (examples)
These support personalisation, chat functionality, form state, and consistent server routing (e.g. LinkedIn or Zendesk-related cookies where used). Expiry is typically session or short-term (days to months).

Targeting / Advertising Cookies (examples)
These may include cookies from Meta (Facebook), Google Ads / AdSense, Microsoft Advertising / Bing, Impact Radius, Outbrain, WisePops or similar advertising and attribution networks. They track visits, interests and conversions to deliver relevant ads and measure campaign effectiveness. Typical expiry ranges from session to 1–2 years (sometimes up to 400 days).

5. Third-Party Cookies
Many of the cookies used on our Website are third-party cookies over which we have no direct control or liability. We recommend that you check the privacy and cookie policies of these third-party websites and services to learn more about their use of cookies.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit the Google Analytics opt-out page.
To deactivate the use of third-party advertising cookies more generally, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) Consumer Opt-Out page or similar industry tools.

6. Can I use my web browser to delete or disable cookies?
You can easily delete cookies at any time and modify your browser settings to automatically disable or enable all or specific cookies. You can also set your web browser to notify you every time a cookie is presented to your computer, allowing you to reject or accept them on an individual basis.

In addition, you can use the cookie consent banner or preference centre on our Website to alter your cookie settings (where available).

Please be aware that:

If you delete cookies, this may cause you to lose information that would otherwise allow you to access our Website more quickly or remember your preferences.
By declining or disabling certain cookies, you may not be able to access all or some parts of our Website, or enjoy certain interactive features of our services.

7. What if I have questions?
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please contact us at:
Cyber Security Team –
Privacy concerns email: Privacy@business-beat.co.uk

You can also find further information and guidance on cookies by visiting the following independent resources:

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and your continued use of the Website after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.