Cookie Policy

Last updated: 16 July 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Browne and Sons Limited uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.

It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, retain and protect personal information.

1. Who we are

This website is operated by:

Browne and Sons Limited
Registered office: King Arthur’s Court, Maidstone Road, Ashford, TN27 0JS
Company number: 09398213
Email: enquiries@browneandsonsltd.co.uk
Telephone: 0800 6128 248

In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Browne and Sons Limited.

2. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit a website.

Cookies and similar technologies can help websites function correctly, remember visitor preferences, maintain security and provide information about how visitors use the website.

Similar technologies may include scripts, tags, pixels, local storage and other tools that store information on, or access information from, your device.

3. How we use cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies to:

Operate and secure our website.
Remember your cookie preferences.
Enable website pages, enquiry forms and other features to work.
Display embedded services such as Google Maps and review content.
Understand how visitors find and use our website.
Measure website performance.
Identify technical issues and improve the website.
Measure advertising performance where advertising services have been enabled and you have provided the required consent.

Some cookies are set by Wix, which hosts and operates our website. Others may be set by third-party services integrated into the website.

4. Types of cookies we use

Strictly necessary cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are required for the website to operate securely and provide services requested by visitors.

They may be used for:

Website security and fraud prevention.
Network management.
Maintaining website sessions.
Remembering cookie-consent choices.
Operating essential pages and website features.
Processing enquiry-form submissions.
Preventing spam and misuse.

These cookies do not normally require consent because the website may not function properly without them.

They are not used by us for personalised advertising.

Functional cookies

Functional cookies support additional website features and services.

On our website, these may include technology associated with:

Wix CMS and dynamic website content.
Usercentrics for Wix.
Embedded reviews or third-party content.
Remembering website settings or preferences.

Rejecting functional cookies may mean that some website content or features do not work as intended.

Where consent is required, these technologies will only be activated after you accept the relevant category through our cookie banner.

Analytics cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use our website.

They may collect information including:

Pages viewed.
Time spent on the website.
Links and buttons selected.
How visitors reached the website.
General device and browser information.
Approximate geographical location.
Website errors and performance information.

We use this information to understand website traffic, improve our pages and assess which services and content are most useful to visitors.

Analytics information may include online or device identifiers. Analytics cookies will only be used where you have accepted the relevant cookie category.

Marketing cookies

Marketing cookies and similar technologies may be used to measure advertising campaigns, record visits resulting from advertisements and help prevent the same advertisement being shown repeatedly.

We do not currently use Meta Pixel or personalised social-media advertising technology.

We may introduce Google Ads conversion tracking or other advertising services in the future. Where these services are enabled, they will be treated as marketing technologies and will only operate after you have accepted marketing cookies.

We will update this policy when new advertising technology is introduced.

5. Wix website services

Our website is created and hosted using Wix.

Wix and its associated services may use cookies and similar technologies to:

Secure and operate the website.
Maintain website sessions.
Detect and prevent fraud or cyberattacks.
Process website forms.
Display dynamic website content.
Remember visitor preferences.
Record and manage cookie-consent selections.
Measure website traffic where the appropriate consent has been provided.

The exact cookies used may vary depending on the Wix features installed, changes made to the website and the choices you make through the cookie banner.

Wix provides visitors with the ability to accept or decline non-essential cookies through its privacy and cookie tools.

6. Usercentrics for Wix

We use Usercentrics for Wix to display our cookie banner and manage visitors’ cookie choices.

Usercentrics may store information necessary to:

Display the cookie banner.
Record whether you accepted or rejected particular cookie categories.
Remember your consent preferences.
Allow you to change or withdraw your choices.
Maintain records of consent where required.

Cookies used solely to store and respect your cookie choices are necessary for our consent-management system to work.

7. Wix CMS

Wix CMS is used to manage and display content on our website.

Wix CMS may use functional or technically necessary technologies to retrieve and display website content correctly. Depending on the website page or feature being used, rejecting functional cookies may affect how some content is displayed.

8. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website.

Google Analytics may collect information such as:

Pages visited.
Approximate visit duration.
Referral source.
General device and browser information.
Website interactions.
Approximate location derived from internet connection information.
Online identifiers associated with the visitor’s browser or device.

We use this information to produce website statistics, assess performance and improve our website and services.

Google Analytics will only use analytics cookies after you have accepted the analytics category through our cookie banner. Wix states that Google Analytics connected through Wix only gathers data after the visitor provides the relevant consent.

Google may process analytics information on our behalf in accordance with its own privacy terms.

9. Google Tag Services

Google Tag Services may be used to support the operation of Google Analytics and other Google measurement services connected to our website.

Tags are small pieces of website technology that can record events such as page views, button selections, form submissions or visits resulting from an advertising campaign.

The behaviour of Google tags depends on the visitor’s consent choices. Google Consent Mode allows Google tags to receive and respond to consent signals communicated by the website’s cookie banner.

Where a tag is used for analytics, it will be associated with the analytics category. Where it is used for advertising or advertising measurement, it will be associated with the marketing category.

10. Google Maps

Our website includes an embedded Google Map to help visitors understand our location or the geographical area in which we provide services.

Google Maps may use cookies and similar technologies to:

Display and operate the map.
Remember map-related preferences.
Measure use of the embedded map.
Maintain security and prevent abuse.
Process interactions with Google services.

Our current cookie scan identifies Google Maps within the analytics category. The map may therefore be blocked or replaced by a consent placeholder until you accept analytics cookies.

Google may collect technical information when the map is loaded or used. Google processes this information according to its own privacy and cookie terms.

11. Checkatrade review widget

Our website includes a Checkatrade review widget or embedded Checkatrade content.

The widget allows visitors to view reviews, ratings or other information supplied by Checkatrade.

When this content is loaded, Checkatrade or its technology providers may use cookies, scripts or similar technologies to:

Display the widget correctly.
Retrieve current review information.
Maintain the security of the service.
Measure use or performance of the widget.
Process interactions with Checkatrade content.

Where required, the widget will not load until you have accepted the relevant cookie category.

Selecting a link within the widget may take you to the Checkatrade website. Checkatrade is responsible for cookies placed after you visit its own website.

12. Enquiry forms

Our website includes enquiry forms operated through Wix.

Cookies or similar technologies may be used to:

Display and operate the form.
Provide security and spam protection.
Submit the information successfully.
Prevent misuse of the website.

Information entered into an enquiry form is handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Submitting a form does not mean that you have agreed to analytics, functional or marketing cookies.

13. Future use of Google Ads

We intend to connect Google Ads to measure whether visitors contact us after viewing or selecting one of our advertisements.

Once Google Ads is enabled, advertising and conversion-measurement technologies may record information such as:

Whether a visitor reached the website through an advertisement.
Pages viewed after selecting an advertisement.
Enquiry-form submissions or other selected conversion actions.
Advertising campaign and referral information.
Browser, device and online identifier information.

Google Ads cookies and related advertising technologies will only operate where you have accepted marketing cookies.

We will review the website’s cookie scan and update this policy when Google Ads is activated.

14. External links and third-party websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including Checkatrade, Google and social-media platforms.

Selecting an external link may allow the third-party website to place its own cookies on your device.

We do not control cookies used by external websites. You should review the relevant provider’s privacy and cookie information before using its website.

15. Your cookie choices

When you first visit our website, you will be shown a cookie banner.

You can use the banner to:

Accept all cookies.
Reject non-essential cookies.
Select the individual categories you wish to accept.

Strictly necessary cookies remain active because they are required for the website to operate.

You can change or withdraw your choices at any time by selecting the cookie settings or privacy icon displayed on the website.

Rejecting optional cookies will not prevent you from viewing the main pages of the website. However, embedded maps, review content or other optional features may be unavailable.

The ICO requires consent for non-essential storage and access technologies unless a valid exemption applies, and consent must involve a clear and active choice.

16. Managing cookies through your browser

Most browsers allow you to view, block or delete cookies through their privacy settings.

Depending on your browser, you may be able to:

Delete existing cookies.
Block all cookies.
Block third-party cookies.
Receive a warning before cookies are stored.
Permit cookies only from selected websites.

Blocking all cookies may affect the operation of this and other websites.

Browser controls are separate from the choices recorded through our website’s cookie banner.

17. How long cookies remain on your device

Cookies may be:

Session cookies, which normally expire when you close your browser; or

Persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a defined period or until you delete them.

The duration of an individual cookie depends on its purpose and provider.

You can view further information about the services identified by our consent-management platform, including available information about their purposes and storage periods, by opening the Cookie Settings panel on our website.

18. Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this policy when:

Website features are added or removed.
Google Ads or another marketing service is connected.
Wix or Usercentrics changes its technology.
Our use of analytics or third-party content changes.
Legal or regulatory requirements change.

The latest version will be published on this page. The date at the top shows when the policy was last updated.

19. Contact us

For questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact:

Browne and Sons Limited
Email: enquiries@browneandsonsltd.co.uk
Telephone: 0800 6128 248
Registered office: King Arthur’s Court, Maidstone Road, Ashford, TN27 0JS

Further information about how we use personal information is available in our Privacy Policy.