Cookie policy

What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file your browser stores when you visit a website. It lets the site recognise you on a return visit, remember choices like your cookie-consent preference, or measure aggregate usage. Some cookies are essential to running the site; others are optional and require your consent under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).

Cookies we use

• Cookie-consent preference (essential). Records whether you have accepted or declined the consent banner so we don't ask you on every page. Retention: 12 months. No personal data.
• Session cookies (essential). Manage navigation, form state, and security. Cleared when you close your browser.
• Attribution storage (essential to lead handoff). When you submit our /get-quotes/ form, a session-scoped record of how you arrived at BestBusinessLoans is captured so we can credit the referral correctly. Cleared when your browser session ends.
• Cloudflare security cookies (essential). Set by our hosting provider to mitigate abuse and serve cached content. Retention: typically 30 days. See the Cloudflare cookie reference.
• Analytics (optional, off by default). If enabled in future, we will use privacy-preserving analytics that do not set advertising cookies or share data with third parties. We will update this policy and the consent banner before any analytics cookie is set.

Third-party cookies

We do not load third-party advertising, social media, or cross-site tracking pixels on BestBusinessLoans. If you click an external link (for example, to a lender's site), that destination may set its own cookies. Their cookie policies apply once you leave our site.

How to manage cookies

You can accept or decline non-essential cookies through the consent banner shown on your first visit. You can also clear cookies, change cookie settings, or block cookies entirely in your browser settings. Useful guides:

• Chrome cookie controls
• Safari cookie controls
• Firefox cookie controls
• Edge cookie controls

Disabling essential cookies may break parts of the site (for example, the consent banner will reappear on every page).

Changes to this policy

We will update this page if our cookie use changes. Material changes will be flagged on the consent banner before they take effect.

Contact

Questions about cookies or data use: contact BestBusinessLoans. Best Business Loans Ltd, Cust Hall, Toppesfield, Halstead, Essex CO9 4EB. Company number 16833937.