The Building Centre

The Building Centre
Store Street
London
WC1E 7BT
T: +44 (0) 207 692 4000
www.buildingcentre.co.uk
reception@buildingcentre.co.uk

Opening Hours

The Building Centre
Monday to Friday:
9.30 am - 6.00 pm

Saturday:
10.00 am - 5.00 pm*

*Information Centre closes at 2.00 pm on Saturdays

Bookshop
Monday to Friday:
9.30 am - 6.00 pm

Saturday:
11.00 am - 5.00 pm

The Building Centre is closed on Sundays, Bank Holidays, Easter Saturday and for the Christmas period from 24th December to the first working weekday of January.

Privacy & Cookie Policy


Information we may collect about you:

When someone visits specifinder.com and buildingcentre.co.uk we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site, helping us better understand your needs and allowing us to improve our online services.

We collect this information in a way which does not identify anyone personally. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting any of our websites (www.specifinder.com, blog.specifinder.com or www.buildingcentre.co.uk). We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source.

There are points at which it is necessary to obtain personally identifiable information from our website users, such as registering for an event or to request product information to be posted (see specifinder terms and conditions). Any such information you provide will be held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, under which we (The Building Centre Group Ltd.) are registered. Your personal details will not normally be disclosed to third parties. In some circumstances however we may need to disclose your personal details to a third party so that they can provide a service you have requested, or fulfil a request for information.

 

Cookies:

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies allow us, or any third party, to recognise your device so that you are not shown the same messages or are asked to provide the same information repeatedly. First-party cookies are placed onto your computer by us and can only be read by our website. Third-party cookies are issued by sites other than ours, such as sharing tools, and are readable by the third-party website.

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through your browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. By deleting or blocking cookies, you may not be able to experience the full capabilities that our websites have to offer, nor will we be able to take your usage into consideration when analysing data with the aim of improving our service.

The table below explains the cookies we use and why.

Cookie

Name

Expires

Purpose

More Information

Used on all our sites:

Google Analytics

(1st party)

__utma

__utmb

__utmc

__utmz

730 Days

730 Days

When browser closes

182 Days

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site.

How Google Analytics Uses Cookies

Used on www.specifinder.com:

ShareThis

(3rd Party)

__switchTo5x

__unam

300 Days

276 Days

Various social media sharing buttons are used throughout the site, these cookies are associated with this tool.

ShareThis privacy

KISSinsights

(3rd Party)

ki_r

ki_s

ki_t

ki_u

9000 Days

We use KISSinsights to ask for visitor feedback and suggestions for selected areas of our websites. These cookies are associated with this tool, and check whether a user has already been asked for, or has provided feedback.

KISSinsights Privacy Policy

1st party

ASPSESSIONID

When browser closes

This cookie is created by the site's scripting language and is used to identify a uniqie user session.

 

Used on blog.specifinder.com:

Wordpress

(1st party)

wp-settings

wp-settings-time comment_author_ comment_author_email_

365 Days

Our blog is powered by Wordpress. These cookies are used to verify if you are logged in, to maintain comments and subscriptions to follow-up comments.

 

Used on buildingcentre.co.uk:

AddThis

(3rd Party)

__atuvc

760 Days

Various social media sharing buttons are used throughout the site, these cookies are associated with this tool.

AddThis Privacy & Data Practices