The Business Advice and Support Centre

PAS 78 is a guide to good practice in commissioning accessible websites, which has been produced by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC). The Business Advice and Support Centre has built the content and structure of this website to work towards full compliance with accessibility practices as detailed in the PAS document.

For further information on PAS 78 please visit the PAS 78 page

As Part of our continuing improvements towards allowing a more accessibile web for everyone we have tried to comply with all of the Priority 1 recommendations and some of Priority 2. Please note that Priority 3, regretably at this time has not been possible to implement on this website, however as our website develops we will try integrate such measures.

• The standard font used throughout the site is Arial for easy legibility.
• Wherever possible, we use live text instead of graphics to reduce the download time of pages and increase your control.
• No information is exclusively conveyed using colour. This doesn't mean that colours are not used to organise information, instead it means there are also other, non-colour dependent ways of doing so.
• Our pages are designed so that they are without horizontal scrollbars when they are viewed at a screen resolution of 800 x 600 pixels.
• All images, where appropriate, have an alternative text attribute. This means that when an image is conveying important information its content is described with an alternative text. If an image is used for decorative purposes only, the text attribute for the image will be left blank.
• Where individual features make use of functions that do not comply with the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines we have made sure that there are alternative routes provided to the information.
• A link to details of how to contact us for further information offline is provided from every page.
• Where a process takes multiple steps to complete (for example, forms) an indication of where you are in the process and how far you have to go is provided.
• Style of navigation remains consistent through the websites.

A Guide about how to adjust this website to your veiwing preference

For those with visual impairments and who may find this website difficult to read we have taken measures to allow you to adjust your viewing preferences.

A Javascript program is displayed at the top of each page underneath the links to other pages. You can adjust the web sites text size by using the A+ to increase the size, or A- to decrease the text size. To reset the page to the default size click on R. 

Is you do not have javascript installed then the following instructions show how to adjust you web browsers text size according to the browser type you may be using

Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 4.0 and 5.0

• Click Tools then Internet Options.
• NOTE: Use the View menu in Internet Explorer 4.0 to select Internet Options.
• Click Fonts.
• Select Courier New from the list of Fixed-Width Fonts.
• Select Largest from the list of font sizes.
• Click OK.

Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 6.0.1

• Click View.
• Highlight Text Size and select the text size you want from the list.
• Note: The Internet Browser automatically refreshes and reloads in the selected text size.

Mozilla Firefox V2.0

• Click View.
• Select the text size you want by slecting Increase or Decrease according to your preference.
• Note: The Internet Browser automatically refreshes and reloads in the selected text size.

Netscape Navigator Software Version 6.x and 7.x

• Click View.
• Highlight Text Zoom and select the text size you want from the list.
• Note: The Internet Browser automatically refreshes and reloads in the selected text size.

If you have difficulty accessing this site or you would like to make any comments or suggestions on how we can improve your online experience, please contact the Web Designer of this project on the contact details below:

Telephone: 0034 685 40 21 61| Email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it