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Accessibility Statement

The team behind this web site hope that whoever needs to use it, can do so easily. We have tried to make it as accessible as possible.

The site has been designed to achieve Double-A of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, including all Priority 1 and Priority 2 checkpoints defined in the Guidelines.

If you do have problems, or would like to make any suggestions to improve the site from an accessibility point of view, please get in touch with us.

Readability

We have made every effort to ensure this web site is easily readable using 'plain english'. In addition, we have ensured that the design of this website is not an obstacle to its usability and readability.

Access Keys

To make it easier to navigate, we have Access Keys to use for Main Navigation using your keyboard. They can be used to jump to different sections of content across the main site (not microsites).

More in depth information about access keys can be found at W3C Accessibility Guidelines.

Available Access Keys

  • 0 = Home
  • 1 = Business
  • 2 = Tourism
  • 3 = Lifestyle
  • 4 = Calendar
  • 5 = Contact
  • s = Skip to Main Content
  • n = Skip to Main Navigation
  • m = Skip to Secondary Navigation

How to use Access Keys

Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac): Hold down the CTRL key and press the number or letter of the access key

Mozilla (PC): Hold down the ALT key and press the number or letter of the access key

Mozilla (Mac): Hold down the CTRL key and press the number or letter of the access key

Internet Explorer 5+ (PC): Hold down the ALT key, press the number or letter of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER

Netscape 7 (PC): Hold down the ALT key and press the number or letter of the access key

Safari and Omniweb (Mac): Hold down the CTRL key and press the number or letter of the access key