Accessibility Statement

If you have any questions or comments about the accessibility of this site, feel free to email us at info@pbrgroup.co.uk

1. Access keys
2. Standards compliance
3. Links
4. Images
5. Visual design
6. Acronyms and abbreviations
7. Accessibility references
8. Accessibility software and services

1. Access keys

Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT Key + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press CTRL Key + an access key.

The home page and all other pages define the following access keys:

Access key 1

Skip navigation to main content

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2. Standards compliance

1. All Pages validate as XHTML 1.0 Strict.
2. All Pages use structured semantic markup. For example, on content pages with more than one topic or subject, H tags are used for titles. JAWS users can skip to the next content heading using ALT+INSERT+ (heading number)

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3. Links

1. Many links have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, unless the text of the link already fully describes the target (such as the headline of an news article).
2. Wherever possible, links are written to make sense out of context. Many browsers (such as JAWS, Home Page Reader, Lynx, and Opera) can extract the list of links on a page and allow the user to browse the list, separately from the page.
3. There are no links that open new windows without warning.

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4. Images

All content images used in the home page and all other pages include descriptive ALT attributes. Purely decorative graphics include null ALT attributes.

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5. Visual design

This site and all pages use cascading style sheets for visual layout.

1. Styles are consistent across entire site.
2. If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets, the content of each page is still readable.

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6. Acronyms and abbreviations

Due to its technical nature, this site makes use of acronyms and abbreviations. Where necessary each instance of an acronym is defined with the appropriate XHTML tag - abbreviations however are not well supported across browsers at this time, therefore the same tag is used for abbreviations.

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7. Accessibility references

1. W3 accessibility guidelines, which explains the reasons behind each guideline.
2. W3 accessibility techniques, which explains how to implement each guideline.
3. W3 accessibility checklist, a busy developer's guide to accessibility.
4. U.S. Federal Government Section 508 accessibility guidelines.

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8. Accessibility software and services

1. Bobby, a free service to analyze web pages for compliance to accessibility guidelines.
2. HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.
3. Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer, a tool for viewing your web pages without a variety of modern browser features.
4. JAWS, a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited demo is available.
5. Lynx, a free text-only web browser.

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