Accessibility is important to BG

BG is committed to producing a website for the widest possible audience, including users who have disabilities. We have developed this site to ensure compliance with priority level one criteria of W3C’s Web Accessibility Initiative, and achieved many additional level two and three criteria. To aid visually impaired users, both font sizes and colours can be altered throughout the website to suit viewing preference.

Font sizes

Visually impaired users may wish to use a larger font size. To alter the font size throughout the BG website, in Internet Explorer, select ’View’, then ’Text Size’, and choose your preferred size. In Netscape select View, then Text Zoom, and choose your preferred percentage size.

Colours and stylesheets

While we have tried to make the pages of this site as clear and readable as possible, some users may wish to alter the colour of the pages or import their own stylesheets to facilitate viewing. To achieve this, in Internet Explorer select ’Tools’, then ’Internet options’, and then ’Accessibility’. You can then select from the three colour formatting checkboxes, or choose the ’User style sheet’ option.

In Netscape select ’Edit’, then ’Preferences’ and then ’Appearance’. You will then be given the choice to specify your own colours and fonts.

Further information

For further information regarding accessibility on the internet the following link may be of some use:

World Wide Web consortium – Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) http://www.w3.org/WAI/

Access Keys

For many people using a mouse can be difficult. Therefore we have set up a number ’Access Keys’ to help you get to the main areas of the BG website using the keyboard. Even if you can use a mouse it can still be quicker to get around the site using the keyboard shortcuts.

Where relevant, we have implemented the UK Government standard access keys, with some slight variations specific to our site. All available access keys are shown below.

S - Skip navigation C - Skip to content 1 - Home page 2 - Site map 3 - Help and Access Key details 4 - Legal statement (Backspace key can be used in place of the browser’s back button)

How to use Access Keys in your Browser

Internet Explorer 5+ (PC)

Hold down the ALT key, press the number of the access key, release both keys then press ENTER

Internet Explorer 4 (PC)

Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key

Internet Explorer 5+ (Mac)

Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key

Netscape 6 and earlier (PC and Mac)

Access keys are not supported

Netscape 7 (PC)

Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key

Firefox, Mozilla (PC)

Hold down the ALT key and press the number of the access key

Firefox, Mozilla (Mac)

Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key

Safari and Omniweb (Mac)

Hold down the CTRL key and press the number of the access key

Opera

Hold down the Shift key and press Escape, release both keys, then press the number of the accesskey

Please note: Some browsers and platforms may not support the use of access keys.

Adobe Acrobat

If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader on your system. It can be automatically downloaded and installed by clicking on the image below or visiting the following address: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Some browsers may open Adobe Acrobat documents directly into the browser window. If you wish to save documents to your computer simply right click on the link to the document, and choose the ’Save Target As..." option

Website Feedback

We have attempted to make this site as user-friendly and accessible as possible. If you have any comments or suggestions regarding the content or structure of the site, please feel free to contact us using the web feedback form