Accessibility

This website is designed and built to W3C accessibility standards. This website allows equal access to people with disabilities using technologies other than standard web browsers, such as screen readers.

You can control:

  • Navigation
  • The size of the text
  • The stylesheets

Navigating this site

To navigate through this site, please use the menu on the left-hand side of the page. Your screen reader will read the menu to you and provide access to the tools on this page.

Keyboard shortcuts

Most web browsers support shortcuts called ‘Access keys’ that you can use to jump to specific areas of the site. If your browser supports them, press ALT + key (PCs) or CTRL + key (Apple Macs). With some browsers it is then necessary to press ‘Enter’ to access the shortcut.

The Access keys for this site are:

  • O - Overview
  • B - Our business
  • R - Financial review
  • G - Governance
  • F - Financial statements
  • I - Other information

In addition we use the following standard access keys as defined by the UK Government:

  • S - Skip Navigation and jump to the content
  • 1 - Home Page
  • 3 - Sitemap
  • 6 - Privacy policy
  • 8 - Terms & conditions
  • 0 - Accessibility

Font sizes

If the text is too small for you, then you can use your browser view options to change this site's preferred font size:

  • In Internet Explorer on PCs, click the View tab in the menu bar and select Text Size. You will find a choice of sizes available to use.
  • In most other browsers, including recent versions of Netscape and Internet Explorer (on Apple Macs), Text Size is renamed Text Zoom or Zoom.

Stylesheets

You may import your own stylesheet into this website as follows:

In Explorer

  • Select Tools.
  • Select Internet Options.
  • Click on the Accessibility button.
  • Click on up to three checkboxes to ignore colours, font styles or font sizes.
  • In the same window, to change your stylesheet, select the checkbox: 'Format document using my stylesheet'.
  • Browse to your stylesheet and click OK.

In Netscape.

  • Select Edit.
  • Select Preferences and then Appearance.
  • Specify your own colours and fonts.