Accessibility
Accessibility Statement
Accessibility statement for the South East Business Hub; Business East Sussex; Business Essex, Southend and Thurrock (BEST) Growth Hub; and Kent & Medway Growth Hub
This accessibility statement applies to:
- https://www.bestgrowthhub.org.uk/;
- http://businesseastsussex.org.uk/;
- http://bestgrowthhub.org.uk/; and
- https://www.bestgrowthhub.org.uk/kent-medway/
These websites are run by the South East Business Hub. We want as many people as possible to be able to use these websites. For example, that means you should be able to:
- change colours, contrast levels and fonts
- zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
- navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
- navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
- listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
How accessible this website is
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
- most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
Feedback and contact information
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:
- Email hello@southeastlep.com
- Call 03330 322946
- Monday-Friday, 9am-5.30pm
Our postal address is:
South East LEP Secretariat
c/o Essex County Council
County Hall
Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
We’ll consider your request and aim to get back to you as soon as possible.
If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, call or email us for directions.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: hello@southeastlep.com FAO Zoe Gordon, Business Engagement and Communications Manager
Enforcement procedure
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person
We have access to a text relay service for people who are D/deaf, hearing impaired or have a speech impediment. Our offices have audio induction loops, or if you contact us before your visit we can arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.
This is provided by Essex County Council (ECC). You will need to contact ECC on:
- Telephone: 0345 743 0430
- Email: contact@essex.gov.uk FAO South East LEP
- Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
The South East Local Enterprise Partnership is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
Compliance status
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
- PDFs and other documents
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
PDFs and other documents
Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents. By September 2020, we plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.
Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
Navigation and accessing information
It’s not always possible to change the device orientation from horizontal to vertical without making it more difficult to view the content.
It’s not possible for users to change text size without some of the content overlapping.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
Live video
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 23/9/2020. It was last reviewed on 23/9/2020.
This website was last tested on 25/9/2020. The test was carried out by Pillory Barn Design Limited.
You can read the full accessibility test report.
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