Accessibility

Accessibility Statement for Orbit Business Centre Website

This website is run by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. 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 (external link) has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

 

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:

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 10 working days.

 

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or think we’re not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations, please use our report form to let us know:

 

Report an Accessibility Problem  

 

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

 

Our offices have audio induction loops, or if you contact us before your visit we can arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.

 

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

 

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council 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 compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 (external link) AA standard.

 

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

Online maps

Online maps, mapping services are exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

View accessibility regulations 

 

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or think we’re not meeting the requirements of the accessibility regulations.

 

Report an Accessibility Problem  

 

Preparation of this accessibility statement

 

This statement was prepared on 14 April 2022. 

 

We currently run tests on every page of the website using the Silktide Accessibility Tool. We also manually test our pages using auditing tools, these are WAVE accessibility evaluation tool and AXE a google chrome extension. Any new pages will be tested using these methods too. The tests are carried out by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Web Development Team.