ARE YOU A BUSINESS REQUIRING DDA ADVICE?

* If you are a provider of goods and services, Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act is NOW in force. The Act is very likely to effect you and your business or organisation as it applies to the large majority of UK businesses irrespective of their size, number of employees or turnover.

* Under Part III, you have to ensure that your goods and services are as accessible to people with disabilities as possible.

* However, compliance need not be expensive - you need only do what is "reasonable" taking into account the resources of your business or organisation. All you need ensure is that people with disabilities have as near to the same level of access to your goods and services as any other customer. This need not involve providing physical access either - you could probably find an easy alternative way of making your goods and services available.

* It pays your business to comply with Part III of the DDA. Not doing so means that you will be missing out on the potential custom of at least 8.6m people with disabilities, and possibly their families and/or carers too. Non compliance could result in legal action and an unlimited fine being imposed on you, your business or organisation. If not already the case by that time, non-compliance could in turn also result in your receiving negative PR. 

* Scared and confused? Don't be. Jonathan Kaye, a freelance specialist on Part III of the DDA, offers you and your business independent advice on this new area of the law on a negotiable consultancy fee basis. Himself a wheelchair user based in the London area, he previously helped to establish and man the Government's "Disability Access Rights Advice Service" which aims to advise the likes of Business Links' and Citizens' Advice Bureaus on issues arising from DDA Part III..

Please email consult@allgohere.com or telephone Jonathan on 01923 840463 to discuss how he can advise you at competitive rates. Your confidentiality is assured if necessary.