Rathbone Brothers Plc recognise the importance of providing a website that is inclusive and available for all user groups. This page explains:
- our approach to making this website accessible, including what we have done and will do in the future;
- the facilities that we have provided for different disability groups;
- guidance on how to use particular features;
- what to do if you have any questions or feedback for us.
Approach
We believe the web pages on the site are, as a minimum, in line
with all of the priority level 1 criteria of World Wide Web
Consortium’s (W3C’s) Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines.
Select the following links to access specific details for:
Screen reader / voice browser / screen magnifier users
Partially sighted users – changing the font size
Colour-blind users
Keyboard-only users
Changing the style sheet
Questions and feedback
Screen reader / voice browser / screen magnifier
users
Our navigation mechanisms are accessible by screen readers and
voice browsers. In addition, skip links allow the user to by-pass
the navigation to the main content and also go directly to the site
tools.
- ALT + M + ENTER will take the user to the top of the main content panel;
- Alt + S + Enter will take the user to the site tools;
- ALT + N + ENTER will take the user back to the main navigation.
Text equivalents of all images have been provided and the relevant page and table header tags inserted.
Alternative mechanisms have been provided where JavaScript is used within the site.
Partially sighted users - changing the font
size
We have provided the facility to change the font size of the text
used on our web pages. If you are using Internet Explorer, select
“View” from the menu bar, then “Text Size”
and select from “Smallest” to “Largest”. In
Mozilla Firefox, select “View” from the menu bar, then
“Text Size” and select from “Increase” to
“Decrease”.
Colour-blind users
We have checked the site font and background colour combinations
for the different colour-blindness conditions and ensured that
items are not referenced by colour alone. Should you wish to change
the colour of text and background by introducing your own style
sheet, please follow the instructions in changing the style
sheet.
Keyboard-only users
The web pages on the site have been tested for use in keyboard-only
operation. When using the forms or controls for the tools, the keys
to use are as follows:
- to select from dropdown boxes, use up and down arrow keys;
- To select/unselect a check box, use the space bar;
- To move forward between links, use the tab key;
- To move back between links, use the Shift + tab keys;
- To initiate an action button, use the Enter key when the action button is selected.
Changing the style sheet
Users may import their own style sheet into the website. In
Internet Explorer, select Tools, then Internet Options and then
Accessibility. Next click on any or all of three checkboxes to
ignore colours, font styles or font sizes. In the same window, you
can change the style sheet by clicking the checkbox that says
“Format document using my style sheet”, then simply
browse to your preferred style sheet and click OK. In Mozilla
Firefox, you can change your font and colour settings by selecting
“Tools” from the menu bar, then “Options”
and select from “Fonts & Colours”.
Questions and feedback
Please contact Lucy Hodgkinson, Marketing Manager on +44 20 7399
0000