Access Audits can help you to establish just how well your business is performing in relation to DDA legislation. This covers the issue of access to your business premises. If you are failing to provide adequate access for your employees and visitors then you could face legal action.

Access Audits and the DDA

The DDA covers a large amount of legislation relating to the use and access of buildings.

• It is highly recommended you get expert Access Audits carried out for your business.

• These specialists have a comprehensive understanding of the DDA and can apply it effectively to your business.

• Trying to work out if you comply with the DDA on your own can be a nightmare. Although you could research the details of the DDA yourself it takes skill and experience to understand which areas to apply to individual businesses.

• Professional Access Audits will take care of this task for you and save you a lot of time and hassle.

• With Access Audits you can be sure you know exactly what you need to do to comply with the DDA. This will give you peace of mind for your business.

Reasonable Steps

One of the main benefits of Access Audits is they break any necessary adjustments into reasonable steps. It could be very costly if you suddenly had to completely transform your business premises to meet the needs of disabled customers more effectively. This might put a huge financial strain on businesses and cause a lot of disruption to day-to-day operations.

• Access Audits will identify any adjustments that may be required and break them down into reasonable steps.

• Firstly Access Audits will highlight any priority recommendations. These will be significant adjustments that will need to be carried out as soon as possible.

• This could include issues like major obstacles to access that could be preventing disabled people from using your business premises.

• Alongside these recommendations Access Audits can also provide guidance on appropriate solutions and estimated costing.

• Some adjustments may represent a major financial investment and Access Audits can offer advice on budgeting and finding additional funding (such as through applications to public or charity funding).

• In the next reasonable steps the audit will identify which further adaptions to access are required but will not need to be carried out immediately.

• These can be added to your annual maintenance and refurbishment schedules. This could include issues such as improvements to signage or seating in public areas.

You can use the results of your Access Audits to help you evaluate the organisation and management of your business premises. This can help you to achieve the maximum accessibility for both your employees and also your visitors. Opening up your business to as many potential customers as possible will not only reflect well on your public image but it could also boost your ROI.

Access Audits can provide you with reasonable steps of adjustment for your business. This will help you to plan your compliance with access legislation and make it financially viable.