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When a person is considered to have a disability
Description of those people who are legally defined as disabled under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
How the Freedom of Information Act affects businesses
Find out how the Freedom of Information Act may affect your business if you provide goods and services to public bodies.
The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act
What is the Freedom of Information Act, who does it apply to, and how it affects commercial interests of your business.
Removing physical barriers to access
How to provide access to your services and products for people with disabilities.
Improve access and use of facilities for disabled employees
Make reasonable adjustments to physical features in the workplace to ensure equal access for staff with disabilities.
Seeking permission when improving access to business premises
The permission you might require when making changes to improve access for disabled people on your business premises.
Manage the risk of disclosure of confidential information
How to protect your business' confidential information if you share it with public bodies subject to an FOI request.
FOI and commercially sensitive information
How to protect your trade secrets and commercial interest from FOI requests if you share information with public bodies.
Use FOI to your business advantage
Use Freedom of Information requests to find and access information held by public bodies that could benefit your business.
FOI exemptions: absolute and qualified
Overview of the Freedom of Information exemptions and the right of public bodies to withhold information from disclosure.
Making our services accessible to disabled people - Lyric Theatre (video)
This video case study outlines how the Lyric Theatre’s premises, equipment, and services make its facilities accessible for all.
Fire safety and fire risk assessment
How businesses can identify fire risks, minimise the potential of fire on their premises and understand their duties to fire safety legislation.
Fire risk assessment
Carrying out a fire risk assessment and putting in place appropriate measures to ensure the risks are minimised.
Fire safety equipment and evacuation plans
You must be able to detect a fire quickly and have means of escape and equipment to fight the fire as appropriate.
Duties of the appropriate person for fire safety
How the responsible person must have a fire risk assessment in place and minimise risk using a fire management plan.
Fire safety and building work
Taking into account building regulations requirements for fire safety when building, extending or materially altering your business premises.
Fire safety responsibility
All businesses and commercial premises must have a designated person responsible for fire safety arrangements.
Fire drills and training
How fire safety training should effectively inform employees and give them an understanding of what to do if a fire breaks out.
Fire safety: record, review and revise
Keeping and maintaining records of fire safety procedures and testing fire safety equipment.
Reduce potential flood damage
Simple, low-cost steps to reduce the damage caused by flooding to your business premises.