CONFERENCE CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

Britain's leading consortium of dedicated specialist conference and training venues

Site accessibility

Our web site is designed to be straightforward and easy to use for everyone. Key features to help our site visitors include user selected text sizing and access keys. This page offers a brief explanation of these features.

Is the text on our site too small? Choose a size to suit you.

To change the text size, simply follow these simple instructions.
Internet Explorer: Simply click on View >> Text size and choose a larger or smaller text setting. Alternatively, if you have a wheel-mouse, hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and using your mouse's scroll wheel, simply increase or decrease the text size.

For Other Browsers: You may be able to change the text size by holding down the Ctrl key and then pressing the + or - keys.

Using access keys to navigate around our site.

What are access keys?

Access keys are keyboard shortcuts which allow the user to navigate around a website or a piece of computer software without having to use a mouse or other pointing device.

What are the advantages of using access keys?

Its an alternative to using a mouse, or other pointing device, and can sometimes be quicker than using a mouse.

How are access keys used?

This depends on the browser you are using:

If you use Internet Explorer

  1. Press and hold the 'Alt' key

  2. Press the required letter

  3. Release the keys and press the 'ENTER' key

If you use Netscape Navigator

  1. Press and hold the 'Alt' key

  2. Press the required letter

If you are using a Mac

How do I use the access keys on this web site?

This web site uses the UK Government access key system below, plus one site specific access key.

Netscape Navigator Internet Explorer Takes you to...
Alt and S & ENTER Skip navigation
(with IE this may only work with a user-supplied style sheet)
Alt and 0 & ENTER Access key details (this page)
Alt and 1 & ENTER Home
Alt and 2 & ENTER What's New/News
Alt and 3 & ENTER Site map
Alt and 9 & ENTER Contact/Feedback
Alt and L & ENTER Locations