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Buyers Guide creates “one stop shop” to meet Disability Discrimination Act legislation

October 3 , 2007

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) legislation requires owners of building and employers to make “reasonable” adjustments to their buildings and operations to accommodate individuals with disabilities.

These issues affect both access and employment. After a decade of legislation and efforts by facilities managers and government employers to meet the new standards, organizations are still falling short.

The courts are increasingly becoming impatient of violations and the penalties and monetary fines continue to increase. They can go up to £600,000 or more for wrongful dismissal and access issues can cost councils tens of thousands of pounds for an individual incident.

This is where Buyers Guide can help. The www.buyersguide.co.uk website now offers a solution to busy government officials that are responsible for Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) compliance.

The website has a comprehensive list of companies that are willing to work with the public sector and offer DDA; audits, staff training, access equipment, transportation services, mobility equipment, hearing systems, DDA compliant signs, furniture, educational tools, medical products, risk assessment, consultancy and 50 other categories.

Each company lists the services and products they offer, examples of previous work, who they currently work with in the public sector as well as contact details.

Buyers Guide and it’s website have been helping UK public sector employees find companies to offer unique product and services for over 12 years.

The value that the www.buyersguide.co.uk website brings to government procurement officers and public service managers is that the can get exactly the information they need to find qualified vendors of products and services.

Each company has a tailor made profile written to specifically answer the pre-qualification questions from public sector buyers. This usually includes information like; previous work with other government bodies, years in business, industry qualifications or certifications like ISO 9002, testimonials from clients, government awards like investors in people, confirmation of equal opportunity employer status, appropriate insurance in place and specific contact details.

These companies range from family businesses to multinationals, but all have the goal of working on public sector contracts.

Contact:

Buyers Guide
0191 265 6388
0191 265 3388
www.buyersguide.co.uk

Company History

Buyers Guide, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne, was established in 1996 and is the leading online directory of UK companies that are targeting the £600 billion in public spending each year. To date, there are over 5,000 company listings in 1,200 categories on the www.buyersguide.co.uk website.