In what is already a really big win for our company, Blue Badge Style will be sending a team to Madrid this October to compete in the European Social Innovation Tournament. We’re extremely proud to have been nominated for this prestigious European-wide award for entrepreneurial endeavours which aim to make our society a better and…
We’ve found another one. What do you make of this ridiculous ramp? Too steep, too narrow and, by the looks of it, it may well lead up to an entrance with a step. We certainly wouldn’t want anything to do with it. If you see any similar rascal ramps when you’re out and about, snap…
In case you hadn’t heard by now the spending power of people with disabilities is really rather sizeable. There are about 11 million disabled people in the UK and it is generally estimated that they spend around £80 billion pounds per year. Maybe less, probably more. If businesses design stylish mobility products, they will benefit.…
Last week I visited the Electric Diner in Notting Hill, Portobello Road and it was certainly electrifying. The food (a burger) was fine and the ambience was set off by the beautiful people who go there to be cool but don’t quite make the mark. The most exciting thing of all was the ramp to…
The BBC’s Great British Menu,where top chefs compete to serve at a banquet for D-Day Veterans, is now finished but we still had to review Wales and the chef’s restaurants. Here’s what we found on the battle fronts of style, accessibility & disabled facilities. The welsh judge was Angela Hartnett whose Murano restaurant is both stylish & accessible and has been…
Last week I had to go to the National Hospital for Neurology in London. It was a check up but I still get nervous and on arrival had to use their toilet at reception. That was difficult enough as I had to wait for a member of staff to finish using it!! I was then told…
The BBC’s Great British Menu,where top chefs compete to serve at a banquet for D-Day Veterans, is now long finished but we still had to review Scotland & Wales which has taken some time to investigate. For Scotland the judge was Jeremy Lee of Quo Vadis. It’s been reviewed before and is a stylish and accessible restaurant…
To say that House of Commons Committee Room 9 was unprepared for the arrival, en mass, of around ten to fifteen wheelchair users would be an egregious understatement. In fact, it would probably be fair to say that the accessibility of the room which hosted yesterday’s parliamentary event on accessing the high streets was almost…
This week we (me and Lieutenant No.1, who insisted on singing England football chants all day), went on a visit to Bray & Marlow to see if Heston Blumenthal & Tom Kerridge (respectively) had taken any note of the disability hospitality market – worth £2BN p.a. First it was Bray which should be re-named ‘Heston’…