Disabled music fans are back in the news and fortunately this time it’s not because they’ve found themselves unintentionally on the wrong end of an ill-conceived Kanye West rant. This week we’ve seen disabled people putting themselves in the news in order to both criticise and offer a solution to the terrible lack of disabled access…
After two weeks of festive fun and over indulgence it’s time to make our New Year’s Resolutions. Whilst we do think that quitting smoking, losing weight and taking up new hobbies are all noble efforts, this year at Blue Badge Style we’re aiming really high: we want to start an accessibility revolution in 2015. We…
’tis the season to be jolly but DisabledGO’s recent report on accessibility made for rather depressing reading – less than a third of departments have accessible changing rooms, two thirds of retail staff have no training in how to help disabled customers and 40% of restaurants have no accessible toilet. In response to all the gloom…
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 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…
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’…
This week started with a very trendy lunch at Hoi Polloi, an all day brasserie in Shoreditch that’s part of the ACE Hotel (see previous review). It’s run by the folks from Bistrotheque and Shrimpy’s and has a great atmosphere with subdued lighting that somehow still allows you to read the menu. It also had…
18.04.2014 Update on Hand & Flowers the inaccessible restaurant by Judge Tom Kerridge. With regard to accessibility here’s what they say, “The Hand and Flowers is a grade two listed building. We do have a few steps going down into the pub, however our front of house team will be more than happy to help…
This week I had to go for a routine appointment at Charing Cross Hospital, everything went well until I left and being pushed along the pavement we were stopped by this: It was an uneven pavement compounded by a slab that was loose and was raised by a good 5cm. Good job I don’t have…