Building Accessible Web Applications: The Business Case and Technical Implementation

Web accessibility is often treated as a compliance checkbox. But the 1.3 billion people living with disabilities represent a significant and underserved market — and accessible websites consistently outperform inaccessible ones in search rankings, task completion rates, and user satisfaction.

WCAG 2.1 AA: The Standard You Must Meet

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Level AA is the minimum required by UK law (Equality Act 2010) and the standard required by most public sector procurement. Meeting it requires attention to colour contrast, keyboard navigation, screen reader semantics, and form design.