FOLLOWING recent articles in the Evening Press regarding the changes businesses are required to carry out to make employment, services and premises accessible to disabled people, I have been contacted by a number of businesses asking if there is any financial help available to them.

New guidance was published last Friday.

Many of the adjustments that businesses may make already qualify for tax relief. The new guidance clarifies the relief available in relation to several of the most common types of adjustment in order to assist businesses and encourage them to comply fully with the new law.

Full details can be found on the Inland Revenue's website at www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/specialist/disability-act-guidance.htm

Lynn Jeffries,

J D Associates,

Ashley Park Crescent,

Stockton Lane, York.

Updated: 10:27 Thursday, October 07, 2004