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Press Coverage

montage of newspapersPress coverage over the last few months has been fantastic, driving thousands of new users to the site.


In fact, everyone is talking about Direct Enquiries, from The Times and BBC to regional papers and industry magazines...

...this is just some of what they have been saying:

"Right at the tip of the public service iceberg."  BBC Radio 2

"...leading the way in improving services for the disabled."  Star Radio

"venues will benefit from the launch of a free service."  The Times

Either use the navigation bar on the left to go directly to the articles or have a look through the synopses further down the page below before reading the whole piece.

  • BBC Radio 2
    BBC Radio 2's Steve Wright recently featured directenquiries.com as their website of the day. The fantastic review of the site included all our features from pushchair access, baby changing facilities, wheelchair access and RADAR toilets to the types of businesses advertising their disabled access information. Miles Mendoza even described us as being "right at the very tip of the public service iceberg."

    To see the review on Miles' own site go to www.websiteoftheday.info

  • The Times
    The Times ran a great news piece looking at our free access assessment in their Corporate Meetings and Events Supplement.

  • BBC Ouch
    BBC Ouch, their disability focused website recieved a blog early in March about our link up with RADAR to provide information on the National Key Scheme (NKS).  You can see the blog by clicking on the above link and scrolling to the bottom of the page.  You can also read our press release on the National Key Scheme.

  • Radio Merseyside
    As part of the launch of the National Key Scheme on Direct Enquiries, our CEO was interviewed by Radio Merseyside.

  • Star Radio
    Star Radio were one of several stations to interview our chief executive during February and discuss the National Key Scheme, providing better disabled access to public toilets.

  • Lloyds Pharmacy Radio
    A long interview was conducted with our CEO during the launch of the online information from the National Key Scheme.  You can either read a transcription or download the original recording.

  • The Hotelier
    The Hotelier's March 2006 edition featured a short news item looking at our free access assessment.

  • Access All Areas
    Access All Areas, one of the leading titles in the events industry recently featured an opinion piece from our chief executive, Grant Kennedy, calling on venues to understand their legal obligations and improve disabled access.

  • Facilities Management
    Facilities Management needed an advice piece for their March issue to help their readership understand the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and improve their disabled access.  Grant Kennedy, our chief executive, responded with a detailed two page spread looking at the business case, providing guidance on the law and suggesting locations for free information.

  • Executary News
    Executary News announced Select Appointments registration on directenquiries.com in their January 06 issue as part of a news story on disabled access.

  • Menswear Buyer
    Menswear Buyer and Womenswear Buyer came to directenquires with a question for their Advice Shop: "I want to improve the access and layout of my store to make it more accomodating for disabled customers, but I don't know where to start?"

  • Peterborough Today
    Peterborough Today, a leading local paper recently interviewed our chief executive Grant Kennedy for an advice piece for local business.

  • BRC Annual
    The British Retail Consortium ran a double page spread in their annual magazine on directenquiries.com, looking at our links with the Disability Rights Commission and focusing on the business case for improving disabled access.  They even talked about ROI and featured great endorsements from some of our clients.

  • First Voice
    First Voice, the popular magazine distributed by the Federation of Small Businesses, recently wrote a piece focusing on our free access assessment and action plan, with particular reference to their benifits for small businesses.

  • Other Publications
    Unfortunatley, we can't list all of our press coverage in one page, so some of the other publications writing about us are detailed here.

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