Client area | RBC Brewin Dolphin

BPS Online Investing Service | RBC Brewin Dolphin

Views & insights | RBC Brewin Dolphin

Our offices | RBC Brewin Dolphin

Stewardship | RBC Brewin Dolphin

Welcome to the Investor Relations archive | RBC Brewin Dolphin Investor Relations

Complaints procedure | RBC Brewin Dolphin

Careers | RBC Brewin Dolphin

Who we are | RBC Brewin Dolphin

Links must be defined in a specific way to be accessed by screen readers, which are used by 
blind and the partially-sighted.

To work with accessibility technologies, links must contain both machine-readable text, and 
a `href` attribute. If a link is not actually
pointing to a page or part of a page, it should be replaced with another semantic element, such
as a `button`, or the `<a>` tag should have a role of `button`. 

For example:

```html
<a href="/about">About us</a>
```

If the link contains _nothing but an image_, that image should specify alternative text, e.g.

```html
<a href="/apple">
    <img src="apple.png" alt="Apple">
</a>
```

Before HTML5, an anchor was often used to create a target to link to, e.g.

```html
<a name="example"></a>
```

This is not supported in HTML5, and the use of anchors for targets is discouraged. Use an `id`
attribute on a non-anchor tag instead, e.g.

```html
<div id="example"> ... </div>
```

Empty links (e.g. `<a></a>`) are often incorrectly used for buttons or controls in a
JavaScript application. In these cases, you should usually define the link as having a more appropriate
role, e.g. as a button. To do this, use the `role` attribute (e.g `<a role="button">`), or replace 
the `<a>` tag with a more appropriate tag, such as `<button>`.

For more details, see [Technique H91](https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20161007/H91)
and learn about [ARIA roles](https://www.sitepoint.com/how-to-use-aria-effectively-with-html5/).

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Brewin Dolphin Holdings

	Title / URL	Issues
	Client area \| RBC Brewin Dolphinwww.brewin.co.uk/client-area	6
	BPS Online Investing Service \| RBC Brewin Dolphinwww.brewin.co.uk/online-investing-with-bps	4
	Views & insights \| RBC Brewin Dolphinwww.brewin.co.uk/insights?topic=Investing	4
	Our offices \| RBC Brewin Dolphinwww.brewin.co.uk/our-offices	4
	Views & insights \| RBC Brewin Dolphinwww.brewin.co.uk/insights?topic=Guides	4
	Stewardship \| RBC Brewin Dolphinwww.brewin.co.uk/about-us/stewardship	4
	Welcome to the Investor Relations archive \| RBC Brewin Dolphin Investor Relationswww.brewin.co.uk/group/investor-relations/	4
	Complaints procedure \| RBC Brewin Dolphinwww.brewin.co.uk/complaints-procedure	4
	Careers \| RBC Brewin Dolphinwww.brewin.co.uk/careers	4
	Who we are \| RBC Brewin Dolphinwww.brewin.co.uk/about-us/who-we-are	4

Ensure links can be used by screen readers

Brewin Dolphin Holdings

Where this issue has occurred