diff --git a/css/ebi-css-build/_ebi_footer_styles.scss b/css/ebi-css-build/_ebi_footer_styles.scss
index 9ca4db3d9815c81c0706690ff3227c209b362c45..d185a532fae096894ac30ee431b979325312af8f 100644
--- a/css/ebi-css-build/_ebi_footer_styles.scss
+++ b/css/ebi-css-build/_ebi_footer_styles.scss
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 
   // GLOBAL FOOTER
   .global-footer {
-    border-top: 5px solid #eee;
+    border-top: 5px solid $ebi-colour-light-green;
+    background-color: $ebi-colour-dark;
     padding-top: 1.5rem;
+    color: $white;
 
     h5 {
       margin-top: 1.25rem;
@@ -36,15 +38,18 @@
       list-style: none;
     }
 
-    a {
-      color: $ebi-colour-dark-grey;
+    a,
+    a:visited {
+      color: $white;
+      text-decoration: none;
+      border: none;
     }
 
     a:hover,
     a:focus,
     a:active{
-      color: $ebi-colour-dark-grey;
-      border-bottom: 1px dashed #e4e4e4;
+      color: $white;
+      text-decoration: underline;
     }
   } // END .global-footer
 
diff --git a/js/ebi-global-includes/script/4_ebiFrameworkContent.js b/js/ebi-global-includes/script/4_ebiFrameworkContent.js
index 8cdfc72811881f19032f5b124bf1fca98d569532..7a29d9056509da32cb5b9728665085473796a329 100644
--- a/js/ebi-global-includes/script/4_ebiFrameworkContent.js
+++ b/js/ebi-global-includes/script/4_ebiFrameworkContent.js
@@ -299,17 +299,17 @@ function ebiFrameworkUpdateFoot() {
   '</div>' +
   '<div class="medium-up-5 small-up-2">' +
     '<div class="column">' +
-      '<h5 class="services"><a class="services-color" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/services">Services</a></h5><ul>' + ' <li class="first"><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/services">By topic</a></li> ' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/services/all">By name (A-Z)</a></li> ' + ' <li class="last"><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/support">Help &amp; Support</a></li> ' + '</ul></div>' +
+      '<h5 class="services"><a class="" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/services">Services</a></h5><ul>' + ' <li class="first"><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/services">By topic</a></li> ' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/services/all">By name (A-Z)</a></li> ' + ' <li class="last"><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/support">Help &amp; Support</a></li> ' + '</ul></div>' +
     '<div class="column">' +
-      '<h5 class="research"><a class="research-color" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research">Research</a></h5><ul>' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/publications">Publications</a></li> ' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/groups">Research groups</a></li> ' + ' <li class="last"><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/postdocs">Postdocs</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/eipp">PhDs</a></li> ' +
+      '<h5 class="research"><a class="" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research">Research</a></h5><ul>' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/publications">Publications</a></li> ' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/groups">Research groups</a></li> ' + ' <li class="last"><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/postdocs">Postdocs</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/eipp">PhDs</a></li> ' +
     '</ul></div>' +
     '<div class="column"> ' +
-      '<h5 class="training"><a class="training-color" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training">Training</a></h5><ul>' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/handson">Train at EBI</a></li> ' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/roadshow">Train outside EBI</a></li> ' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/online">Train online</a></li> ' + ' <li class="last"><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/contact-us">Contact organisers</a></li> ' +
+      '<h5 class="training"><a class="" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training">Training</a></h5><ul>' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/handson">Train at EBI</a></li> ' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/roadshow">Train outside EBI</a></li> ' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/online">Train online</a></li> ' + ' <li class="last"><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/contact-us">Contact organisers</a></li> ' +
     '</ul></div> ' +
     '<div class="column"> ' +
-      '<h5 class="industry"><a class="industry-color" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/industry">Industry</a></h5><ul>' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/industry/private">Members Area</a></li> ' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/industry/workshops">Workshops</a></li> ' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/industry/sme-forum"><abbr title="Small Medium Enterprise">SME</abbr> Forum</a></li> ' + ' <li class="last"><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/industry/contact">Contact Industry programme</a></li> ' + '</ul></div> ' +
+      '<h5 class="industry"><a class="" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/industry">Industry</a></h5><ul>' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/industry/private">Members Area</a></li> ' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/industry/workshops">Workshops</a></li> ' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/industry/sme-forum">SME Forum</a></li> ' + ' <li class="last"><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/industry/contact">Contact Industry programme</a></li> ' + '</ul></div> ' +
     '<div class="column"> ' +
-      '<h5 class="about"><a class="ebi-color" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about">About</a></h5><ul> ' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/contact">Contact us</a>' + '<li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/events">Events</a></li> ' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/jobs" title="Jobs, postdocs, PhDs...">Jobs</a></li> ' + ' <li class="first"><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news">News</a></li> ' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/people">People &amp; groups</a></li> ' +
+      '<h5 class="about"><a class="" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about">About</a></h5><ul> ' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/contact">Contact us</a>' + '<li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/events">Events</a></li> ' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/jobs" title="Jobs, postdocs, PhDs...">Jobs</a></li> ' + ' <li class="first"><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news">News</a></li> ' + ' <li><a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/people">People &amp; groups</a></li> ' +
     '</ul></div>' +
     '</div>';