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Report Summary

  • 91

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    91% of other websites

  • 88

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 68% of websites

  • 92

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    80% of websites

  • 89

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    66% of websites

fernsgroup.co.uk

Ferns Group – Multi-Utility Services, Aggregates & Infrastructure

Page Load Speed

3.5 sec in total

First Response

157 ms

Resources Loaded

2.3 sec

Page Rendered

1 sec

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Key Findings

We analyzed Fernsgroup.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 157 ms and then it took 3.4 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

fernsgroup.co.uk performance score

91

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value2.5 s

67/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value2.6 s

88/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value4.4 s

74/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value30 ms

100/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.003

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value2.5 s

98/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

fernsgroup.co.uk

157 ms

fernsgroup.co.uk

572 ms

style-index.css

149 ms

style.min.css

224 ms

style.min.css

224 ms

Our browser made a total of 75 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that all of those requests were addressed to Fernsgroup.co.uk and no external sources were called. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (980 ms) belongs to the original domain Fernsgroup.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 467.3 kB (5%)

Content Size

9.6 MB

After Optimization

9.1 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Fernsgroup.co.uk main page is 9.6 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 65% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 9.4 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-82%

Potential reduce by 141.6 kB

  • Original 173.4 kB
  • After minification 172.4 kB
  • After compression 31.8 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. HTML code on this page is well minified. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 141.6 kB or 82% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 325.4 kB

  • Original 9.4 MB
  • After minification 9.1 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Ferns Group images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 48 B

  • Original 26.8 kB
  • After minification 26.8 kB
  • After compression 26.7 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. This website has mostly compressed JavaScripts.

CSS Optimization

-3%

Potential reduce by 207 B

  • Original 7.8 kB
  • After minification 7.8 kB
  • After compression 7.6 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Fernsgroup.co.uk has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 9 (12%)

Requests Now

73

After Optimization

64

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 73 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Ferns Group. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 5 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 6 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

fernsgroup.co.uk

fernsgroup.co.uk

157 ms

fernsgroup.co.uk

fernsgroup.co.uk

572 ms

style-index.css

style-index.css

149 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

224 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

224 ms

style.min.css

style.min.css

225 ms

styles.css

styles.css

154 ms

keen-slider.min.css

keen-slider.min.css

154 ms

keen-slider.js

keen-slider.js

227 ms

view.min.js

view.min.js

225 ms

index.js

index.js

226 ms

index.js

index.js

226 ms

wp-polyfill-importmap.min.js

wp-polyfill-importmap.min.js

78 ms

Home.jpg

Home.jpg

376 ms

Gas_TOP-1.jpg

Gas_TOP-1.jpg

526 ms

Water_SLIDER.jpg

Water_SLIDER.jpg

597 ms

Telecoms.jpg

Telecoms.jpg

750 ms

Infrastructure_SLIDER.jpg

Infrastructure_SLIDER.jpg

523 ms

Aggregates-1.jpg

Aggregates-1.jpg

528 ms

Recycling-3.jpg

Recycling-3.jpg

526 ms

FTM2.jpg

FTM2.jpg

674 ms

Careers_FERNS.jpg

Careers_FERNS.jpg

604 ms

About1.jpg

About1.jpg

601 ms

Future-1.jpg

Future-1.jpg

602 ms

Strategy_Excellence-3.jpg

Strategy_Excellence-3.jpg

671 ms

Capabilities.jpg

Capabilities.jpg

677 ms

SGN_logo-1.jpg

SGN_logo-1.jpg

679 ms

Thames_Water_logo-1.jpg

Thames_Water_logo-1.jpg

680 ms

UK_Power_Networks_logo-1.jpg

UK_Power_Networks_logo-1.jpg

748 ms

Cadent_logo-1.jpg

Cadent_logo-1.jpg

749 ms

KCC_logo.jpg

KCC_logo.jpg

753 ms

Openreach_logo-1.jpg

Openreach_logo-1.jpg

751 ms

Thames_Water_CS_logo.png

Thames_Water_CS_logo.png

754 ms

CS_Thames_Water.jpg

CS_Thames_Water.jpg

825 ms

Openreach_CS_logo.png

Openreach_CS_logo.png

828 ms

CS_Openreach-1.jpg

CS_Openreach-1.jpg

828 ms

KCC_logo.png

KCC_logo.png

829 ms

CS_KCC.jpg

CS_KCC.jpg

827 ms

Ssip_logo.jpg

Ssip_logo.jpg

831 ms

SCHOL_logo.jpg

SCHOL_logo.jpg

901 ms

ROSPA_logo.jpg

ROSPA_logo.jpg

902 ms

Iosh_logo.jpg

Iosh_logo.jpg

905 ms

ICO_logo.jpg

ICO_logo.jpg

903 ms

Girs_logo.jpg

Girs_logo.jpg

904 ms

Cskills_logo.jpg

Cskills_logo.jpg

905 ms

EU_Skills_logo.jpg

EU_Skills_logo.jpg

976 ms

EUSR_logo.jpg

EUSR_logo.jpg

977 ms

FORS_logo.jpg

FORS_logo.jpg

980 ms

FTA_logo.jpg

FTA_logo.jpg

963 ms

Gas_Safe_logo.jpg

Gas_Safe_logo.jpg

606 ms

Constructionline_logo.jpg

Constructionline_logo.jpg

461 ms

Considerate_Constructors_logo.jpg

Considerate_Constructors_logo.jpg

528 ms

CLOCS.logo_.jpg

CLOCS.logo_.jpg

527 ms

CG_Logo.jpg

CG_Logo.jpg

527 ms

Cemars_logo.jpg

Cemars_logo.jpg

461 ms

BSC_logo.jpg

BSC_logo.jpg

455 ms

ALH_logo.jpg

ALH_logo.jpg

454 ms

Achilles_logo.jpg

Achilles_logo.jpg

525 ms

FERNS_Group-1.png

FERNS_Group-1.png

458 ms

FERNS_Aggregates.png

FERNS_Aggregates.png

456 ms

FERNS_BPE.png

FERNS_BPE.png

453 ms

FERNS_Forefront.png

FERNS_Forefront.png

453 ms

FERNS_TM.png

FERNS_TM.png

451 ms

Dartford_Council_logo.jpg

Dartford_Council_logo.jpg

457 ms

Jackson_logo.jpg

Jackson_logo.jpg

455 ms

Westminster_City_logo.jpg

Westminster_City_logo.jpg

455 ms

National_Gas_logo.jpg

National_Gas_logo.jpg

453 ms

Amey_logo.jpg

Amey_logo.jpg

453 ms

Balfour_Beatty_logo.jpg

Balfour_Beatty_logo.jpg

452 ms

Clancy_Docwra_logo.jpg

Clancy_Docwra_logo.jpg

454 ms

Morrison_logo.jpg

Morrison_logo.jpg

452 ms

Murphy_logo.jpg

Murphy_logo.jpg

452 ms

National_Grid_logo.jpg

National_Grid_logo.jpg

451 ms

Skanska_logo.jpg

Skanska_logo.jpg

451 ms

Gravesham_B_Council_logo.jpg

Gravesham_B_Council_logo.jpg

451 ms

Accessibility Review

fernsgroup.co.uk accessibility score

88

Accessibility Issues

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

ARIA IDs are not unique

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

fernsgroup.co.uk best practices score

92

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

fernsgroup.co.uk SEO score

89

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Fernsgroup.co.uk can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Fernsgroup.co.uk main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

fernsgroup.co.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Ferns Group. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: