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Report Summary

  • 37

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    56% of other websites

  • 68

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 33% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 79

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    40% of websites

thefirstmile.co.uk

Recycling & Waste Management Services UK | First Mile

Page Load Speed

16.1 sec in total

First Response

549 ms

Resources Loaded

14.6 sec

Page Rendered

922 ms

thefirstmile.co.uk screenshot

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Key Findings

We analyzed Thefirstmile.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 549 ms and then it took 15.5 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 90% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

thefirstmile.co.uk performance score

37

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value3.0 s

48/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value3.5 s

65/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value12.0 s

4/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value2,930 ms

3/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.011

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value30.9 s

0/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

www.thefirstmile.co.uk

549 ms

gtm.js

78 ms

style-base.css

41 ms

output.css

33 ms

jquery.min.js

57 ms

Our browser made a total of 48 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 90% of them (43 requests) were addressed to the original Thefirstmile.co.uk, 4% (2 requests) were made to Unpkg.com and 2% (1 request) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (14 sec) belongs to the original domain Thefirstmile.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 144.5 kB (37%)

Content Size

389.8 kB

After Optimization

245.3 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Thefirstmile.co.uk main page is 389.8 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 75% of websites need less resources to load and that’s why Accessify’s recommendations for optimization and resource minification can be helpful for this project. Images take 167.6 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-89%

Potential reduce by 121.6 kB

  • Original 137.0 kB
  • After minification 97.9 kB
  • After compression 15.4 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. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 39.1 kB, which is 29% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 121.6 kB or 89% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-13%

Potential reduce by 22.3 kB

  • Original 167.6 kB
  • After minification 145.4 kB

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. Obviously, The First Mile needs image optimization as it can save up to 22.3 kB or 13% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-0%

Potential reduce by 155 B

  • Original 49.1 kB
  • After minification 49.1 kB
  • After compression 48.9 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

-1%

Potential reduce by 510 B

  • Original 36.1 kB
  • After minification 36.1 kB
  • After compression 35.6 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. Thefirstmile.co.uk has all CSS files already compressed.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 14 (33%)

Requests Now

42

After Optimization

28

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 42 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of The First Mile. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 12 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

www.thefirstmile.co.uk

www.thefirstmile.co.uk

549 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

78 ms

style-base.css

style-base.css

41 ms

output.css

output.css

33 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

57 ms

lazyload.min.js

lazyload.min.js

37 ms

scroller.js

scroller.js

49 ms

main.js

main.js

52 ms

tp.widget.bootstrap.min.js

tp.widget.bootstrap.min.js

17 ms

preload.js

preload.js

70 ms

b-header.css

b-header.css

73 ms

ai.2.gbl.min.js

ai.2.gbl.min.js

65 ms

new-icons.svg

new-icons.svg

20 ms

icons.svg

icons.svg

23 ms

header.js

header.js

38 ms

flickity.pkgd.js

flickity.pkgd.js

108 ms

logo-scroll.js

logo-scroll.js

311 ms

b-footer.css

b-footer.css

32 ms

bcorp.png

bcorp.png

330 ms

hero_left.png

hero_left.png

30 ms

hero_right.png

hero_right.png

94 ms

sothebys-logo

sothebys-logo

365 ms

me-logo-38mm-slanted-01.svg

me-logo-38mm-slanted-01.svg

95 ms

gails-bakery-logo-vector.png

gails-bakery-logo-vector.png

101 ms

baker-st-bid.png

baker-st-bid.png

106 ms

hh_logo_update.svg

hh_logo_update.svg

102 ms

westminster-school-logo.png

westminster-school-logo.png

102 ms

tog-logo-big.png

tog-logo-big.png

107 ms

grosvenor-black.png

grosvenor-black.png

109 ms

atg-logo

atg-logo

519 ms

caffe-nero-logo

caffe-nero-logo

428 ms

national_gallery_logo.png

national_gallery_logo.png

133 ms

yv-logo

yv-logo

515 ms

innocent-logo

innocent-logo

679 ms

b-corp-logo-2.png

b-corp-logo-2.png

2540 ms

london_oxfordst_bikes.png

london_oxfordst_bikes.png

2199 ms

impact-report-3.png

impact-report-3.png

1968 ms

blue-recycle-bin-on-yellow-background-space-for-t-2021-09-02-22-29-34-utc-min.jpg

blue-recycle-bin-on-yellow-background-space-for-t-2021-09-02-22-29-34-utc-min.jpg

14012 ms

planting-a-tree-close-up-on-young-man-planting-th-2023-11-27-05-30-59-utc-min.jpg

planting-a-tree-close-up-on-young-man-planting-th-2023-11-27-05-30-59-utc-min.jpg

13335 ms

app-store.svg

app-store.svg

703 ms

play-store.svg

play-store.svg

723 ms

larsseit-regular.woff

larsseit-regular.woff

1739 ms

larsseit-medium.woff

larsseit-medium.woff

2110 ms

larsseit-light.woff

larsseit-light.woff

2344 ms

larsseit-bold.woff

larsseit-bold.woff

2489 ms

find.js

find.js

2171 ms

first-mile-app.png

first-mile-app.png

2150 ms

flickity.pkgd.js

flickity.pkgd.js

21 ms

Accessibility Review

thefirstmile.co.uk accessibility score

68

Accessibility Issues

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-*] attributes do not match their roles

High

[aria-hidden="true"] elements contain focusable descendents

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.

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

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

thefirstmile.co.uk best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

thefirstmile.co.uk SEO score

79

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have descriptive text

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

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

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 Thefirstmile.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 Thefirstmile.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

thefirstmile.co.uk

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of The First Mile. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: