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Report Summary

  • 45

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    65% of other websites

  • 80

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 50% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    57% of websites

  • 77

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    36% of websites

bvca.co.uk

BVCA | British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association > Home

Page Load Speed

53.1 sec in total

First Response

405 ms

Resources Loaded

37.6 sec

Page Rendered

15 sec

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About Website

Visit bvca.co.uk now to see the best up-to-date BVCA content for United Kingdom and also check out these interesting facts you probably never knew about bvca.co.uk

The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) is the industry body and public policy advocate for the private equity and venture capital industry in the UK.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Bvca.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 405 ms and then it took 52.7 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 95% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

bvca.co.uk performance score

45

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value6.2 s

3/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value23.4 s

0/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value9.8 s

10/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value140 ms

95/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value16.5 s

5/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

bvca.co.uk

405 ms

www.bvca.co.uk

2755 ms

default.css

775 ms

SearchSkinObjectPreview.css

1720 ms

module.css

1765 ms

Our browser made a total of 83 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 90% of them (75 requests) were addressed to the original Bvca.co.uk, 2% (2 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com and 2% (2 requests) were made to Ssl.google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (3.6 sec) belongs to the original domain Bvca.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 2.8 MB (51%)

Content Size

5.4 MB

After Optimization

2.7 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Bvca.co.uk main page is 5.4 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. 80% 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. Javascripts take 2.6 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 151.4 kB

  • Original 197.1 kB
  • After minification 158.5 kB
  • After compression 45.7 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 38.7 kB, which is 20% 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 151.4 kB or 77% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-6%

Potential reduce by 126.8 kB

  • Original 2.1 MB
  • After minification 1.9 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. BVCA images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-77%

Potential reduce by 2.0 MB

  • Original 2.6 MB
  • After minification 2.1 MB
  • After compression 594.9 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. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 2.0 MB or 77% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 452.2 kB

  • Original 532.1 kB
  • After minification 429.8 kB
  • After compression 79.9 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. Bvca.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 452.2 kB or 85% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 56 (72%)

Requests Now

78

After Optimization

22

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 78 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of BVCA. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 43 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 15 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

bvca.co.uk

bvca.co.uk

405 ms

www.bvca.co.uk

www.bvca.co.uk

2755 ms

default.css

default.css

775 ms

SearchSkinObjectPreview.css

SearchSkinObjectPreview.css

1720 ms

module.css

module.css

1765 ms

module.css

module.css

1828 ms

foundation.min.css

foundation.min.css

2450 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

1841 ms

CantarusMegaMenu.min.css

CantarusMegaMenu.min.css

1611 ms

_home.min.css

_home.min.css

1612 ms

skin.css

skin.css

1712 ms

portal.css

portal.css

2232 ms

Tiles.css

Tiles.css

2176 ms

rocketslider.css

rocketslider.css

2247 ms

swiper.css

swiper.css

2371 ms

jquery.js

jquery.js

2558 ms

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

2464 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

2462 ms

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

3647 ms

foundation.min.js

foundation.min.js

2463 ms

dnn.js

dnn.js

2463 ms

swiper.jquery.js

swiper.jquery.js

3598 ms

swiper.js

swiper.js

3599 ms

handlebars-v4.0.5.js

handlebars-v4.0.5.js

3408 ms

dnn.analytics.Injected.js

dnn.analytics.Injected.js

2999 ms

dnn.servicesframework.js

dnn.servicesframework.js

3210 ms

SearchSkinObjectPreview.js

SearchSkinObjectPreview.js

3407 ms

dnncore.js

dnncore.js

3364 ms

Tiles.js

Tiles.js

3380 ms

modernizr-custom.js

modernizr-custom.js

3379 ms

handlebars-v4.0.5.js

handlebars-v4.0.5.js

3380 ms

css

css

1235 ms

jquery.hoverIntent.js

jquery.hoverIntent.js

2713 ms

CantarusMegaMenu.js

CantarusMegaMenu.js

2706 ms

rocketslider.js

rocketslider.js

2705 ms

ThemeObjects.js

ThemeObjects.js

2251 ms

rocketlauncher.js

rocketlauncher.js

2250 ms

angular.min.js

angular.min.js

2359 ms

angular-route.min.js

angular-route.min.js

2355 ms

angular-cookies.js

angular-cookies.js

2301 ms

moment.js

moment.js

2301 ms

app.min.js

app.min.js

2263 ms

filters.min.js

filters.min.js

2214 ms

bvcaBundle.js

bvcaBundle.js

2214 ms

foundation.min.js

foundation.min.js

2269 ms

serviceProvider.js

serviceProvider.js

2149 ms

templates.min.js

templates.min.js

1665 ms

ListingController.min.js

ListingController.min.js

1664 ms

search.min.js

search.min.js

1665 ms

articleGrid.min.js

articleGrid.min.js

1542 ms

gridEqualizer.min.js

gridEqualizer.min.js

1491 ms

loadingSpinner.min.js

loadingSpinner.min.js

1434 ms

shareButton.min.js

shareButton.min.js

1433 ms

DataService.min.js

DataService.min.js

1454 ms

UtilsService.js

UtilsService.js

1454 ms

Parliamentary%20Reception%20Tile%20Banner.jpg

Parliamentary%20Reception%20Tile%20Banner.jpg

2972 ms

AuthorService.js

AuthorService.js

918 ms

twitterFeed.js

twitterFeed.js

709 ms

BVCALogoSmall.png

BVCALogoSmall.png

511 ms

BVCALogo.png

BVCALogo.png

510 ms

home-tile-img.jpg

home-tile-img.jpg

1637 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

2275 ms

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2054 ms

xR0emLgPi6AvMYbJewy8xQ.ttf

xR0emLgPi6AvMYbJewy8xQ.ttf

2054 ms

ga.js

ga.js

1203 ms

59862.js

59862.js

2217 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

2217 ms

__utm.gif

__utm.gif

670 ms

Membership-Tile-2.jpg

Membership-Tile-2.jpg

1124 ms

Policy-tile-image.jpg

Policy-tile-image.jpg

1187 ms

img-research-2.jpg

img-research-2.jpg

1090 ms

GetMenu

GetMenu

2778 ms

GetListingData

GetListingData

2886 ms

feature-img-experience.jpg

feature-img-experience.jpg

636 ms

BVCA-and-Impetus-CL-MM.jpg

BVCA-and-Impetus-CL-MM.jpg

635 ms

PE-Explained-VO-MM.jpg

PE-Explained-VO-MM.jpg

725 ms

BVCA-member-benefits-1.jpg

BVCA-member-benefits-1.jpg

730 ms

Technical-Bulletin-MM.jpg

Technical-Bulletin-MM.jpg

726 ms

2016-RIA-Research-Top.jpg

2016-RIA-Research-Top.jpg

637 ms

BVCA-Events-2017.png

BVCA-Events-2017.png

637 ms

BVCA-Training-2017.png

BVCA-Training-2017.png

818 ms

BVCA-Journal-Summer-2017-1.jpg

BVCA-Journal-Summer-2017-1.jpg

817 ms

bvca-LatestNewsViewAll.html

bvca-LatestNewsViewAll.html

1973 ms

Accessibility Review

bvca.co.uk accessibility score

80

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.

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

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

bvca.co.uk best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

bvca.co.uk SEO score

77

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 Bvca.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 Bvca.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

bvca.co.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of BVCA. 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: