On this page you will find the tools and advice on how to monitor the speed of our website
Marketing staff responsible for managing our website
Regular assessment of website speed should be conducted (ie. every 2mths).
It is important that our website loads quickly because:
Page speed is important to users because, well, faster pages are more efficient and provide a much better on page user experience.
Research suggests, if a page takes longer than 3 seconds to load, over a quarter of users will click away.
Mobile users expect speed, too. In the same survey, 73% of users reported visiting a website that loaded too slow. Page speed also affects conversion rate. For example, wallmart.com noted that with every second of increased page speed, they saw a two percent increase in conversion.
Simply log into these two URLS and plug in our website URL to test load speed:
Our website load speed is slower than most benchmarks because of the autoplay video at the top of the header.
Having said that, when fully optimised the website should be loading <6seconds.
If our speed test is too slow, reach out to Lightning Sites
As of 22 May 2025
Last Update Date: 10/10/2024
Updated By: Nicki Ann