Accessible websites perform significantly better for all users, says Better connected 2015: data collected shows that websites that are accessible for disabled people also perform better for all visitors.

176 councils (43%) are rated satisfactory for accessibility by Better connected 2015. Their performance in the main survey was then compared to that of the less accessible councils (57%). Accessible websites achieved the Better connected standard, on average, for 3.5 tasks per site compared with 2.5 for less accessible sites, and were rated on average at 2.16 out of three in reviewers’ overall assessments, compared with 1.75, the average score of less accessible sites.

Trailers online at https://www.socitm.net/research/socitm-insight/better-connected/better-connected-2015/trailers

Better connected 2015 will be published on March 2 on Socitm’s website, and can be accessed free of charge by any employee of a council that subscribes to Socitm Insight.
Around three quarters of UK councils subscribe to Socitm Insight (you can access a list of subscribers at http://www.socitm.net/paid-up-insight-subscribers). Non-subscribers can buy a copy of the printed report, available from www.socitm.net

Socitm provides a range of services to help local authorities improve their websites. See
http://www.socitm.net/research/socitm-insight/better-connected