2011 Q4/UK Consumer Finance



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    12 Oct 2011

  • Total URLs tested:

    296,316

  • Total tests run:

    96,746,806

  • Total number of PDF's:

    17,081

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    2.73%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    85.30%

  • Pages missing a title:

    3.61%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    32.41%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    96.47%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Abbey National (http://www.abbey.com/) - 95,409 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    HSBC Private Bank (http://www.hsbcprivatebank.com/)




Accessibility and Performance rankings Expand / contract icon

This table reports the average response time we recorded when testing each site. A response time above 0.7 seconds can have a negative effect on user experience.

This table reports the percentage of pages on the sites we tested that passed automated WCAG 1.0 A and AA testing (0 means every page had an issue).

Organisation Avg. Response Download (kB/s)
HSBC Private Bank 0.01 256.89
Mortgages plc 0.01 435.03
Wolsey Securities 0.01 1143.81
St Andrew's Group 0.01 750.33
Williams de Broe 0.01 574.60
3i Group 0.01 430.08
European Bank 0.01 2111.31
C. Hoare &​ Co 0.01 1002.35
Numis Securities 0.02 150.85
GE Money 0.02 366.48
SAV Credit 0.02 119.27
Alliance &​ Leicester Group 0.02 491.23
Monmouthshire Buildi​ng Society 0.02 1242.34
Reliance Bank Limite​d 0.02 1658.34
CCLA Investment Mana​gement 0.02 5296.53
Julian Hodge Bank 0.02 949.56
Coutts &​ Co 0.02 1424.54
M&​G Investments 0.02 150.93
Agricultural Mortgag​e Corporation 0.02 1487.11
Bank of England 0.03 1399.45
National Cash Advanc​e 0.03 1254.34
Home of Choice 0.03 1513.75
Mortgage Force 0.03 524.42
APACS 0.03 2729.39
Adam &​ Company Group 0.03 533.34
JP Morgan Asset Mana​gement 0.03 2753.29
Yorkshire Bank 0.03 1224.32
BNP Paribas Finance 0.03 1252.69
Morgan Stanley &​ Co. International 0.03 322.02
Health Shield Friend​ly Society 0.03 608.99
Legal &​ General Bank 0.03 564.24
Close Premium Financ​e 0.03 1281.99
The Funding Corporat​ion 0.03 259.45
HFC Bank 0.04 514.46
Sage Financial Servi​ces 0.04 242.00
Eiger Systems 0.04 650.65
More Than 0.04 429.08
BIBBY Financial Serv​ices 0.04 471.82
Harrods Bank Limited​ 0.04 2093.53
Any Financial 0.04 149.00
UKI Partnerships 0.04 660.75
Arbuthnot Banking Gr​oup 0.04 936.96
Sainsbury's Bank 0.04 413.29
GE Commercial Financ​e 0.04 286.84
Rabobank Internation​al 0.04 1607.06
Mortgage Point 0.04 891.52
BCW Group 0.04 535.72
Clydesdale Bank 0.04 1671.54
UCB Home Loans 0.04 684.43
Purely Mortgages 0.04 204.62
Cheshire Building So​ciety 0.04 142.61
Citibank Internation​al 0.04 1476.50
Euler Hermes Group 0.04 1368.26
Scottish Widows Bank​ plc 0.04 1404.61
AWD Moneyextra 0.04 179.27
RBS Group 0.05 630.68
Direct Line Financia​l Services 0.05 326.51
National Westminster​ Bank - NatWest 0.05 383.65
PayPoint 0.05 972.68
Barclaycard 0.05 1248.12
Isle of Man Bank Lim​ited 0.05 580.44
Communications Worke​rs Friendly Society 0.05 842.58
Ulster Bank 0.05 1015.00
European Central Ban​k 0.05 1509.85
National Deposit Fri​endly Society 0.05 20.46
British Credit Trust​ 0.05 422.81
Deutsche Bank 0.05 1093.78
Charterhouse Bank Li​mited 0.05 757.02
LMS Holdings 0.05 402.80
Scarborough Building​ Society 0.05 588.95
Chelsea Building Soc​iety 0.06 293.59
Hitachi Capital 0.06 1028.43
Brown Shipley 0.06 1269.16
Stroud and Swindon B​uilding Society 0.06 685.26
Pink Home Loans 0.06 172.62
Smith &​ Williamson Holdings​ Ltd 0.06 2931.96
GMAC RFC 0.06 430.82
Daiwa Securities SMB​C Europe 0.06 2893.83
Royal Bank of Scotla​nd International 0.06 430.28
Cater Allen Private ​Bank 0.06 1560.51
Volkswagen Financial​ Services 0.06 606.77
HSBC Bank 0.06 486.55
Travelex Global and ​Financial Services 0.06 358.41
Goldman Sachs Intern​ational 0.06 563.06
Bank of Ireland 0.06 2697.04
Financial Ombudsman ​Service 0.06 3116.30
Dudley Building Soci​ety 0.07 652.06
Mortgage Express 0.07 376.65
West LB Bank 0.07 534.69
Technology Leasing 0.07 131.03
Leeds Building Socie​ty 0.07 428.20
Amber Homeloans 0.07 200.52
engage Mutual Assura​nce 0.07 859.22
ABN AMRO 0.07 685.99
Mirabaud Investment ​Management 0.07 501.80
London Stock Exchang​e 0.07 957.96
Britannia Building S​ociety 0.07 651.37
Exclusive Connection​s 0.07 70.34
Close Brothers Bank 0.07 2252.42
West Bromwich Buildi​ng Society 0.07 336.44
Coventry Building So​ciety 0.07 498.78
SWIFT 0.08 2854.88
Standard Chartered B​ank 0.08 1124.10
Abbey National 0.08 79.08
Co-operative Financi​al Services 0.08 505.34
Visa Europe 0.08 5416.53
Skipton Building Soc​iety 0.08 582.98
Yorkshire Building S​ociety 0.08 617.92
Brilliant Mortgages 0.09 62.75
Family Investments 0.09 965.41
Smile 0.09 285.72
Landesbank Berlin 0.09 564.31
Nationwide Building ​Society 0.09 826.24
Intelligent Finance 0.09 810.18
Kaupthing Singer &​ Friedlander 0.09 512.48
First Response Finan​ce 0.09 434.40
Aberdeen Asset Manag​ement 0.09 200.21
Tesco Personal Finan​ce Group Limited 0.09 794.63
LIFFE Euronext 0.09 796.07
Teachers Building So​ciety 0.10 960.23
Marks &​ Spencer Financial S​ervices 0.10 151.98
Newcastle Building S​ociety 0.10 717.27
Masterlease 0.10 201.23
Newbury Building Soc​iety 0.10 761.38
Bank of Ireland Mort​gages 0.10 238.22
Coface UK 0.10 569.90
Moneysupermarket 0.10 508.78
WestLB Mellon Asset ​Management (UK) 0.10 1858.01
John Charcol 0.11 479.13
WH Ireland Stockbrok​ers 0.11 1292.16
Calyon 0.11 190.72
Advantage Finance 0.11 400.38
Welcome Finance 0.11 236.30
Cahoot 0.11 348.71
Diners Club 0.11 868.29
James Hay 0.11 3008.09
Davis Group 0.11 1959.39
Paragon Group 0.11 365.49
LeasePlan UK 0.11 326.82
Vocalink 0.11 500.59
Barclays Group 0.12 1568.75
FIRSTPLUS Financial ​Group 0.12 222.74
Kensington Mortgages​ 0.12 279.99
Allied Irish Bank 0.12 192.31
First Trust Bank 0.12 216.50
Cambridge Building S​ociety 0.12 1024.57
Investec Group 0.12 956.27
Incasso Debt Recover​y 0.12 410.71
Ocean Finance 0.12 19.35
Portman 0.12 692.12
AIB Capital Markets 0.13 217.93
Commerzbank 0.13 260.13
Redmayne Bentley 0.13 329.79
Darlington Building ​Society 0.14 1498.00
Cattles 0.14 1144.01
Cash Converters 0.14 244.88
Schroders 0.14 910.88
Dresdner Kleinwort 0.14 929.27
Glitner Bank 0.15 376.52
Standard Life Bank 0.15 444.03
MasterCard 0.15 545.53
Quayle Munroe 0.15 672.86
SMBC Capital Markets​ 0.16 119.46
Secure Trust Bank Pl​c 0.16 445.09
Loughborough Buildin​g Society 0.16 1313.79
Capital One Bank (Eu​rope) 0.16 265.33
Zenith Bank (UK) Lim​ited 0.16 72.21
MBNA Europe 0.16 151.02
UBS Investment Bank 0.17 155.33
Societe Generale Gro​up 0.17 1013.45
Mortgage Trust 0.17 224.22
Nottingham Building ​Society 0.17 888.45
Mercer 0.17 250.45
Renaissance Capital ​Limited 0.17 194.34
Nomura Bank Internat​ional 0.18 1057.28
JPMorgan Chase 0.18 323.64
Building Societies A​ssociation 0.18 2714.64
Scotiabank 0.18 1053.37
Derbyshire Building ​Society 0.18 944.10
M&​S Money 0.19 357.48
Jefferies Internatio​nal 0.19 232.18
Charity Bank 0.19 971.20
Clarity Credit Manag​ement 0.19 5236.16
ARVAL 0.19 494.03
SG Hambros Bank Limi​ted 0.20 123.66
ClearDebt 0.20 491.75
Halifax 0.20 788.44
Quick Quid 0.20 212.84
Moneyfacts Group 0.21 251.85
Cheltenham &​ Gloucester 0.21 594.94
EFG Group 0.21 587.60
Blackrock 0.22 216.83
Credit Suisse Group 0.22 1529.46
Pershing Securities 0.22 251.23
Dexia Public Finance​ Bank 0.23 1423.77
Rothschild &​ Sons 0.23 1374.29
Butterfield Private ​Bank 0.23 269.05
Ipswich Building Soc​iety 0.23 1322.00
The Money Shop 0.23 620.75
GE Life 0.23 580.73
Rathbone Investment ​Management Limited 0.24 1036.60
Citigroup Global Mar​kets Limited 0.24 345.27
Bank of Montreal 0.24 193.75
Mellon 0.25 250.53
Ecology Building Soc​iety 0.25 428.86
Bank of New York Mel​lon (International) ​Ltd (The) 0.25 248.87
Anglo Irish Bank 0.26 384.85
First Data Internati​onal 0.26 94.18
Cofunds 0.26 553.20
Western Union UK 0.26 146.87
Syscap 0.26 400.71
Exeter Friendly Soci​ety 0.26 1041.15
Standard Life Invest​ments 0.27 1175.00
Merrill Lynch 0.27 291.41
GMAC Commercial Fina​nce 0.27 441.80
Sumitomo Mitsui Bank​ing Corporation Euro​pe 0.27 136.11
Bank of Scotland 0.28 325.79
Islamic Bank of Brit​ain 0.29 134.58
Scottish Widows Inve​stment 0.30 1298.65
Invesco Perpetual 0.30 131.81
Greenhill &​ Co 0.30 230.82
Airdrie Savings Bank​ 0.31 250.74
Seymour Pierce 0.31 74.93
Central Capital 0.31 409.18
PMI Europe 0.31 229.87
Charles Stanley 0.32 151.46
Debt Matters 0.32 207.15
DNB Norbank 0.33 461.81
Landesbank Hessen-Th​uringen 0.33 1012.72
Hoodless Brennan Sto​ckbrokers 0.33 573.61
Charles Schwab UK 0.34 104.30
Bank Leumi (Jersey) ​Limited 0.36 126.17
Homeloan Management 0.36 179.54
Standard Bank 0.37 201.73
Lex Vehicle Leasing 0.37 399.88
Bank of Tokyo Mitsub​ishi 0.38 149.24
Leumi Bank &​ Trust Company (Chan​nel Island) 0.39 112.23
Northern Trust 0.41 163.06
Northern Bank 0.44 381.25
KBC Peel Hunt 0.45 209.23
BM Savings 0.47 36.98
Cumberland Building ​Society 0.48 687.74
Arab Bank 0.52 2530.67
Vanquis Bank 0.53 250.93
National Irish Bank 0.53 405.06
ICICI Bank UK 0.57 66.45
SVS Securities 0.59 147.90
Barclays Capital 0.59 98.09
Gulf International B​ank 0.62 264.77
MoneyGram Internatio​nal 0.62 77.26
Birmingham Midshires​ Building Society 0.62 32.93
Old Mutual Asset Man​agers 0.65 271.73
HSBC Bermuda 0.66 58.18
Practice Plan 0.66 272.77
JCB Card Europe 0.67 26.48
Genworth Financial 0.70 2183.31
Shore Capital 0.71 142.29
Westpac Banking Corp​oration UK 0.72 79.10
Danske Bank 0.72 232.93
National Australia B​ank 0.73 94.97
Baines &​ Ernst 0.77 256.49
British Bankers' Association 0.78 766.10
Macquarie Bank UK 0.83 69.65
Investec Asset Manag​ement 0.97 877.74
ANZ Investment Bank 0.98 94.19
Woolwich Building So​ciety 0.98 305.96
Nemo Personal Financ​e 1.18 239.24
Debt Free Direct Gro​up 1.28 377.46
Julius Baer Investme​nts 1.33 593.10
EBS Building Society​ 1.34 165.58
Brewin Dolphin Holdi​ngs 1.58 1665.57
Collins Stewart Euro​pe Limited 2.81 645.61
Lloyds TSB 3.03 571.48
Organisation A AA
Central Capital100.00100.00
Julian Hodge Bank100.0097.56
Intelligent Finance100.0095.45
Ecology Building Soc​iety100.0068.55
Islamic Bank of Brit​ain100.0063.20
Brewin Dolphin Holdi​ngs100.0056.00
Daiwa Securities SMB​C Europe100.0049.60
Charterhouse Bank Li​mited100.0042.11
Barclaycard100.0015.20
Communications Worke​rs Friendly Society100.008.00
Birmingham Midshires​ Building Society100.007.20
M&​G Investments100.005.60
BM Savings100.004.80
Cheshire Building So​ciety100.001.60
Dexia Public Finance​ Bank100.001.60
Cheltenham &​ Gloucester100.000.80
Nemo Personal Financ​e100.000.80
Standard Life Invest​ments100.000.80
ABN AMRO100.000.00
Aberdeen Asset Manag​ement100.000.00
Adam &​ Company Group100.000.00
Amber Homeloans100.000.00
Anglo Irish Bank100.000.00
Barclays Group100.000.00
Clarity Credit Manag​ement100.000.00
Coutts &​ Co100.000.00
Cumberland Building ​Society100.000.00
Derbyshire Building ​Society100.000.00
Exeter Friendly Soci​ety100.000.00
HSBC Bermuda100.000.00
Incasso Debt Recover​y100.000.00
John Charcol100.000.00
KBC Peel Hunt100.000.00
Landesbank Berlin100.000.00
Legal &​ General Bank100.000.00
Lloyds TSB100.000.00
Monmouthshire Buildi​ng Society100.000.00
Mortgage Express100.000.00
Mortgage Point100.000.00
Mortgages plc100.000.00
National Australia B​ank100.000.00
SG Hambros Bank Limi​ted100.000.00
SMBC Capital Markets​100.000.00
Seymour Pierce100.000.00
St Andrew's Group100.000.00
UCB Home Loans100.000.00
Visa Europe100.000.00
Volkswagen Financial​ Services100.000.00
WH Ireland Stockbrok​ers100.000.00
Welcome Finance100.000.00
Westpac Banking Corp​oration UK100.000.00
GE Life99.2014.40
Dresdner Kleinwort99.203.20
Financial Ombudsman ​Service99.201.60
AIB Capital Markets99.200.00
ANZ Investment Bank99.200.00
APACS99.200.00
Cofunds99.200.00
DNB Norbank99.200.00
Debt Free Direct Gro​up99.200.00
Goldman Sachs Intern​ational99.200.00
Julius Baer Investme​nts99.200.00
Loughborough Buildin​g Society99.200.00
Royal Bank of Scotla​nd International99.200.00
Teachers Building So​ciety99.200.00
Leeds Building Socie​ty98.4065.60
Alliance &​ Leicester Group98.4040.00
Bank of Ireland98.404.00
LMS Holdings98.402.40
Bank of New York Mel​lon (International) ​Ltd (The)98.401.60
Mellon98.401.60
Charity Bank98.400.00
Charles Stanley98.400.00
Nottingham Building ​Society98.400.00
Shore Capital98.400.00
National Cash Advanc​e98.286.90
GE Money97.800.00
Ipswich Building Soc​iety97.608.80
Co-operative Financi​al Services97.602.40
JPMorgan Chase97.600.80
Nationwide Building ​Society97.600.80
Portman97.600.80
Abbey National97.600.00
European Central Ban​k97.600.00
Scarborough Building​ Society97.600.00
WestLB Mellon Asset ​Management (UK)97.600.00
engage Mutual Assura​nce97.600.00
Brown Shipley97.440.85
Isle of Man Bank Lim​ited96.800.00
MBNA Europe96.800.00
PMI Europe96.800.00
SVS Securities96.800.00
Skipton Building Soc​iety96.800.00
Syscap96.800.00
West LB Bank96.800.00
Britannia Building S​ociety96.007.20
Macquarie Bank UK96.000.80
RBS Group96.000.80
Scottish Widows Inve​stment96.000.80
Close Brothers Bank96.000.00
Davis Group96.000.00
The Funding Corporat​ion95.830.00
Morgan Stanley &​ Co. International95.200.80
Moneyfacts Group95.200.00
Invesco Perpetual95.150.97
HFC Bank95.000.00
Purely Mortgages95.000.00
SAV Credit95.000.00
Brilliant Mortgages94.850.00
UKI Partnerships94.443.70
Masterlease94.4017.60
Arab Bank94.4013.60
First Response Finan​ce94.400.00
Smile94.400.00
Exclusive Connection​s93.810.00
Bank of Tokyo Mitsub​ishi93.7512.50
Credit Suisse Group93.6011.20
Blackrock93.600.00
Glitner Bank93.600.00
Schroders93.600.00
National Irish Bank92.800.80
Capital One Bank (Eu​rope)92.800.00
JP Morgan Asset Mana​gement92.800.00
Newcastle Building S​ociety92.800.00
Vanquis Bank92.800.00
Newbury Building Soc​iety91.200.00
Agricultural Mortgag​e Corporation90.400.00
Halifax90.400.00
Old Mutual Asset Man​agers90.000.00
Bank of Scotland88.800.00
Vocalink88.800.00
BCW Group88.680.00
Rabobank Internation​al88.000.00
Danske Bank87.200.80
Rathbone Investment ​Management Limited87.200.80
National Westminster​ Bank - NatWest87.200.00
FIRSTPLUS Financial ​Group86.402.40
First Trust Bank86.400.80
Allied Irish Bank86.400.00
Cash Converters85.600.00
Bank of Montreal84.800.00
Darlington Building ​Society84.800.00
London Stock Exchang​e84.800.00
Dudley Building Soci​ety84.210.00
Clydesdale Bank84.000.00
Yorkshire Bank82.400.80
Pershing Securities82.050.00
Calyon81.600.00
First Data Internati​onal81.600.00
ICICI Bank UK80.000.80
Standard Chartered B​ank79.200.00
Technology Leasing78.260.00
Marks &​ Spencer Financial S​ervices77.600.00
M&​S Money76.8016.80
Chelsea Building Soc​iety76.800.00
Northern Bank76.800.00
More Than75.206.40
Mortgage Force75.000.00
Scottish Widows Bank​ plc72.002.40
Woolwich Building So​ciety71.670.00
Homeloan Management71.200.00
Ulster Bank71.200.00
Societe Generale Gro​up70.401.60
Tesco Personal Finan​ce Group Limited68.804.80
C. Hoare &​ Co68.520.00
Standard Bank67.270.00
Sumitomo Mitsui Bank​ing Corporation Euro​pe67.200.00
Cahoot66.670.00
HSBC Bank66.670.00
UBS Investment Bank65.600.00
Building Societies A​ssociation64.800.00
West Bromwich Buildi​ng Society64.800.00
Bank of England64.000.00
Nomura Bank Internat​ional64.000.00
Cattles63.200.00
The Money Shop63.200.00
Zenith Bank (UK) Lim​ited62.500.00
Collins Stewart Euro​pe Limited62.400.00
Landesbank Hessen-Th​uringen61.600.00
Citibank Internation​al60.760.00
Barclays Capital56.800.00
Citigroup Global Mar​kets Limited56.800.00
Eiger Systems56.800.00
Redmayne Bentley56.000.80
Standard Life Bank55.200.00
Home of Choice54.700.00
Hitachi Capital52.000.00
Moneysupermarket50.403.20
MasterCard49.600.00
British Bankers' Association46.400.00
SWIFT44.800.00
Merrill Lynch43.200.80
Ocean Finance42.400.00
Mortgage Trust40.910.00
Bank of Ireland Mort​gages38.240.00
ClearDebt36.000.00
Western Union UK33.608.00
Scotiabank33.600.00
Secure Trust Bank Pl​c32.051.28
Quick Quid29.600.00
Travelex Global and ​Financial Services28.800.00
Direct Line Financia​l Services28.000.00
Stroud and Swindon B​uilding Society26.470.00
MoneyGram Internatio​nal22.400.00
Rothschild &​ Sons19.2018.40
Kensington Mortgages​17.070.00
3i Group16.800.00
Paragon Group15.001.67
CCLA Investment Mana​gement14.860.00
GMAC Commercial Fina​nce14.402.40
Charles Schwab UK14.400.00
Practice Plan14.400.00
Wolsey Securities14.297.14
Sainsbury's Bank12.800.00
Family Investments12.220.00
AWD Moneyextra12.000.00
James Hay12.000.00
Quayle Munroe10.400.80
European Bank8.800.00
Northern Trust8.000.00
Diners Club6.800.00
Investec Group6.400.00
HSBC Private Bank4.800.00
Renaissance Capital ​Limited4.800.00
Harrods Bank Limited​4.760.00
Coface UK4.000.00
Yorkshire Building S​ociety4.000.00
National Deposit Fri​endly Society3.8130.48
ARVAL3.800.00
BNP Paribas Finance3.230.00
Baines &​ Ernst3.201.60
EBS Building Society​3.200.00
BIBBY Financial Serv​ices2.402.40
Deutsche Bank2.400.00
Genworth Financial2.400.00
Jefferies Internatio​nal2.400.00
Commerzbank1.600.00
Hoodless Brennan Sto​ckbrokers1.600.00
Investec Asset Manag​ement1.600.00
Smith &​ Williamson Holdings​ Ltd1.600.00
GE Commercial Financ​e1.020.00
Cater Allen Private ​Bank0.800.00
Coventry Building So​ciety0.800.00
Greenhill &​ Co0.800.00
JCB Card Europe0.800.00
LIFFE Euronext0.800.00
Mercer0.800.00
Mirabaud Investment ​Management0.800.00
Advantage Finance0.000.00
Airdrie Savings Bank​0.000.00
Any Financial0.000.00
Arbuthnot Banking Gr​oup0.000.00
Bank Leumi (Jersey) ​Limited0.000.00
British Credit Trust​0.000.00
Butterfield Private ​Bank0.000.00
Cambridge Building S​ociety0.000.00
Close Premium Financ​e0.000.00
Debt Matters0.000.00
EFG Group0.000.00
Euler Hermes Group0.000.00
GMAC RFC0.000.00
Gulf International B​ank0.000.00
Health Shield Friend​ly Society0.000.00
Kaupthing Singer &​ Friedlander0.000.00
LeasePlan UK0.000.00
Leumi Bank &​ Trust Company (Chan​nel Island)0.000.00
Lex Vehicle Leasing0.000.00
Numis Securities0.000.00
PayPoint0.000.00
Pink Home Loans0.000.00
Reliance Bank Limite​d0.000.00
Sage Financial Servi​ces0.000.00
Williams de Broe0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Any Financial
  • Clarity Credit Management
  • Darlington Building Society
  • Debt Matters
  • Harrods Bank Limited
  • Intelligent Finance
  • Julian Hodge Bank
  • Julius Baer Investments
  • Numis Securities
  • Practice Plan
  • SMBC Capital Markets
  • Smith & Williamson Holdings Ltd
  • Pink Home Loans
  • Welcome Finance
  • Wolsey Securities
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • Airdrie Savings Bank
  • Advantage Finance
  • Any Financial
  • Arbuthnot Banking Group
  • Leumi Bank & Trust Company (Channel Island)
  • British Credit Trust
  • Cambridge Building Society
  • Close Premium Finance
  • Debt Matters
  • EFG Group
  • Euler Hermes Group
  • Gulf International Bank
  • GMAC RFC
  • Health Shield Friendly Society
  • Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander
  • LeasePlan UK
  • Bank Leumi (Jersey) Limited
  • Lex Vehicle Leasing
  • Numis Securities
  • PayPoint
  • Reliance Bank Limited
  • Sage Financial Services
  • Pink Home Loans
  • Butterfield Private Bank
  • Williams de Broe
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • Altium Capital
  • BDS Mortgage Group
  • Capital Resolve
  • Certegy
  • Clegg Gifford Private Clients
  • DaimlerChrysler Financial Services
  • First National
  • Ford Finance Credit
  • Handelsbanken
  • Mortgage Next
  • One Account
  • Panmure Gordon
  • State Street Bank
  • Teachers Provident Society
  • Evolution Securities
  • Siemens Financial Services Limited
  • Provecta Car Plan
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Top ten functional failures

The most common categories of functional failure.

url/fetch/notfound
File not found
60.27%
url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
22.30%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
4.56%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
4.37%
url/fetch/accessdenied
Access is denied
3.94%
url/fetch/badscheme
URL scheme was unrecognised
1.51%
url/fetch/timeout
Timeout downloading file
1.49%
url/fetch/exception
Exception while downloading file
0.94%
url/fetch/redirectloop
Redirect points back to the original page
0.26%
url/fetch/badport
Server port in URL must be numerical
0.17%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
21.86%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
16.58%
file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
16.35%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
13.54%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
11.53%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
8.20%
file/html/missingattr
A start tag is missing required attributes
2.92%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
2.11%
file/url/offtop
Relative URL attempted to move beyond top level
1.61%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
1.52%