Big Issue Invest: digital health score 78/100

Big Issue Invest (bigissue.com) is one of 104 UK SME lenders in the SME Lender Digital Audit, our independent review of public digital signals. That work gives Big Issue Invest a digital health score of 78 out of 100, 7th of 94 and in the top third of the sector. That is 9 points above the sector median of 69. Big Issue Invest is strongest on measurement (100 out of 100), well ahead of the 51 average: whether the firm can see what is working. Big Issue Invest has most to gain on mobile speed (43 versus a 57 average), where small changes move the score.

Findability: 88 out of 100, 7 points above the 81 SME lender average. That covers showing up and making sense to Google. For mobile speed, 43 out of 100 is below the 57 average: how fast the site feels on a phone. Measurement scored 100, 49 points above the 51 average, covering whether the firm can see what is working. On accessibility, Big Issue Invest scored 94, just above the 87 average (being usable for everyone, an Equality Act duty). Big Issue Invest’s free report lists every page tested and a prioritised set of fixes.