Website speed is important. How important? Very - with so many sites now loading quickly, the expectation is that yours will also provide the same experience, or your visitors will just go elsewhere.
There's a reason why Google has made page speed a key factor in SEO results.
To further underline just how relevant page load time is in the modern age, the team from Hosting Tribunal have put together this infographic of stats and research findings related to page load times.
If you haven't reviewed your page speed for a while, this might just get you moving - you can also check out your page load times with Google's PageSpeed Insights test tool.