Partners News No 1 - October 1999
By Dave Percival
Internet UK – Did you know?
- According to recent research by NOP, around 7% of UK adults are now internet users, which is the equivalent of 3.4 m people
- The number of internet users in Britain will increase by an estimated 75% each year
- The number of businesses using the web is set to increase by 50% over the next 12 months
- An estimated 2.2 million people in UK businesses have access to the internet and over two thirds of these are working in large firms
- The numbers of users purchasing products and services over the internet is increasing. By the end of 1997 approximately 1 billion on-line transactions had taken place in the UK. Around 250,000 people are shopping over the Internet each month.
(Source – www.Internet-UK.com)
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