"The value of orders received over the internet by UK non-financial businesses increased by 39% between 2001 and 2002, from £16.8billion to £23.3billion."

Source: National Statistics
( http://www.statistics.gov.uk )

"In the third quarter of 2003, 48 per cent of households in the UK (11.9 million) could access the Internet from home, compared with just nine per cent (2.3 million) in the same quarter of 1998."

Source: National Statistics
( http://www.statistics.gov.uk )

"Among those adults who had used the Internet... 84 per cent used it for e-mail, 80 per cent to find information about goods or services and 68 per cent to search for information about travel and accommodation. Over half had used it to buy or order tickets, goods or services (53 per cent)."

Source: National Statistics
( http://www.statistics.gov.uk )