Ecommerce online continues to grow

B2B Internet sales rose by 30 per cent in 2007 (Consumer sales also showing similar rises)

2007 e-commerce Survey of Business

Internet sales by UK businesses rose to £163bn in 2007, figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.

This is an increase of just over 30 per cent on the 2006 figure of £125.2bn. The trend is set to continue even in this economic downturn.

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2007 e-commerce survey

The results of the 2007 e-commerce survey, which was based on businesses with 10 or more employees, show large increases in the value of trade over the Internet and some levelling off in growth in the use of some Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), such as computers, Internet access and websites. Saturation is being reached by most business groups in these ICTs.

Key findings of the survey include:

• Internet sales represented 7.7 per cent of the total value of all sales by non-financial sector businesses in 2007.
• Internet sales accounted for 39.3 per cent of the value of sales over all ICTs in 2007, up from 35.7 per cent in 2006.
• 30.4 per cent of the value of all purchases made by non-financial sector businesses were made over the Internet or other ICTs in 2007.
• 60.8 per cent of businesses used the Internet to interact with public authorities, such as government departments and local and regional authorities in 2007, an increase of nearly 18 per cent since 2006.