United Kingdom - Content and E-services - E-commerce Overview

Synopsis

Archived report: this report was archived on September 2003 and has not been updated. The report brings together a range of research and statistics demonstrating the state of the British e-commerce sector in 2003. The UK e-commerce market has grown well, with more companies buying and selling online than the EU average, and over half of all Internet users making a purchase online. Government policies have supported e-commerce, and as Internet access has become cheaper, e-commerce has grown in tandem with the country’s Internet market. In May 2003, the Government announced the timetable for regulating spam.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. E-commerce
  • 2.1 Overview
  • 2.2 Regulatory environment
  • 2.3 Booz Allen Hamilton report card for the UK
  • 2.4 Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce
    • 2.4.1 Overview
    • 2.4.2 SME market
  • 2.5 Business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce
    • 2.5.1 Overview
    • 2.5.2 Evening shopping
    • 2.5.3 Expenditure levels
• 3. Related reports

• Table 1 – Share of British companies buying and selling online – 2001
• Table 2 – Procurement activities by business – July 2002
• Table 3 – SME use of the Internet for e-commerce
• Table 4 – SME planned future use of web sites
• Table 5 – UK Internet users who bought online – 2001 – 2002