UK businesses sawweb sales rise29% to £130.4bn in
2006, according to theOffice for National
Statistics.
The increase on 2005 was measured by surveying 8,000 UK
businesses that employed 10 or more people.
The ONS said web sales last year represented 6.5% per cent of
the total value of all sales by non-financial sector
businesses.
The rapid adoption of ICT was fuelling web sales growth, said
the ONS.
It said almost one in five businesses employed ICT specialists
last year.
And nearly 99% of businesses with 1,000 or more employees had
broadband (DSL or other fixed connections) in 2006, compared with
70.3% of those with 10 to 49 employees.
More than 52% of businesses used the internet to interact with
public authorities, such as government departments and local and
regional authorities in 2006.