A new report from Continental Research has found that there are now 17.9 million adults in the UK who use the Internet on a regular basis from home and/or work.
According to the study findings, consumers in the UK spent an average of GBP305 online in the last 12 months on items such as CDís, airline tickets, and books.
The research found that those in the 35 to 44 age range accounted for 35 percent of all online expenditure in the UK over the past year.
Around 36 percent of Internet users have used a Hotmail account in the last 12 months. This is equivalent to 6.4 million people.
Thirty two percent of UK Net users have gone online to use online banking services, equivalent to 5.7 million people in total.
Just under 30 percent of UK Net users have gone online to access travel route maps, while 21 percent have downloaded music from the Internet over the last 12 months.
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