Findings in the report E-commerce and ICT activity, UK: 2017 include:
- E-commerce sales by businesses in the UK non-financial sector with 10 employees or more were £560 billion in 2017, rising sharply from £484 billion in 2016; this year-on-year increase of 16% was the largest since 2011.
- Growth in total e-commerce sales by businesses with 10 employees or more has been driven by an increase in website sales of £131 billion since 2011, while electronic data interchange (EDI) sales have declined by £61 billion.
- Including businesses with fewer than 10 employees, e-commerce sales were made up of £300 billion website sales and £286 billion EDI sales.
- In 2017, of businesses with 10 employees or more, 82% had a website, almost double the proportion of businesses with fewer than 10 employees, at 42%.
- Fast broadband speed of 100 Mbps or more was used by 16% of businesses with 10 employees or more in 2017, up from 4.6% in 2010.