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Teens drive jump in internet use on phones

...use of handsets by younger Britons, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics. More than 70 percent of people aged between 16... Read more

31 August, 2011 by Ben Woods
Mapping identity fraud's impact on the UK

Mapping identity fraud's impact on the UK

...courtesy of Cifas and copyright holders the Ordnance Survey, Royal Mail and Office for National Statistics Read more

23 October, 2010 by Karen Friar

Quarter of British 16-24-year-olds have written code

...said Lööf. The figures, which were collected by the UK Office for National Statistics in January, February and March 2011, were taken from... Read more

26 March, 2012

Click to buy: £1 in every £8 now spent online

...spent on retail is now spent online, according to stats from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released today. In November, the value of internet... Read more

15 December, 2011 by Natasha Lomas
Salesforce: Privacy needs consensus

Salesforce: Privacy needs consensus

...and their views about the use of social-networking data. Yet the Office for National Statistics has found a large uptake of social networks by... Read more

1 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Fujitsu strike will hit DVLA, HMRC and MoD

...Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), the Ministry of Defence and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) all stand to be affected if the action... Read more

8 September, 2011 by Jack Clark

'LulzSec' threatens to post UK census data online

...and processing of the 2011 Census data include UK Data Capture, the Office for National Statistics, and weapons-maker Lockheed Martin. LulzSec and rival group... Read more

21 June, 2011

Government to make public services online only

...support people who are unable apply online, he added. In August, the Office for National Statistics said that 27 percent of British households did not... Read more

23 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Photos: Apps to wake you up on the commute and find volcanoes under your feet

...tables, charts and graphs. The app uses neighbourhood statistics data from the Office for National Statistics, the Department of Communities and Local Government and others... Read more

26 August, 2010 by Nick Heath
Find GPs 1.1

Find GPs 1.1

...UK's Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) together with the Office for National Statistics Access to Services Team and covers 97.9% of... Read more

8 October, 2011
John Bull's Debt Clock 2.2

John Bull's Debt Clock 2.2

...debt and debt per UK resident based on numbers from the UK Office for National Statistics.As the office releases new data, the app will... Read more

26 August, 2011
How can the companies of 2011 continue to innovate and grow in this new economic landscape?

How can the companies of 2011 continue to innovate and grow in this new economic landscape?

...forced businesses of all kinds to slash budgets and according to the Office for National Statistics business investment fell by 23.5 percent in the... Read more

11 January, 2011
How can the companies of 2011 continue to innovate and grow in this new economic landscape?

How can the companies of 2011 continue to innovate and grow in this new economic landscape?

...forced businesses of all kinds to slash budgets and according to the Office for National Statistics business investment fell by 23.5 percent in the... Read more

6 January, 2011

Fixed-line internet connections fall in UK

...fixed-line internet connections over the third quarter of this year, the Office for National Statistics has said. In its quarterly Internet Connectivity report, published... Read more

24 November, 2008 by David Meyer

Home web-access linked to better GCSE results

...GCSE and grade D. The latest UK internet access report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed a clear link between education and... Read more

1 September, 2008 by Natasha Lomas

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