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In 2001, UK consumers spent £35.05bn on alcoholic drinks and a further £7.55bn on soft drinks

The concept of the `extended financial family' has been developed by Skipton Building Society. The extended financial family has the potential to provide social welfare and to save the Government money in the process.

Sport is becoming increasingly important to the British — and indeed the world — on several levels

It is estimated that the UK pharmaceutical market grew by 10.5% in 2004, to a value of £12.32bn

The number of exhibitions held in the UK increased by around 2.8% in 2005. Traditionally, fewer exhibitions are staged in odd-numbered years, with many biennial shows being held in even-numbered years

The market for pet food, accessories and insurance continues to be affected by a number of lifestyle trends

This market report analyses the UK offshore oil and gas industry, which covers activities in the waters surrounding the UK

Domestic tourism — meaning internal travel by a country's residents — is fairly flat in Europe. However, the inbound market is recovering from two damaging episodes earlier in the decade

This Market Review on office equipment covers the markets for office furniture, printers and scanners, photocopiers and fax machines

27.8% of total media advertising expenditure in the year ending December 2004 was spent on newspaper advertising and

Sales of ethnic foods in the UK amounted to over £1bn in 2005, although they still only account for around 2.3% of total spending on food in the UK.

The UK market for legal services has steadily grown in value since 2000, reaching an estimated £20.2bn in 2004

This report examines UK estate agents and their principal market: the sale, leasing and renting of residential property.

This Market Review focuses on the five main sectors of the UK food market: meat and meat products

This Market Assessment report looks at how the leading residential estate-agency chains are shaping up to the challenges of the future.

This report analyses the EU water industry for water supply and waste water treatment. It is structured around a country-by-country description for each member state

This Market Assessment report on the EU renewable energy industry reviews the current situation in the market in terms of key statistics and main renewable energy source (RES) technology

This Market Assessment report looks at how the leading residential estate-agency chains are shaping up to the challenges of the future.

This Market Assessment report describes and analyses the European upstream oil and gas industry.

This Market Assessment report on the European downstream gas industry provides an account of progress towards the complete opening of the market, which will enable all customers to have a choice of supplier

In the late 1990s, the concept of electronic banking was heavily promoted and in the first wave of the application of the Internet - before the rise and fall of dotcom companies

This Market Assessment report on the European electricity industry provides an analysis of progress towards the complete liberation of the market

This Key Note Market report analyses the UK electricity industry in terms of generation, transmission, distribution and supply.

DINKYs — an acronym for `double income, no kids yet' — are married or cohabiting couples who have not yet had children (or who do not intend to do so).

In the early 2000s, the number of cruise passengers worldwide grew by between 8% and 9% a year

This Key Note Market Report analyses the UK wholesale market for electrical materials and components. In 2005, the market was worth an estimated £3.06bn, an increase of 2.5% on the previous year.

They estimates that the UK computer market, as defined by this report, was worth £36.96bn in 2002 — a marginal decline on the figure for the previous year

The chemical industry is the largest manufacturing sector in the UK, which is in turn among the top ten chemical-producing nations in the world

This Key Note market report analyses the market for electrical contracting, a vital aspect of the construction industry. In 2005, the value of the market was £11.34bn, a growth of 4.5% over the previous year.

There is much evidence that traditional class divisions in Britain have changed over the last century and into 2000 the Labour landslide victory in the 1997 General Election

Business trips account for a significant share of world tourism, and this Market Assessment report reviews the demand for business travel to, from and within the UK

A growing proportion of employers are using the online medium to recruit personnel. Around two-thirds of employers use some form of e-recruitment.

Over the past few decades, a number of factors - including the expansion of higher education and changing lifestyle aspirations

The Internet has had a profound impact on consumer behaviour in the UK, affecting work and education and opening up new channels of communication through e-mail and interactive websites.

This report looks at the retail markets for salty snacks (potato crisps, other bagged savoury snacks and snack nuts) and sweet snacks (chocolate countlines, chocolate-biscuit countlines, cereal bars and cake bars).

The UK telecommunications market was valued at £23.84bn in the year ending March 2003; Key Note estimates this to have increased to £25.06bn in the year ending March 2004.

In 2004, the UK stationery market was worth £2.18bn at manufacturers' selling prices (msp) and Key Note estimates that, in 2005, the value of the market decreased by 0.7% to £2.16bn at msp

Since the 1980s, commercial sponsorship has pervaded most professional sports, and sponsors have gained a higher profile in the 2000s through `title sponsorships'

The UK retail market for DIY tools and materials grew by 5.2% in 2004, to a value of £10.74bn. This report focuses on five major product sectors

Sportswear has been established firmly in the broader markets for clothing and footwear since the 1980s

This Review deals with the UK market for the physical distribution of goods and the industry that serves this market. Distribution is defined broadly, to include all modes of freight transport

As a whole, the UK market for soft drinks is large and mature, and Key Note estimates that it was worth £9

Retail sales of snack foods were worth an estimated £2.35bn in 2004. For the purposes of this report, these products are defined as crisps, other savoury snacks, nuts, plain and savoury biscuits, and savoury snack biscuits

This Market Report analyses the discount retailing market in the UK. The market is broadly divided into discount grocery retailers, which include companies such as Aldi Stores Ltd

This Market Report on small domestic electrical appliances covers the market for small kitchen appliances

The UK mortgage market continues to be extremely competitive. It is providing consumers with cheaper mortgages, increased flexibility and product range

This Market Assessment report reviews the current market trends and supply side developments for the UK short-breaks market, encompassing both domestic and overseas short breaks

The direct marketing industry is changing. Although the market continues to go from strength to strength, growing by an estimated 15.3% in 2005 to be worth £17.

The UK is currently undergoing a wave of retail-led town-centre redevelopment

Direct insurance is increasingly becoming the preferred method used by large financial-services companies to deliver their personal-lines general insurance. Before the arrival of direct distribution models