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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

This Market Report analyses the UK shopfitting market, which was worth an estimated £2.04bn at manufacturers' selling prices (msp) in 2003, an increase of 6% on 2002.

The technology behind digital broadcasting is well established in the UK, but 2004 and 2005 saw a surge in the uptake of multichannel television services such as Sky Digital and Freeview.

The UK market for private security and fire protection grew by an estimated 9.5% in 2003, to a value of £6.48bn at end-user prices

Savings and investments form the essential counterpart to the financial services industry's lending activity

Since the ninth edition of Defence Equipment was published (in 2002), the Armed Forces and their supporting organisations have been in an almost perpetual state of `transformation

Table sauces and spreads comprise a range of products used as accompaniments to other foods

The movement of goods from point of manufacture to the end user relies upon the four basic transport modes

The subject of debt - consumer indebtedness, in particular - currently prompts a great deal of debate.

The road haulage industry is a vital part of the UK's freight-transportation system, although it is a mature market and one that has little real growth potential. This is demonstrated by the fact that, in 2005

This report examines the market for retail chemists (also known as retail or community pharmacies), drugstores and in-store pharmacies

Consumers spent £13.25bn on sit-down meals in restaurants in 2005, a market growth of 19% since 2001

This report analyses the UK's use of energy from renewable sources, with particular reference to biofuels and wastes, hydropower, wind and wave power

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This Market Report examines the market for temporary and contract recruitment in the UK. It covers organisations that recruit on behalf of clients for temporary positions

This Market Report examines the UK market for permanent recruitment, which includes firms engaged in general and executive permanent appointments

The ready meals market forms part of the UK prepared foods sector. The market has shown growth overall since 2001, rising by 14.4% to reach a value of £1.93bn

The customer magazine market is showing signs of reaching maturity. Many of its largest clients are becoming more demanding in their requirements, both in terms of creativity and value for money