We’ve got a wealth of information at our fingertips. Alongside subscribing to the latest consumer data, market reports and profiling systems we’ve uncovered a plethora of free information on the net available to all. Government affiliated organisations conduct hundreds of surveys every year and the resulting data sets and reports are made available to the public.

I’ve compiled a list of both useful and useless facts from free of charge sources below. Some are invaluable, some random and some rude!

• 43% of 50-65 year olds are concerned about the use of additives in food while only 17% of 16-25 yr olds displayed any concern on the issue.

  Source: Vehicle Consumer Attitudes Tracker Survey – Food Standards Agency

  http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2010/jan/trackerdec09

• March 2010 has seen a 23% yoy increase in new car registrations.

  Source: Vehicle Registration & Licensing Statistics – Department of Transport

  http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublications/vehicles/

  33% of people claim they often / always leave an appliance on standby and 23% claim they often / always boil more water in the kettle than needed.

  Source: Energy Wasting Activities – The Continuous Household Survey 08/09

  http://www.csu.nisra.gov.uk/survey.asp31.htm

• 52% of people in the Manchester PCT who have visited their GP between April – December 09 have a long standing health condition.

  Source: The GP Patient Survey

  http://results.gp-patient.co.uk/report/main.aspx

• 3.1% of the UK population play bowls at least once a week.

  Source: Active People Survey from Sport England

  http://www.sportengland.org/research/active_people_survey.aspx

• 5% of people in the North West think of a colleague while having sex!

  Source: Durex British Sex Survey 2009

  http://www.durex.com/en-GB/SexualWellbeingSurvey/Pages/British-Sex-Survey-2009-Results.aspx

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