3. We are at an interesting time
o GDS Strategy has been published
o Government is pushing through reforms
o Accessing the jobs market is now almost exclusively online
o Environment is becoming smart
o We are all social
o Government is in love with high tech manufacturing & coding
o £15m of Lottery funding this summer
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5. Those over 75 estimate that they visit on average seven websites and
‘narrow users’ six
Smartphone use is 2% aged 75+ vs. 54% of all adults
74% of those aged 75 and over prefer to bank in person vs. 42% of all adults
Over 75s that are online use the internet far less than the average adult, 7.0
hours a week v 16.8