Meanwhile, 2003 was the year that e-commerce "came of age" in the UK.

同时，2003年是英国电子商务走向成熟的一年。

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It would be very tempting for the Isle of Man to reduce its rate from the current 17.5% to 15% to attract more e-commerce, if the UK would allow this.

如果英国允许马恩岛将其税率由现在的17.5%下降到15%，一定会对电子商务非常有吸引力。

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Priceline will launch in Europe in the autumn, potentially providing competition to UK e-commerce start-ups such as Lastminute.com.

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The government has already declared its intention to make the UK the best place in the world for e-commerce and it is attempting to keep the public sector up to speed with developments in the business world.

BBC: Whitehall drive for e-government

When pure e-commerce activity was counted then the UK was definitely ahead he said.

BBC: UK e-commerce bigger, say analysts