More than two million UK seniors now regularly use the Internet, accounting for 13 percent of the total home online population. The NetValue report also reveals that Britain has one of the highest percentages of online seniors in Europe, surpassed only by Sweden with 17.4 percent, and Denmark with 16.3 percent. Online banking is particularly appealing to seniors with more than 40 percent of them regularly banking online. According to NetValue, nearly 25 percent of all people visiting banking sites in the UK, are aged 50 and over.

Male and female seniors in the UK use the Internet differently, reports vnunet.com. According to a new study from the charity Age Concern, almost 80 percent of men aged 55 or over, go online to search for information or to pursue their hobbies. However, 86 percent of women in the same age category prefer to use the Net to communicate with close friends and family. Of those seniors who have gone online, two-thirds believe that the Internet has had a positive impact on their lives. But the majority of UK seniors have never used the Internet and two-thirds of them said they had no intention of every doing so.

According to a new survey conducted by BTopenworld, around 83 percent of seniors in the UK go online on a regular basis. The study indicates that pensioner's mainly use the Internet to keep in touch with friends and family, and send an average of four emails a day.