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Top tech stats: the sharing economy, Q3 UK startup funding decline & more

sharing economy

Welcome to your round up of some of the past week’s most interesting surveys, statistics and reports relevant to those involved in the UK tech industry.

This week, we have statistics relating to the sharing economy, digital disruption, the collaborative economy and a decline in startup funding in Q3.

Sharing economy

A third of UK adults are engaging in sharing economy transactions, according to Lloyds Bank Insurance’s bi-annual ‘Britain at Home’ report.

Additionally, 22% of UK adults surveyed have adapted their homes in order to take advantage of the sharing economy. Of those that say they are engaging in the sharing economy, 30% claim to be looking to increase or maintain the same level of usage of these services in the future.

The report found the most popular services and items rented in the UK to be short-term holiday lets (27%), car rental (18%), long-term lets (14%), and parking spaces or driveways (12%)....