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Explanatory Notes<br />

UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2007 – <strong>SIC</strong>(2007)<br />

63.11 Data processing, hosting and related activities<br />

This class includes:<br />

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–<br />

–<br />

provision of infrastructure <strong>for</strong> hosting, data processing services and related activities<br />

specialised hosting activities such as:<br />

■ Web hosting<br />

■ streaming services<br />

■ application hosting<br />

application service provisioning<br />

general time-share provision of mainframe facilities to clients<br />

data processing activities:<br />

■ complete processing of data supplied by clients<br />

■ generation of specialised reports from data supplied by clients<br />

provision of data entry services<br />

This class excludes:<br />

–<br />

activities where the supplier uses the computers only as a tool are classified according to the nature of the services rendered<br />

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63.12 Web portals<br />

This class includes:<br />

– the operation of websites that use a search engine to generate and maintain extensive databases of Internet addresses and<br />

content in an easily searchable <strong>for</strong>mat<br />

– operation of other websites that act as portals to the Internet, such as media sites providing periodically updated content<br />

This class excludes:<br />

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–<br />

publishing of books, newspapers, journals etc. via Internet, see division 58<br />

broadcasting via Internet, see division 60<br />

63.9 Other in<strong>for</strong>mation service activities<br />

This group includes the activities of news agencies and all other remaining in<strong>for</strong>mation service activities.<br />

This group excludes:<br />

–<br />

activities of libraries and archives, see 91.01<br />

63.91 News agency activities<br />

This class includes:<br />

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news syndicate and news agency activities furnishing news, pictures and features to the media<br />

This class excludes:<br />

–<br />

–<br />

activities of independent photojournalists, see 74.20<br />

activities of independent journalists, see 90.03<br />

63.99 Other in<strong>for</strong>mation service activities n.e.c.<br />

This class includes other in<strong>for</strong>mation service activities not elsewhere classified such as:<br />

– computer-based telephone in<strong>for</strong>mation services<br />

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–<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation search services on a contract or fee basis<br />

news clipping services, press clipping services, etc.<br />

This class excludes:<br />

– activities of call centres, see 82.20<br />

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