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UK lunch hour closer to thirty minutes

13/07/2012

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...gym or go for a run, others enjoy a pint in a pub or shopping online. The picture we have been able to paint of lunchtime Britain shows that it is as diverse and interesting as the country itself.

“We are encouraging workers to embrace lunchtime, whatever it is that they enjoy doing.”

The research also discovered that workers in Gloucester are most likely to go for a drink during lunch, with over a fifth (21.43%) admitting to popping down their local.

Coventry is home to the meaniest employees, where one is six spend their lunchtime gossiping and slagging off their colleagues.

And Edinburgh is the lunchtime fitness capital of Britain, with one in ten staff saying they exercise over lunch.

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