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Personal web use costs UK £10bn | | 2008/06/10 | | A new report has suggested that the average office worker in the UK spend 1.5 hours every week surfing the web for personal use while at work.
Data released by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) showed that 60 per cent of employers believe their workers regularly use office time outside of lunch hours and formal breaks to look at non-work related web sites.
Overall, bosses believe that around 4.4 per cent of working time is lost to these websites, equating to 95 minutes a week.
This means that unauthorised website use is costing the UK economy £10.6 billion a year.
Despite this, the study found that understand the importance of the internet to personal and social and therefore view it as reasonable that staff use the tool for their own devices.
"Employers understand that the internet has become a part of everyday life and are prepared to be flexible," explained John Cridland, the CBI's deputy director general.
"Many firms feel that, as long as the job gets done, there is no problem with staff surfing for personal use.
"While an hour and a half a week may sound like a lot, it is not always wasted time. Productivity and morale can increase when firms trust staff to use the web sensibly to catch up with friends on Facebook, pay household bills, or search for a cheap flight."
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