1.27pm: Time for afternoon slump at work

IF you’re the type to reach for a cup of coffee in the morning to get you through the day at work, you might want to leave it until 1.27pm.

For that’s the time office workers hit a slump, a study has revealed. Researchers claim to have established the precise times staff are at their most – and least – productive.

From a peak at 10.22am, they hit their first slump at 1.27pm, followed by another at 2.06pm.

The study by agency Office Freedom found employees felt tired three times on average over a working day, with spending too much time at a computer and not taking enough breaks the chief reasons for this.