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Twittering workers cost business £1.4bn

By Brian Groom, Business and Employment Editor

Published: October 26 2009 00:11 | Last updated: October 26 2009 00:11

More than half of office staff spend 40 minutes a week on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook for personal use while at work, costing businesses an estimated £1.4bn ($2.3bn) a year in lost productivity, according to a survey.

Out of 1,460 workers surveyed by Morse, an information technology services provider, 57 per cent said they used social networking sites during the working day for personal use.

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