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One in three accountants take laptop on holiday

Need to keep connection with office

AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age 07 Sep 2007

UK accountants find it only slightly easier to relax than global counterparts, according to research by specialist financial recruitment firm Robert Half .

Its research found that almost one in three UK finance professionals (31%) took their laptop or PDA with them on holiday, while one in ten (11%) said they cannot relax unless they are in touch with the office.

This was only slightly under the global average, which saw 38% of accountants take the office with them on holiday in the form of either a laptop or handheld computer.

The research also found that 34% of accountants globally admit to working in the evenings, while 37% respond to e-mails and take phone calls in the evening when they have pressing deadlines.

This compares to 36 per cent of respondents from the UK.

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