Employers may benefit from investing in an office
coffee machine after a support group warned that workers could soon
start suffering from the winter blues.
According to Breathing Space, about 20 per
cent of people in the UK get Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) at
this time of the year, as a result of falling temperatures and
shorter days.
Tony McLaren, national coordinator at the group, said this can
leave them feeling anxious, depressed and irritable.
In addition, he stated that SAD can lead to
sufferers having trouble concentrating and experiencing sleep
problems.
Since this may impact on their ability to
perform at work, giving them easy access to a coffee machine could
potentially be one way in which to give employees a boost
throughout the winter.
A recent study by Quaker, published by Female
First, found that 53 per cent of people believe coffee is the ideal
tonic to help them deal with cold winter mornings, ahead of any
other type of food or drink.