'More than half of Londoners eating lunch at their desks'

More than half of hard-working Londoners admit to eating at their desks at lunchtime, the highest number of any region in the UK.

Research shows Londoners take an average of 33 minutes for lunch - the second longest in the UK.

One in six said they take an hour or more, perhaps for lengthy deal-making business lunches.

While other parts of the country claim to skip a mid-day meal, nine out of ten Londoners said it was essential for them to eat lunch.

Although 17 per cent of London workers said they didn’t have time for lunch, the figure was half the number the North east, Yorkshire and Wales.

It would seem the packed lunch in no longer favoured with London workers - with just one in seven (16 per cent) bringing in their sandwiches from home, down from eight in 10.

Over 2,000 people were questioned for delivery service Deliveroo’s Food for Thought report. The service commissioned the report to coincide with its new lunch-time delivery service.