A
third of HR professionals in the capital are regularly late for meetings,
according to new research.
The
survey, by London taxi company Blueback, compared five job functions – HR,
marketing, sales, operations and finance – and found that 31 per cent of HR
people are regularly late for face-to-face appointments.
Sales
people were most punctual, with only 18 per cent claiming to be regularly late,
with marketers the worse at 67 per cent.
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London’s
transport problems were largely to blame for the lateness across UK business,
with people routinely of leaving home early to ensure arriving on time.