Out go the suits
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esearch from America ' shows that employees
: who come to work in their favourite Hawaiian shirt and a pair of cut-off jeans do a better's day work and remain in better health than their counterparts in suits and ties.
"Casual dress boosts productivity and can reduce sickness," is the finding from Ford in the US, which has spent a year researching the subject. The message has gone out to its UK empire to relax office dress codes into what is termed "business casual" attire. This has the Hawk's full support-readers will remember a time when BBC radio newsreaders wore full evening dress even though their listeners could not appreciate their sartorial correctness„
From now on I will be arriving at CM's offices in string vest and gardening trousers (HI expect at least an extra column-Ed).