England’s dedication to the World Cup will boost Britain’s GDP by £1.8bn as employees raise productivity by 11.7%, according to research by Vodafone UK.

The research shows that during the World Cup the 10 million workers will get to work earlier (28%), miss lunch hours (23%), put a stop to gossiping (9%) and take extra work home the night before (16%).

Vodafone UK’s director for enterprise marketing Mark Bond said: “British workers are conscientious and just as dedicated at getting the job done as they are to their team. If anything this provides employers with an encouraging sign, that given the right motivation and flexibility, employees can be trusted to manage their own time.”

The research showed that most employees could save themselves an extra four hours a week if they followed their World Cup time management tactics all the time.