AWARD-winning Wrexham company Moneypenny has marked Mental Health Awareness Week by offering top tips to minimise stressful interruptions at work. Over the past year workers’ stress associated with the interruptions caused by remote working – such as online meetings, deliveries and dogs barking – have increased and recent research shows that stress-related absence soared by 64 per cent in 2020. Further data from Berkeley University revealed that average work interruptions take 23 minutes and 15 seconds to recover from, even if the distraction is only a minute, and the inability to focus on work is directly linked to stress. To mark National Mental Health Awareness Week (May 10-16) Ceri Henfrey, Chief Operating Officer at global outsourced communications provider Moneypenny explored the true cost of interruption and shares tips for minimising interruptions during the working day.