A pressure group has been launched in Denmark for people who don't like getting up early.

The group - the B Society - has already signed up thousands of Danes and now has its own website to promote its cause.

Several companies and even one school now offer midday starts for employees and pupils who find it hard to wake up in the early hours.

Workers at the Health and Safety Executive have been banned from moving furniture around their offices.

Staff have been told to book a porter to complete the task - and allow two days for it to happen, reports the Daily Mail.

To hammer home the point, signs reading: 'Do not lift tables or chairs without giving 48 hours notice to HSE management', have been plastered across the walls.

Labour peer Lord Berkeley noticed the signs when he attended a meeting at the London headquarters of the HSE.