Office romances have hit the headlines recently. Earlier this month McDonald's CEO, Steve Easterbrook, was dismissed for having a relationship at work and last year Intel boss Brian Kizanich left the company for breach of the ‘non fraternisation-policy’. In both cases there was a complete ban on office relationships and both men were in breach of that.

These cases have sparked a very public debate about whether such a ban is appropriate or not, given that statistics by the TUC show that one in five people meet their future spouse/civil partner in the workplace.