After 83 days of coronavirus lockdown, non-essential stores in England reopen their doors on Monday, hoping to get the tills ringing again and start a long road to recovery.
A woman walks past a banner, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease at Oxford Circus in London, Britain June 14, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
It only applies to England, with stores in Scotland and Wales waiting for guidance from their devolved administrations on when they can resume trading. Non-essential stores in Northern Ireland reopened on Friday. The British Retail Consortium reckons the lockdown has cost non-food stores 1.8 billion pounds a week in lost revenues.
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