Retailers jump as restrictions are eased with non-essential shops to open from June 15

Retailers jump as restrictions are eased with non-essential shops to open from June 15 By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:58 BST, 26 May 2020 | Updated: 22:58 BST, 26 May 2020 British retailers were finally back on the front foot yesterday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson set a date for them to … Read more

Potential green light for non-essential shops to reopen

Boris Johnson has suggested non-essential shops could soon reopen and family ‘bubbles’ be extended as he told Britons lockdown measures may be further eased this week.    Draconian measures put in place on March 23 to limit the spread of coronavirus were eased two weeks ago to allow households to meet one person from another in … Read more

Chancellor draws up plans to reopen non-essential businesses with social distancing within weeks

The Treasury is planning to ‘get Britain back to work’ in a matter of weeks with new health and safety rules to be enforced in offices, it has been reported. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been look at way to start allowing non-essential businesses to reopen in a ‘safe and practical way’, keeping coronavirus out of … Read more

‘Non-essential’ businesses including vets, dentists and rugby clubs asked to return bottled oxygen

‘Non-essential’ businesses including vets, dentists and rugby clubs asked to return bottled oxygen amid fears there are shortages in hospitals The BOC, Britain’s largest supplier of medical gases, has been recalling oxygen Small business have been asked to return their supplies for the NHS Demand for oxygen has soared following the coronavirus outbreak in the … Read more

Britons still flock to the shops for non-essential shopping

Britons continue to flout the criteria for essential shopping – as shoppers were today seen snapping up plants, drones, mirrors and pillows. In Plymouth, hundreds of shoppers were spotted at The Range, buying a variety of items not considered to be ‘basic necessities’. The Government has said people should only leave their homes for ‘very limited … Read more

FCO advises Britons against all non-essential global travel ‘indefinitely’ due to coronavirus crisis

Britons are advised against all non-essential foreign travel ‘INDEFINITELY’, but Which? warns it will cause confusion and may leave holidaymakers out of pocket The FCO says travellers may be unable to return home if they leave the UK Which? says the advice will cause a ‘huge amount of confusion’  for travellers It adds without an … Read more