I had thought that shops were allowed to open for six hours on a Sunday. Having just visited the local Toolstation, I noticed they advertise (in the shop - which brought it to my attention - and on-line):
Mon - Sat: 0700 - 1900, Sun: 0900 - 1600.
How come they are offering seven hours?
Our local Morrison's opens at 9, but you can't check out until 10, so you get 7 hours shopping, their cash registers are only open for 6 hours.
I note that Screwfix, only yards around the corner, advertise:
Opening Hours Monday - Friday 7am - 8pm Saturday 8am - 6pm Sunday 10am - 4pm
Most sh Opening times
Sunday 1000-1600
The restriction is related to retail floor space, can't remember the figure -
1,500 or 2,000 sq ft? so if you've only got an order desk and a pick-up counter you can open as long as you like. Our local corner shops are open 14 hours on Sundays.
Does it apply to the likes of them? It does to large supermarkets etc - smaller ones can open when they want.
There's a local large car spares place that is open 24/7.
I can't remember the exact wording, but it reflects what I reported.
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@davenoise.co.uk:
Ah - Remember when we used to have to plan ahead if we were doing DIY - or we went out into the countryside with our families. what did we do before we had superstores to shuffle around?
Here's the law:
In article , The Other John writes
Ah, here we are:
"There are no trading hours restrictions in Scotland." :-D
You put Vaseline on the bedroom door handle to stop the kids disturbing your fun.
YBS!!!
For clarity, the thread was about a store very definitely in England. :-)
I it does not, I am a bit surprised that Screwfix don't exploit the fact that they are not covered.
put some on the inside handle as well for more fun.
Is it not something to do with the size of the retail area so small shops can compete? Brian
It would put up their staff costs, which is probably why they have their current hours.
Sorry, that should have been:
"There are no trading hours restrictions in Scotland." :-P
Eight hours on their web site: 9:00AM to 5:00PM. There is no restriction on opening hours if their retail area is less than 280 square metres.
Actually
motor factors were one of the exceptions that could open on a Sunday before the new law
tim
"tim....." wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mid.individual.net:
...and thank goodness for that. Sunday was "fix the car day" New contact points and condensor. Perhaps a oil change.
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