The Government has now updated the guidance on which retailers and services can now reopen in the UK and also those that need to remain closed, for now.
Stores and services that must remain closed:
• Hairdressers, barbers, beauty and nail salons including piercing and tattoo parlours
• Clothing, beauty and shoe stores much remain closed
• All retail stores not listed below – However, staff may be present to make deliveries or to take orders such as those through telephone, online, or mail
Here’s the full list of stores that can begin to reopen:
• Food retailers, including supermarkets
• Dental services, opticians, audiology services, chiropody, chiropractors, osteopaths and other medical or health services (including physiotherapy and podiatry services), and services relating to mental health
• Pharmacies and chemists, including non-dispensing pharmacies
• Petrol stations
• Bicycle shops
• Home-ware, building supplies and hardware stores, including where those stores supply equipment for hire
• Garden centres and plant nurseries
• Veterinary surgeries and pet shops
• Agricultural supplies shops
• Convenience stores, corner shops and newsagents
• Off-licences and licensed shops selling alcohol, including those within breweries
• Launderettes and dry cleaners
• Post offices
• Taxi or vehicle hire businesses
• Car repair and MOT services
• Car parks
• Banks, building societies, short-term loan providers, credit unions, savings clubs, cash points, currency exchange offices, businesses for the transmission of money, and businesses which cash cheques.
• Storage and distribution facilities, including delivery drop off or collection points where they are on the premises of any of the above businesses
• Public toilets
• Shopping centres may stay open but only units of the types listed above may trade
