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By Amie Keeley I ve really missed shopping, museums too, says 74-year-old Brenda Allenby. I ll probably go to John Lewis, mainly to browse. It s just nice to have the opportunity to look around the shops again.
After a devastating year for High Streets up and down the country, retailers are hoping for a huge boost this week.
All non-essential shops in England and Wales will be able to welcome customers from Monday, more than three months after closing their doors.
In Scotland, non-essential retail is due to reopen on 26 April, while in Northern Ireland, only contactless click-and-collect will be permitted for non-essential retail businesses from 12 April.
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Store managers are advised to deploy a staff member to control entry to changing rooms and only one person at a time will be allowed to use a cubicle – ruling out family members entering too .
Managers are advised to leave a gap of ‘several minutes’ between customers and cubicles should be cleaned regularly, but stores will not have to quarantine clothes that have been tried on but not bought.
Ministers hope the change will encourage shoppers back to the high street.
New guidance from the Business Department yesterday allows changing rooms to be reopened provided shops introduce measures to halt transmission of the virus. Pictured, Oxford Street in London