High Street shops preparing ways to reopen
Trade figures have issued new social distancing guidelines for shops to prepare for any easing of the lockdown.Helen Dickinson, the BRC's boss, said:"The safety and wellbeing of retail colleagues and customers remains the highest priority."that"careful steps" will be needed when easing the lockdown.
The industry body and the union issued the advice to non-food retailers, closely based on what is already happening in many food stores. Some suggestions include:encouraging customers to shop alone where possiblecleaning door handles, lift buttons and hand rails regularlyShops that were deemed"non-essential" have been shut since the governmentThose allowed to trade under lockdown include supermarkets, pharmacies, newsagents and post offices.
Usdaw general secretary Paddy Lillis said that"Non-food retail should only start trading again when expert public health advice agrees. "However, we need to be ready and we need to make sure that the proper preparations and measures are put in place."
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