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National lockdown: Non-essential shops, hairdressers and nail salons to close in England
ALL non-essential shops, hair dressers and nail salons will shut in England as part of tough new lockdown restrictions.
The Prime Minister announced a third national lockdown this evening to help stop the spread of coronavirus.
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Essential retailers, such as supermarkets, pharmacies and garden centres will be allowed to stay open.
Millions of businesses in Tier 4 areas have already closed as part of a bid to tackle the spread of the deadly virus - but shops and businesses like hairdressers and nail salons had been allowed to remain open in Tier 3 areas.
Pubs and restaurants will still be allowed to operate takeaway and delivery services - but you won't be able to order alcohol as takeaway pints are banned.
Shops will be allowed to offer click and collect and delivery services.
List of businesses facing closure in new national lockdown
Here is the list of businesses that may close under new national lockdown measures.
This list is based on previous lockdowns in November and March.
As soon as the government updates its guidance online we will update this article.
- Non-essential shops
- Hairdressers
- Nail salons
- Barbers
- Tattoo and piercing shops
- Beauty salons
- Tanning salons
- Gyms
- Leisure centres
- Betting shops
- Vehicle showrooms (except for rentals)
- Tailors
- Tobacco and vape shops
- Market stalls selling non-essential goods
- Community centres (except for providing education and training)
- Bars, pubs, cafes and restaurants are closed except for takeaway and delivery
- Hotels, guest houses and B&Bs
- Indoor play centres and areas, including inflatable parks and soft play centres and areas (other than for people who have a disability)
- Trampolining parks (other than for elite athletes, people with a disability, supervised activities for children and for formal education or training purposes)
- Casinos
- Bingo halls
- Bowling alleys
- Indoor skating rinks (other than for elite athletes, professional dancers and choreographers, people with a disability, supervised activities for children and for formal education or training purposes)
- Amusement arcades and adult gaming centres
- Nightclubs and adult entertainment venues
- Laser quests and escape rooms
- Cinemas, theatres concert halls – other than drive-in events, broadcasting performances, training or rehearsal
- Circuses
- Snooker and pool halls (other than for elite athletes)
- Zoos, safari parks, and aquariums
- Other animal attractions including farms
- Water parks and aqua parks
- Model villages
- Museums, galleries and sculpture parks
- Outdoor sports venues such as gyms, tennis courts, golf courses
- Botanical or other gardens, biomes or greenhouses
- Theme parks, fairgrounds and funfairs
- Adventure playgrounds and parks, including ziplining
- Visitor attractions at film studios,
- Heritage sites such as castles, stately homes or heritage railways
- Landmarks including observation wheels and viewing platforms
What non essential shops can open?
The list is expected to include:
- Supermarkets
- Pharmacies
- Garden centres and Christmas tree retailers
- Building merchants and suppliers of building products and off-licences
- Market stalls selling essential retail
- Businesses providing repair services but only if they primarily offer repair services
- Petrol stations
- Automatic (but not manual) car washes
- Vehicle repair and MOT services
- Bicycle shops
- Taxi and vehicle hire businesses
- Banks and building societies
- Post offices
- Short-term loan providers and money transfer businesses
- Funeral directors
- Laundrettes and dry cleaners
- Medical and dental services
- Vets and pet shops
- Animal rescue centres, boarding facilities, and animal groomers
- Agricultural supplies shops
- Mobility and disability support shops
- Storage and distribution facilities
- Car parks
- Public toilets
- Motorway service areas
- Outdoor playgrounds
- outdoor parts of botanical gardens and heritage sites for exercise
- Places of worship
- Crematoriums and burial grounds
Libraries can also remain open to provide access to IT and digital services
– for example for people who do not have it at home – and for
click-and-collect services.
Other services you can still visit which remain open are:
- The NHS and medical services like GPs and dentists.
- Jobcentre Plus sites
- Courts and probation services
- Civil registrations offices
- Passport and visa services
- Services provided to victims
- Waste or recycling centres
- Getting an MOT, if you need to drive when lawfully leaving
home
Exemptions to the list of places which have to close include:
- education and training – for schools to use sports, leisure and
community facilities where that is part of their normal provision childcare purposes and supervised activities for those children
eligible to attend - Hosting blood donation sessions and food banks
- To provide medical treatment
- For elite sports persons to train and compete (in indoor and outdoor sports facilities), and professional dancers and choreographers to work (in fitness and dance studios)
- For training and rehearsal without an audience (in theatres and concert halls)
- For the purposes of film and TV filming
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