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Following the defeat of the Shops Bill 1986, which would have enabled widespread Sunday trading, compromise legislation was introduced in July 1994 in England and Wales, coming into force on 26 August 1994, [1] allowing shops to open, but restricting opening times of larger stores i.e. those over 280 m 2 (3,000 sq ft) to a maximum of six hours, between 10:00-18:00 only.
Up to March 2024, Toolstation had continued to grow its UK market share, opening 163 new Toolstation branches between 2020 and 2022, and adding seven more in 2023. However, its mainland Europe stores were doing less well, and Travis Perkins announced Toolstation was quitting France and reviewing its operations in Netherlands and Belgium. [11]
Several large retailers challenged the legal ruling in force, with some opening on Sundays from Christmas 1991 onwards [52] [53] This led to the Sunday Trading Act 1994 permitted "large shops" – those with a "relevant floor area" in excess of 280 m 2 (3,000 sq ft) [54] – to open for up to six hours on Sunday between the hours of 10 am and 6 ...
Also the legislation concerning (super)markets bigger than 400 m 2 in sales area was clarified by discarding the law of six designated Sundays and replacing it with Sunday opening hours from May to August and from November to December. On 15 December 2015, the Finnish parliament voted to remove all opening hour restrictions for all retailers.
Up to March 2024, Toolstation had continued to grow its UK market share, opening 163 new Toolstation branches between 2020 and 2022, and adding seven more in 2023. However, its mainland Europe stores were doing less well, and Travis Perkins announced Toolstation was quitting France and reviewing its operations in Netherlands and Belgium. [30]
Sunday opening times were limited to a maximum of five hours divided between 12pm-3pm and 6pm-10pm. All licensed premises in Wales and Monmouthshire were banned from opening on Sunday. However, private members clubs were permitted to set their own opening times according to their own club by-laws after obtaining permission to serve alcohol from ...
The Sunday Working (Scotland) Act 2003 (c. 18) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The aim of the Act was to close an anomaly in employment law in the United Kingdom, whereby shopworkers in England and Wales had the legal right to refuse to work on a Sunday, when shopworkers in Scotland did not enjoy this right.
It has 206 shops, 38 restaurants, an Odeon cinema, a Clip n’ Climb, a bingo alley, a Namco Funscape, The Escapologist and Treetop Golf, occupying over 2,000,000 sq ft (190,000 m 2) of retail floor space, making it the second-largest shopping centre in the UK, behind Westfield London. Additional retail space can be found in the adjoining Metro ...