Thread: aren't shops supposed to be shut on Easter Sunday?

I thought the law was they had to close but I was told loads of the supermarkets were open as usual???

Even dd1's bf had to work all day at the bookies!! apparently they only close for christmas day!

Sunday trading
Requirements for large shops on Easter Sunday and Christmas Day
As well as complying with restrictions on opening hours on normal Sundays, large stores of more than 280 square metres (3,000 square feet) mustn't open on:

Easter Sunday (except Scotland)
Christmas Day
Small shops are free to open when they choose on these days.

There are significant fines for failing to comply with these requirements.



So, they can only open if they're not too big. Tesco Express etc are all ok, the larger ones closed.

why's that Zoe? Whats the thinking behind little supermarkets are okay and big ones aren't?

It's always been the rules on Sundays, the rules really only ever applied to large stores, even with the limited opening hours. Doesn't apply to smaller shops which is why the smaller corner shops have always been able to open late even on Sundays. I guess you have to draw the line somewhere, and smaller shops can be handy for emergencies.

all of the big supermarkets near me were shut...... can't believe that the bookies were open!

yeah yeah Neddy, if you say so....

(tenner on the 2.30, was it?)

I was responding to meggies post earlier in the thread....... i don't like horse racing... I'm a Snooker girl!

I know ! if there's no horse racing on they do computer horse racing(like the ones you can get on dvd i think) people must be desperate to lose money if they bet on that!

I thnk somewhere along the line people got real and decided god didn;t really give a monkeys if shops were open or not and anyway as a non christian it's proberly against my rights not to be able to shop on a christian festival day or somesuch nonsense even though I couldnt give 2 hoots personally as I hate shopping anyway.