England has entered a national 'Stay at Home' lockdown tonight, but which businesses and venues can remain open in Milton Keynes?
The Prime Minister announced the lockdown earlier this evening and the government has since published full guidance.
Although non-essential retail must close, non-essential retail can continue to provide click-and-collect (where goods are pre-ordered and collected off the premises)
They can also provide delivery services.
In addition, the following essential shops and businesses can remain open under the new rules:
- essential retail such as food shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, garden centres, building merchants and suppliers of building products and off-licences
- market stalls selling essential retail may also stay open
- businesses providing repair services may also stay open, where they primarily offer repair services
- petrol stations, automatic (but not manual) car washes, vehicle repair and MOT services, bicycle shops, and taxi and vehicle hire businesses
- banks, building societies, post offices, short-term loan providers and money transfer businesses
- funeral directors
- laundrettes and dry cleaners
- medical and dental services
- vets and retailers of products and food for the upkeep and welfare of animals
- animal rescue centres, boarding facilities and animal groomers (may continue to be used for animal welfare, rather than aesthetic purposes)
- agricultural supplies shops
- mobility and disability support shops
- storage and distribution facilities
- car parks, public toilets and motorway service areas
- outdoor playgrounds
- outdoor parts of botanical gardens and heritage sites for exercise
- places of worship
- crematoriums and burial grounds
You can read the guidance in full on the GOV.UK website here.
