Quote Originally Posted by LBW1959 View Post
The legislated closures only apply to large retail chains. Small shops can continue to trade after 1:00pm. However, there seems to be a lot of confusion around this so I suspect many shops have decided it's all too hard and are remaining closed for the day.
Not entirely true. Small shops can open if they have no more than 4 staff working on any given day of the year. Also shops on the exempt list can open. Otherwise they must remain closed.