Limited Trading on Sundays

boobyd

Sharon, why do you need to food shop after 17.00 on Sunday ? Open 24 hours 6 days week etc
Misconception that it is extra / premia pay, it all depends on contracts and t/c`s,newer contracts Sundays are part of..

bap98189

stephen77 wrote: »

Has it caused any good / bad points compared to England?

I've lived both north and south of the border. There's not really much difference with high-street shops. They are open a couple of extra hours on Sunday, but they generally open 9-5 instead of the 10-4 shops have to do in England.

The real difference is with supermarkets, which are actually open 24 hours, 7 days a week. As a consumer I much prefer the Scottish system. It can be very frustrating in England if you forget it's Sunday and realise at 3.30 that it's too late to go and get something for dinner as the shops are all closing. I don't understand in this day and age when more and more of us are working shifts or working 7 days a week why we still have this arcane law regarding shops opening on Sundays.

The days when everyone went to church on Sunday are long gone. Sunday has become the second busiest shopping day of the week. It seems bizarre to prevent shops from opening when demand is at it's highest.

barbiedoll

Retail staff have to work more and more unsociable hours for less and less pay. I don't hear a clamour for banks, offices or schools being open on Sundays so why should retail staff be the only ones who get no time with their family?

The idea that longer opening hours would boost the economy is a myth. Just because the shops were open for another 3 hours each week, wouldn't mean that we all have more money to spend in them. Even if retail staff did make a few quid extra, it's hardly going to make them rich and the rest of us aren't going to suddenly run out and spend all of our savings on a Sunday evening, just because we can.

Shops are open quite long enough, and retail staff work quite hard enough, there's no need for longer Sunday hours.

tomwakefield

fluffnutter wrote: »

Smaller shops aren't bound by the 6 hour rule on Sundays. Do you really only pass supermarkets on your way home?

Yep. The nearest small shop involves going about 15 minutes past my flat, so an extra half hour there and back.

tomwakefield

paddyrg wrote: »

Luckily you can!! Corner shops selling food can open late on Sundays if they choose, including Tesco Express, Sainsbury's Local, Spar, etc., as well as filling stations etc. How brilliant is that?!

Which would be marvellous if there were any of those remotely close to my route back from the station.

Googlewhacker

Money_User wrote: »

You mean less money? as the sunday pay benefts would be gone.........as you wonder around a deserted shop at 7 or 8 pm!

I'm sure they'd love you for your kind thoughts about them!

Less and less companies are offering extra pay for sunday hours

Googlewhacker

barbiedoll wrote: »

Retail staff have to work more and more unsociable hours for less and less pay. I don't hear a clamour for banks, offices or schools being open on Sundays so why should retail staff be the only ones who get no time with their family?

The idea that longer opening hours would boost the economy is a myth. Just because the shops were open for another 3 hours each week, wouldn't mean that we all have more money to spend in them. Even if retail staff did make a few quid extra, it's hardly going to make them rich and the rest of us aren't going to suddenly run out and spend all of our savings on a Sunday evening, just because we can.

Shops are open quite long enough, and retail staff work quite hard enough, there's no need for longer Sunday hours.

Surely if you don't like it you change jobs?

Storck

I work in retail and can not see why other sectors do not open more hours either. Banks could start opening 24 hours a day, followed by schools, and all council offices.

Does my head in when I leave work on a night and can not go to the bank or ring the council. Worse thing is that schools are only open during the day, open them all hours and let people pick when they send their kids to school.

Every business should open 24 hours a day 7 days a week because they are not open enough at the moment.

Keen_Young_Learner

We're actually really lucky in this country to have shops open at all on a Sunday. On the continent, nothing at all is open, no supermarkets, convenience or department stores at all! I spend a lot of time in Germany and cannot get used to being unable to do any shopping on a Sunday, not even for a bottle of water or a bar of chocolate...
Although shops in England can only open for 6 hours, I feel that is more than enough for most kinds of retail. I don't necessarily want to shop until 9pm in Topshop on a Sunday - but if supermarkets could open later it would certainly be useful!
One benefit of the shops being closed on a Sunday in Germany is that Sundays are quiet days to enjoy with loved ones. The cafes, restaurants and parks are full of parents and children, extended families, couples and friends spending time together, which is always nice to see!
KYL xxx

DCFC79

Answer to the OP is No No and No,

ive worked in retail and when working i was glad when it came to 4pm as i could clock out and go home at a reasonable time rather than deal with the numptys on the roads in rush hour on weekdays, retail staff deserve to have the hours as they are on a sunday

people have enough chances monday to saturday to get shopping done and if they forget something then so what and just deal with it,