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You and Yours: Call You and Yours: Sunday Opening Hours

Call You and Yours: Sunday Opening Hours

14/08/2012

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Call You and Yours: Sunday Opening Hours

Should the relaxation of Sunday trading laws for the Olympics be made permanent?

Julian Worricker asks if the relaxation of Sunday trading laws in England and Wales for the Olympics and Paralympics should be made permanent.

Sunday trading laws in England and Wales have been extended for the duration of the Olympics and Paralympics. Larger shops can now trade for more than six hours a day on Sundays. There are suggestions that this could continue after the Games are over to give the economy a much needed boost. 

Do you find the current Sunday trading hours inconvenient and wish that the shops were open for longer? Perhaps you attend church on a Sunday and regard it as a sacred day, or as a much needed day off to spend with friends and family. 

Will longer opening hours be the final nail in the coffin for the unique character of a Sunday? Do consumer demands now trump the idea of a day of rest? 

Are longer opening hours a good way to give the economy a much needed boost? Or do you think they would damage small businesses? If you're a shop owner or you work in retail, what do you think of the idea? 

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Presented by Julian Worricker
Produced by Olivia Skinner.

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