A café owner has installed dozens of shower curtains between tables in a bid to combat coronavirus.
Francini Osorio, who runs Francini Cafe De Colombia in Worcester, said he hopes his idea can inspire other businesses desperate to reopen after months of uncertainty.
The businessman used more than 30 shower curtains as dividers between tables in a trial phase during lockdown and has more on order.
Francini, originally from Colombia, said: "Where I come from we don't sink, we stand up and we keep going. The idea is to keep people together but separated by the curtain.
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"If this has inspired people, that's brilliant."
The businessman also plans to use an air purifier in an effort to protect customers in the coffee shop, which opened in 2015.
But while he plans to provide gloves, Francini has encouraged people to bring their own masks.
Figures recently suggested more than 20,000 of the businesses which had to close at the start of the lockdown will never be able to reopen.
Professor Joshua Bamfield, director at the Centre for Retail Research, said: "We expect large retail businesses to now be looking at exactly how many stores they expect to operate in 2021 and beyond in order to trade successfully moving forward."
Prime Minister Boris Johnson previously said all non-essential shops would have to close for at least three weeks as the country tries to stop the spread of the virus.
Non-food stores, such as fashion, will likely be hardest hit, with experts predicting some companies will see more than 80 per cent of their income drop during the lockdown.
They have been forced to cancel dividends, defer capital investment and cut staffing costs by reducing hours or temporarily laying workers off – called "furloughing".
Under the Government's bumper £350billion package of measures, retail companies are exempt from business rates for a year, they can apply for loans to pay bills and defer VAT payments for three months.
Smaller businesses, which do not pay rates, can also apply for cash grants of up to £25,000 from their local council.
