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Daily Record
National
Andrea Lambrou

East Kilbride B&Q reopens to public during coronavirus lockdown

B&Q East Kilbride has reopened its doors to the public during coronavirus lockdown.

The DIY retailer trialled social distancing measures in 14 of its UK stores last week, with Paisley the only Scottish location to open.

But B&Q said it is now in a position to "follow best practice" on hygiene and social distancing measures in order to keep its staff and customers safe.

Stores will open at Mavor Avenue in East Kilbride, Glasgow (Darnley and Great Western Road Retail Park), Aberdeen and Dundee from today.

Although B&Q stores have been closed since the end of March, customers have been able to buy items through the Click&Collect services.

B&Q bosses say they are continuing to offer Click+Collect service at diy.com.

However 'it may take several days for orders to be ready, and may be temporarily unavailable at busy times'.

B&Q decided to open its stores to customers after watching "other essential retailers support social distancing".

They plan to limit the number of shoppers in store at one time, display markers on the floor and will have perspex screens to protect staff at checkouts.

A B&Q spokesperson said: "As an essential retailer, we’ve watched other essential retailers support social distancing in their stores and are in a position to follow best practice and re-open a small number of our stores as a trial, while keeping our colleagues and customers safe.

"At these 14 trial stores, we’ve introduced social distancing controls, similar to shopping at a supermarket.

"We continue to urge all customers to follow the Government’s social distancing guidelines and to shop responsibly only for what is necessary."

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