The gradual easing out of lockdown is well and truly underway.
Nicola Sturgeon unveiled Scotland's route map from tough restrictions and kickstarting the economy on Tuesday.
The First Minister announced a series of dates over the coming weeks and months that should see a semblance of normal life returning for the people of Ayrshire and Scotland as a whole.
Reopening the economy was a huge part of the announcement with a number of sectors now putting plans in place to resume business again.
The Scottish Government has since provided an expanded definition of what can open and when.
The indicative dates are all reliant upon virus data being stable and that infections aren't rising across the country.
Below is a list of dates when certain businesses and sectors can restart work.
April 5
- Reopening of non-essential ‘click and collect’ retail
- Extending the list of retail permitted to include:
° Garden centres (indoor and outdoor)
° Key cutting shops
° Mobility equipment shops
° Baby equipment shops
° Electrical repair shops
° Hairdressers and barbers (with shopfronts – not mobile services), by appointment only
° Homeware shops
° Vehicle showrooms (appointment only) and forecourts
April 26
- Travel within all of mainland Scotland permitted (subject to other restrictions that remain in place)
- Remaining shops can reopen and mobile close contact services can resume
- Gyms and swimming pools can reopen for individual exercise
- Tourist accommodation to reopen (self-catering accommodation to be restricted in line with rules on indoor gathering)
- Work in people’s homes to resume
- Outdoor hospitality to open till 10pm with alcohol permitted. Indoor hospitality permitted without alcohol and closing at 8pm
May 17
- Cinemas, amusement arcades and bingo halls can re-open subject to capacity constraints
- Small-scale indoor and outdoor events can resume subject to capacity constraints
June
- Hospitality can remain open until 11pm
- Attendance at events can increase, subject to capacity constraints
- Casinos, funfairs and soft play can open, subject to capacity constraints
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