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Glasgow Live
Glasgow Live
National
Cheryl McEvoy

Massive queues outside only B&Q to open in Scotland

A massive queue formed outside the only branch of B&Q to open in Scotland at the weekend.

Customers basked in glorious sunshine waiting in line at the Paisley store as part of a 'trial' by the company.

The company has been in total lockdown across the country until last week, when it reopened 14 of its warehouses south of the border.

It allowed some stores to trade with strict hygiene and social distancing measures in place to protect both customers and staff.

A spokesman explained: "As an essential retailer, we’ve watched other essential retailers support social distancing in their stores and are now 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.

"We’re strictly limiting the number of customers in store at any one time, and so customers may need to queue before entering the store.

"To help remind everyone to respect each other’s personal space, we have two metre floor markers throughout these stores and also perspex screens at the checkouts."

Customers waited patiently to get into the store (SNS)

Services such as kitchen and bathroom design, paint mixing, timber cutting and key cutting are not available for the time being.

The store will also only be accepting card and contactless payments.

The spokesman added: "We’re urging all customers to follow the government’s social distancing guidelines and to shop responsibly only for what is necessary."

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