As noted in TheWorks.co.uk plc's Full Year Trading Update dated 7 May 2020, the company has been putting in place plans to re-open its stores, which have been closed since 23 March 2020. Where permitted by government guidance the company is planning to reopen all of its stores. As part of this, the company plans to re-open 465 stores across England, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland next week and will look to re-open its remaining stores in Scotland and Wales as soon as possible thereafter. The health and wellbeing of colleagues and customers has been a key priority as the Company has prepared to re-open its stores. The company is following government safety guidelines and each store will undertake a comprehensive risk assessment, to ensure it is COVID secure, ahead of re-opening. The measures put in place include appropriate social distancing protocols (e.g. limiting the number of customers in store and providing floor stickers to highlight the social distancing rules), the installation of perspex screens at till points and encouraging good hygiene in-store (e.g. providing cleaning stations, encouraging regular hand washing and the use of hand sanitiser). These measures have been supported by comprehensive guidance and training for all colleagues. Appropriate measures have also been put in place at the Company's retail distribution centre to ensure that it is COVID secure as an increasing number of colleagues have returned to this facility in recent weeks.