Businesses across Britain have announced that they will close today as a mark of respect for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, which has now been declared a bank holiday.
In guidance released by the Government, the public have been told that there will be "no obligation to suspend business" during the national mourning period.
Some businesses "may wish to consider closing or postponing events, especially on the day of the state funeral" at their own discretion.
But others will remain open to help shoppers grab their essentials and run those all important errands.
We’ve taken a look at business and services that will continue running on the day of the Queen’s funeral.
Supermarkets
While most supermarkets, including Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Aldi and Lidl, have confirmed their plans to close for the day, there will be some exceptions.
Tesco is closing its larger stores, but its Express sites will be open in the evenings from 5pm.
A small number of Express stores in Central London and Windsor will remain open throughout the day to help those attending the funeral get what they need.
Tesco UK’s Chief Executive Jason Tarry that all of Tesco's large stores will be closed for the day, adding: "We want to express our deepest condolences to the Royal Family, as well as our gratitude to Her Majesty The Queen for her unwavering service."
A ‘very limited number’ of Waitrose stores may also open on the route of the funeral procession in Central London to serve attending members of the public - but these stores will close for the funeral itself.
And while Marks & Spencer is set to close all of its stores and put its delivery services on hold, some stores in the capital will stay open for mourners to grab essentials if needed.
Asda and Morrisons are expected to close their stores altogether, or reduce opening hours. It is thought that large supermarkets will close for four hours, roughly between 10am and 2pm.
But the supermarket's smaller convenience stores will stay open to help crowds gathering to watch the funeral grab water and food for the day.
Co-op stores will only stay closed until 5pm, with the exception of some stores in central London and towards Windsor. These stores will remain open during the day to serve crowds attending the funeral.
Co-ops ecomm orders and delivery services will also resume at 5pm.
Pubs
Dedicated pub-goers will be pleased to hear that pubs are likely to stay open on the day of the Queen’s funeral.
Fullers Group - which has 400 pubs across the country - have announced that it expects all of its pubs to remain open on Monday.
A spokesperson for Fullers said: “We anticipate that Fullers pubs will be opening on the day of the funeral to provide a place for people to come together and pay their respects.”
A select number of Wetherspoon pubs in London will open at 8am and close at midnight on Monday.
However, some pubs outside of London won't open until 1pm on the day of the funeral.
A spokesperson for the pub giant said: "Wetherspoon is opening its pubs in central London, rail stations and airports and all of its hotels from 8am until midnight on Monday 19 September."
Shopping centres and retailers
Retailers across the country are set to close their stores next Monday as a mark of respect for the Queen, however some shopping centres will stay open.
Westfield London and Westfield Stratford are likely to stay open, but a number of shops within them will close for the day, depending on what individual retailers decide to do.
The same goes for Overgate Shopping Centre in Dundee and British Land’s retail centres, which include Meadowhall in Sheffield, Whiteley in Fareham, Fort Kinnaird in Edinburgh, Drake Circus in Plymouth, Giltbrook, Nottingham, Mostyn Champneys in Llandudno, and Forster Square in Bradford.
Landsec have also said its shopping centres will adhere to bank holiday opening times but retailers will make their own decisions.
Landsec's centres include Trinity Leeds, Bluewater in Kent, White Rose Centre in Leeds, Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth, St David's Dewi Sant in Cardiff, Junction 32 in Yorkshire, Braintree Village in Essex, Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow, Lewisham Shopping Centre, West 12 Shopping Centre in Shepherd's Bush and more.
Manchester's Trafford Centre are yet to finalise and release plans on their website.
Hammerson's shopping centres will remain open on the day of the Queen’s funeral, and some will air the event on screens, a spokesperson said.
Hammerson's shopping centres include the Bullring and Grand Central in Birmingham, London's Brent Cross, Highcross in Leicester, Bristol's Cabot Circus, and Croydon's Centrale & Whitgift.
Post Office
Royal Mail will suspend its services on the day of the funeral, but at the Post Office, services will vary. Of the Post Office’s 11,500 branches, 114 of them are Crown Post Offices run directly by the Post Office. Those 114 branches will be closed for the day.
But roughly 2,500 branches are run by a number of retailers like WH Smith, Tesco, Co-Op, Spar, and these businesses, although likely to close, will decide on their plans.
A Post Office spokesperson said: "The rest of our network of branches are operated by independent postmasters and typically are located in convenience stores. It will be the postmaster's decision whether to open on the day.
"On weekends, we usually have around 4,000 branches open and would normally expect a similar number to be open on a regular bank holiday.
"However, it may be that some independent postmasters, who would normally open their branch on a bank holiday, decide to close their branch on 19 September to mark the passing of Her Majesty."
