A gallery director has described how a “buzz” returned to her city as businesses from hairdressers to coffee shops reopened their doors to the public on Monday.
Dulcie Humphrey, 37, who runs the Fairhurst Gallery in Norwich, said that after the latest easing in lockdown restrictions in England: “It just feels so joyous being able to be open and welcome people.”
She said the city felt “normal” on her walk to work, and that she had seen “so many people walking by”.
A member of staff checks stock at Dogfish menswear in Norwich (Joe Giddens/PA)
“There’s a buzz, and seeing people around and hearing that ‘ding’ that goes off when you open a shop door, hearing those as I go down the street,” she said.
Three-quarters of savers ‘determined to keep current habits as lockdowns ease’ 12/04/2021, 10:25 am
More than three-quarters of savers are determined to continue putting away the same amounts of money as they did during lockdown as restrictions ease, according to Zopa (Gareth Fuller/PA)
More than three-quarters of savers are determined to continue putting away the same amounts of money as they did during lockdown as restrictions ease, according to a survey.
As England’s shops, hairdressers and pub beer gardens reopened on Monday, Zopa bank released research which found that 77% of savers across the UK want to put the same amounts of money aside even as they are able to socialise more.
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