Retail, Hospitality & Office sectors. Social Distancing, Hygiene & PPE Protection Planning
COVID-19 IMPACT – RETAIL, HOSPITALITY & OFFICE SECTORS
Executive Summary
This white paper analyses the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on the Retail, Hospitality & Office sectors (primarily focussed on England with some guidance on the different rules for Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland), providing a guide and aide memoir for employers on best practices and current regulatory advice for the implementation of effective social distancing, PPE and hygiene regulations and processes.
Key issues addressed
- Covid-19 Lockdown impacts on all travel/transport in the UK – consumer & commuter mobility
- Trend data on the easement of Lockdown on these mobility profiles
- Essential current staff definitions and working condition guidelines
- Social distancing measures, PPE recommendations and current restrictions
- Best practice guidelines
Key data extracts
Commuting & Lifestyle Mobility
- Tube, bus, and rail commuter transport usage since the beginning of April 2020 has dropped nationally by over 80%
- All motor vehicle usage dropped to circa 32% of normal levels but has risen steadily back to around 65% of normal levels up to mid/late June 2020
- Pedestrian footfall traffic has had the largest drop of 85%+ of normal levels but is rising back up to 40% with easement of lockdown contact conditions (+ good weather impact in June)
Retail Sector
- High street retail footfall is reduced 77.8% year on year
- The non-essential retail shopping experience needs to finesse for an equitable balance between safety and shopper satisfaction
Hospitality Sector
- 3rd largest employer sector in the UK with 3.2 million staff with 99% of business are SME’S
- Some furloughed staff return to work from July 4th (England) with an expected rise in high street spending as the Hospitality sector tentatively reopens
Office Sector
- Commercial office space capacity expected to drop by up to 50% to accommodate effective social distancing regimes and staggered back to work times creates a return to a new normal work environment
- In 2019 an estimated 1.7m staff worked from home with predictions for 2021 expecting this to rise significantly to over 3.5m