FOR bosses at Waitrose, it was the proverbial no-brainer. With Christmas and New Year falling on a Tuesday, why not open on the preceding Sundays? Islanders would appreciate the extra shopping opportunity and staff the overtime.

OPENING shops on a Sunday would destroy the ‘family day’, ministers and a church congregation said yesterday.

MAJOR retailers could be allowed to open on two Sundays over the Christmas holiday.

JUST a handful of shops opened yesterday, leaving nearly 4,000 cruise ship tourists with nothing to do.

PEOPLE should not be made to work on Sundays, lay preacher Peter Derham said.

BUSINESSES will pay close attention to what their customers want when deciding whether to open on Sundays should the current restrictions be scrapped.

ISLANDERS have given the clearest message yet that Sunday trading restrictions should be scrapped.

A REVIEW of Sunday trading laws should look at the bureaucracy surrounding the regulations, says a Bridge butcher who encountered major problems with red tape.

PRESENTED in a single document, Commerce and Employment’s business plan for 2011 gives a good indication of just how many difficult subjects are on the department’s books.

CHARLIE’S Family Butchers on the Bridge served more than 100 customers yesterday, the first Sunday it had opened in more than a month.