(23 Nov 2022, 8:03 pm)Ambassador wrote Is there any actual demand for more on Boxing Day?

There’s only Sunderland at home so no pressure on Newcastle.and our major shopping centres are car centric (Silverlink, Valley, Metro)

Metro can pick up the slack elsewhere

Yes, and there always will be unless we make Boxing Day like Christmas and New Years Day - a complete shutdown. 

The likes of the Metrocentre and Eldon Square are still open, so there's hundreds of stores and their workforces that still need to get to and from work. Hopefully the severely limited services on offer still allow for that, because in some cases, a shift's wages won't even cover the taxi there and back. It's also a key day for the hospitality and leisure industry, as we already know, and again that relies on staff getting to/from work.