Nearly half shuttered UK firms don't know when they will reopen-ONS

Nearly half of businesses in Britain which temporarily closed or paused trading because of the coronavirus lockdown are unsure when they will restart trading, a survey by the country's official statistics office showed on Thursday.

Fourteen percent of the shuttered firms said they expected to resume business in the next two weeks and a further 31% expected to restart in more than four weeks' time, the Office for National Statistics said.