"We will immediately guarantee catastrophe pay for the next four weeks," a Starbucks spokeswoman told Mirror Money. "In line with the Prime Minister’s directive this evening that all restaurants, pubs and cafes must close from tonight, we are closing all Starbucks stores across the UK. On Wednesday, Starbucks already made the decision to close its most 'at risk' branches, however now all stores, except drive throughs, will shut their doors. The news comes as the Prime Minister ordered pubs, bars and restaurants throughout the UK to close immediately in a press statement on Friday afternoon. "Following agreement between all the four nations of the UK, we are collectively telling - telling - cafes, bars, pubs restaurants to close tonight as soon as they reasonably can and not to open tomorrow.

Source: Daily Mirror March 20, 2020 18:20 UTC