Bolsover to close cruise shop and expand digital services

The Cruise Holiday Shop has remained closed in Sheffield’s Meadowhall shopping centre since the UK’s coronavirus lockdown on 23 March.

Bolsover managing director Michael Wilson said the decision not to reopen the shop, which launched in 2014, “isn’t one we have taken lightly” but stressed there were “several factors” behind the plan.

“The pandemic has accelerated the shift towards e-commerce exponentially and with times changing so quickly, it is so important that we change with them,” he said.

Wilson revealed a new website for Bolsover, which had been in development since March, would launch later this month, with online booking capabilities “coming soon after”.

“This, along with a planned extension of our opening hours at the call centre as we bring the sales team back in-house will allow us to support our customers better than ever in what remain such uncertain times for them.”

Wilson said another factor in closing the Cruise Holiday Shop was the health and safety of staff.