Early May Bank Holiday 2023 UK
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Bank holidays are a national public holiday and they are usually spread out across the calendar. They include seasonal events such as Christmas, Easter and the New Year. Most shops shut, schools will close, places of business generally shut down and public transport is reduced on bank holidays. In England and Wales there are two bank holidays left this calendar year, those for Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Read more:'I tried the Sunday roast you can get delivered to your house for £5' Christmas falls on a Sunday this year, meaning we get a 'substitute' day in the week instead. As Boxing Day, which is also a bank holiday, falls on a Monday it means the substitute Christmas bank holiday will be on Tuesday, December 27. This is also the case for the first bank holiday of 2023, with Monday, January 2 being declared a substitute day for New Year's Day which also falls on a Sunday. Meanwhile, Easter is this year being celebrated in early April with, as is tradition, both Good Friday and Easter Monday, on April 7 and April 10 respectively, being bank holidays, There will be three bank holidays in May 2023 - May 1, May 8 and May 29 to be exact. The extra May bank holiday, on Monday May 8, is to mark the coronation of King Charles III. Downing Street confirmed the date of the holiday, which takes place two days after the crowning at Westminster Abbey on Saturday May 6. The announcement followed calls from Tory MPs for the government to either move the early May bank holiday from May 1 to coincide with the coronation weekend or to declare an extra day off. There is another bank holiday in summer, on August 28, before next year's festive period. To help you plan ahead here is the full list of confirmed bank holidays for the rest of this year and next year 2022
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Story Saved You can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. T he additional May bank holiday in 2023 means that workers can enjoy a 10-day break by booking only four days off work. There will be three bank holidays in May, which is one more than usual. The extra bank holiday will be on Monday, May 8, the Government has announced. This is due to the coronation of King Charles III, which will take place on Saturday, May 6. This follows the early May bank holiday on Monday, May 1. A spring bank holiday will then take place on Monday, May 29. So, how can workers get 10 days off using only four days of holiday? Here’s everything you need to know. How can workers get 10 days off using only four days of holiday?If people take four days off after the May 1 bank holiday - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (May 2, 3, 4 and 5) - they will get 10 days off. This period counts the previous Saturday and Sunday, as well as the full week beginning on May 1 and the following one from May 8. There are, however, other dates that workers can take advantage of before then. How can I get 10 days off over Christmas by booking only four days of holiday?Booking three days off over Christmas this year will help you have an extended break before next May’s holidays. Boxing Day (December 26) this year is on a Monday, while the following day will be a substitute holiday for Christmas Day, which falls on Sunday. If you book the following Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday off, (December 28, 29 and 30), you will have 10 days’ break.
An overview of public holidays in the United Kingdom (once-Great Britain & Northern Ireland) in 2023, shown in separate tables for the whole of the UK, England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Public holidays in the UK are generally referred to as bank holidays due to the 4 days so designated by the Bank Holidays Act of 1871. The name is now used as a blanket term for all public holidays in the UK as banks, government offices and most businesses are closed on these days, although an increasing number of smaller shops and larger retail businesses remain open. Public holidays in Britain comprise bank holidays declared by statute (as listed in the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, Schedule 1), by royal proclamation, and common law/customary holidays (Good Friday and Christmas Day, which are not offical bank holidays in England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Royal proclamation is also used to move holidays that would otherwise fall on a weekend or that are moved for special occasions, or to create additional one-off holidays (such as for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 2012). When a bank holiday falls on a Sunday the following Monday usually becomes the day when the holiday is observed (known as substitute day or 'bank holiday in lieu'). If the Monday is also a bank holiday, the substitute day moves to the following weekday. UK public holidays always move forward in the calendar, never backwards. The August bank holiday always falls on the last Monday of August in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and on the first Monday of August in Scotland. Its official name is "Summer Bank Holiday", however it is far more commonly referred to as the "August Bank Holiday". This website therefore uses this more frequently-heard term. To read more about British public holidays please see the detailed information on Public holidays in the United Kingdom on Wikipedia, and also gov.uk. Bank holidays and their dates vary between England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. We are therefore showing them in 4 different tables so you can more easily get the information applicable to your region:
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Bank Holidays 2023 in all of the UK
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Bank Holidays 2023 in England & WalesEngland and Wales have eight bank holidays a year and are thus the countries with the lowest number of bank holidays in Europe and in the G20 group of leading economies. Unlike in Scotland and Northern Ireland, neither England's national saint's day St. George's Day, celebrated on April 23rd, nor Wales' national saint's day St. David's Day, celebrated on March 1st, are bank holidays.
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 Independence and EU membership for Scotland! Bank Holidays 2023 in ScotlandScotland has nine bank holidays. It celebrates seven of the eight UK-wide holidays (except Easter Monday) and additionally 2nd January as well as St. Andrew's Day on November 30th in honour of its national saint, newly introduced only in 2007. Schools and businesses in Scotland are not automatically closed on a bank holiday.
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Bank Holidays 2023 in Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland has ten bank holidays. In addition to the eight UK-wide bank holidays, it celebrates St. Patrick's Day on March 17th, in honour of Ireland's national saint, and the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 on July 12th, also known as "The Twelfth" and Orangemen's Day.
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Is 8 May 2023 a bank holiday?2023 Bank Holidays:
Monday May 1 - Early May bank holiday. Monday May 8 - Coronation bank holiday. Monday May 29 - Spring bank holiday. Monday August 28 - Summer bank holiday.
Will there be an extra bank holiday in 2023?An extra bank holiday has been confirmed to mark the Coronation of King Charles III. It will fall on Monday 8 May 2023, two days after the Coronation will take place and is in addition to the bank holidays already scheduled in May (Monday 1 May and Monday 29 May).
Will there be three bank holidays in May 2023?It will fall on Monday, 8 May 2023, two days after the ceremony at Westminster Abbey, the government said. That holiday is in addition to the bank holiday already scheduled for Monday, 1 May. Confirming the move, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the time off would give people the chance to "come together and celebrate".
Is Monday 29th May 2023 a bank holiday?May 29 - Spring bank holiday. August 7 – Summer bank holiday, Scotland only. August 28 – Summer bank holiday, England and Wales only.
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