Buoyant Upholstery, based on Hallam Road in Nelson, received backlash for deciding to remain open on the day of the state funeral, which is also a bank holiday.

At the time, the firm said the decision was “not an easy one” but closing production at such short notice would have had “serious consequences”.

Now, the firm has gone back on its original statement and says it will now be closed on Monday.

A spokesperson told the Lancashire Telegraph: “Please disregard our [earlier] statement. Buoyant Upholstery will be closed on Monday and we have updated our staff.”

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Buoyant Upholstery isn’t the only business to have faced backlash for its opening plans for Monday.

Café by the River, in Read, said they were sent a hateful message before even deciding if they will be open on the day of the funeral.

Posting to Facebook they said: “We haven’t posted anything about Monday.

“Don’t people realise it’s actually a person at the end of business messages, not a robot without any feeling?

“Whatever we decide to do on Monday will be posted when we are ready and whatever any [company] decides to do is their own business.”

Are workers entitled to a day off on bank holiday Monday?

The bank holiday will allow individuals, businesses and other organisations to pay their respects to Her Majesty and commemorate the Queen's reign while marking the final day of the period of national mourning.

This bank holiday will operate in the same way as other bank holidays, and there is no statutory entitlement to time off. Employers may include bank holidays as part of a worker’s leave entitlement.

According to the government website, the government cannot interfere in existing contractual arrangements between employers and workers.

They “expect that many workers will be able to take the day off on the bank holiday” and also “expect employers to respond sensitively to requests from workers who wish to take the day of the funeral off work.”