What is a Bank Holiday? Bank Holiday Review

origin

The origins of Bank Holiday can be traced back to 1834. Before that, the Bank of England set about 33 religious festivals as holidays each year, but later it was reduced to 4.

In 1871, banker Sir John Lubbock formally proposed to set Bank Holiday as a legal holiday, which meant a day off for the whole country. People also called the first Bank Holiday "St Lubbock's Day" as a thank you.

Bank Holidays were added to the original ones for various reasons, such as New Year's Day in England and Wales, Spring bank holiday in May, Summer bank holiday in August and Early May bank holiday were all added later.

Basic Introduction

The so-called Bank Holiday, as the name suggests, is a day when banks are closed. In fact, banks are not allowed to operate on these days, resulting in the inability to operate in some other industries. Therefore, many British shops will also be closed on this day. However, most shops will continue to operate even on bank holidays. They are named Bank Holidays because on these days, banks are closed and there is no business activity. If a Bank Holiday happens to fall on a weekend, then choose a day in another week (usually the following week) to make up for it as a Bank Holiday.

E-commerce activities

eBay

On August 3, 2018, eBay UK flash sale offers 10% discount on all items.

On August 17, 2018, eBay UK Flash Sale offers 15% off sitewide.

Amazon

About this activity

July 17, 2018, Amazon Prime Day event.

On August 20, 2018, Amazon announced that it would launch its largest August Bank Holiday promotion ever. The event is limited to Amazon UK and will last for 8 days, from 00:01 on August 22 to 23:59 on August 29.

Event discount information

1. Amazon devices. Save £45 on Echo Plus, £20 on Amazon Echo, £15 on Fire TV, £20 on Kindle Paper white, £10 on Fire 7 tablet, and £40 on the new Fire HD 10 Kids Edition tablet.

2. Back to School. Must-have items include select 'back to school supplies', up to 40% off Zoggs Essentials and up to 45% off Kipling Bags.

3. Other deals for the last few weeks of summer: 25% off outdoor lighting products such as Phillips, Osram, Steinel and Duracell Solar.

References

• 1. Amazon launches 8-day August Bank Holiday promotion: Yibang [cited on 2018-08-20T16:00:00.000Z]