(UK) Kent: Store chain creates weekly 'quiet hour' for autistic shoppers

Jan 4, 2019, Kent Live: Home Bargains is having a 'quiet hour' every Saturday for shoppers with autism https://www.kentlive.news/whats-on/shopping/home-bargains-having-quiet-hour-2389028 Discount chain Home Bargains is launching a 'quiet hour' across its Kent stores to help shoppers with autism. It said it wanted to create a “quieter and calmer environment” for people with autism every weekend. Each Saturday morning, between the hours of 9am and 10am, the music inside Home Bargains will be switched off and the in-store tannoy system will only be used in an emergency. … Home Bargains has almost 500 stores across the UK …