Simarco Closures During Queen’s Jubilee

This week see’s the UK celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, which is being recognised with an extension to the traditional Spring Bank Holiday.

Therefore, the offices and facilities of Simarco will be closed on the following days:

Thursday, 2nd June 2022 – The Queen’s Jubilee Day
Friday, 3rd June 2022 – Spring Bank Holiday Day

The Queen is due to become the first British monarch to celebrate a platinum jubilee this week, following her seventy year reign, and the UK has four days of public celebrations planned, which extend through the weekend until Sunday 5th June.

Previous celebrations include the Silver Jubilee in 1977, Ruby in 1992, Golden in 2002 and Diamond in 2012. The 2012 Pageant was reportedly the ‘world’s largest outdoor party’, when more than 1 million people lined London’s River Thames to watch 1,000 boats sail past!

During this year’s celebrations, thousands of beacons will be lit by communities and groups throughout the UK and 54 beacons will be lit in all capital cities of the Commonwealth. The principal beacon will be lit on the 2nd June in a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace.