Staff at a city centre jewellers cried with joy when their boss revealed the store would be closed on on Boxing Day.

Peter Wong, head of Wongs Jewellers in Liverpool, shared a video on Facebook saying he wanted to make a stand about workers deserving time with their families.

He said in recent years, the move to open on the day after Christmas was in response to 'mounting pressure' for retailers to open every day.

The decision comes after more than 200,000 people signed a petition calling for opening for stores on Boxing Day to be banned.

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Wong Jewellers in Liverpool was founded by Brian Wong (centre). His son Peter, the managing director recently announced the store would not open on Boxing Day

Chelsea Jefferson, 28, deputy manager from Maghull, said she was moved to tears at the announcement as she could now take her baby to spend Christmas with family in Yorkshire, reported the Liverpool Echo.

She said: 'This is the first time where my daughter, who is 17 months old, will be able to open her gifts properly. My family are in Yorkshire, so I wasn’t going to be able to go back as I working Christmas Eve and Boxing Day.

'I thought "Oh dear" at first when my boss got us together, but he said he was going to make a stance on it - I cried. He didn’t have to.

'It can be nice working with the team on Boxing Day, but we do have personal lives. It’s important to recognise family is as or more important as spending extra money.'

The independent store was founded in 1979 by Peter Wong’s dad Brian and has 16 members of staff.

Last week, Wong Jewellers hosted a winter ball to raise money for Alder Hey, with Hollyoaks stars such as Jessica Fox and Tamara Wall and Olympian Beth Tweddle as guests.

In the video, Peter said that the store had opened on Boxing Day in the past due to the pressure on retailers to be open all year round

But he went on to say: 'As a family man I understand the value of spending time with those you love at this most precious time of the year'

Peter Wong, 45, managing director, said in the online video: 'The hot topic of debate at the moment, and one I have close to my heart, is whether businesses should open or not on Boxing Day.

'In previous years my decision to open was due to the mounting pressure placed on retailers to open for almost 365 days a year.

'However, as a family man I understand the value of spending time with those you love at this most precious time of the year.

'Therefore I have decided to keep the store closed this Boxing Day, and by doing so make clear on which side of the debate I stand, and allow my fantastic hardworking team the time they deserve with sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, parents and grandparents.