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I bought this , half dead , from Asda. It is starting to show shoots now.Nothing on the box said what variety it was.
Could anyone help me to identify it please

I hope you did not pay for it. Looks a bit like Chinese Elm but such a poor picture it is not easy to tell so could be wrong. You need to be careful not to allow it to get dry, it looks as if it has been very dry as in Asda it would not have been watered. You may get away with it, but keep your fingers crossed. Don't re pot, just keep it watered as needed. if you have it inside which is not the best place, but as we are not sure what it is it would be best in, then it needs as much light including sun as possible.
Where are you?

I'm in north east England.
I can't keep it outside but for the most of the day I'm keeping it next to an open window.
It's quite bare as I had to remove a lot of dead leaves, but within two weeks new growth started

Stephen31 wrote: I'm in north east England.
I can't keep it outside but for the most of the day I'm keeping it next to an open window.
It's quite bare as I had to remove a lot of dead leaves, but within two weeks new growth started

I'm going to guess it's a ligustrum.
That doesn't look like a bonsai pot. Does it have a drainage hole?

I am in the NE of England too!

Whatever it is I would just feed it regularly as clearly it just to my eyes needs more nourishment to help grow more leaves.

When it is as weak as this it is not a good idea to add a lot of fertiliser. There is not enough leaf area to use it. Also we are going into autumn with shorter days and much lower light levels. I might add some once only and wait to see if it survives. Water is more important for the next few months.

m5eaygeoff wrote: When it is as weak as this it is not a good idea to add a lot of fertiliser. There is not enough leaf area to use it.

Why would the leaf area use fertilizer ?

Ok,

Good thing, there is young fresh foliage, and fresh green stems can be seen in your first picture. This indicates thereq is life, roots are functioning

Bad thing, at some point the plant lost all the leaves, either due to under, or over watering. My guess, based on seeing how big stores keep these, a combination of both, left dry for the weekend and on tuesday watered to drowning level.

As it is growing now, the worst part is over, the plant has found a way to retore the damaged roots. Now keep it evenly moist, without soaking wet. Make sure the plant gets lots of light, but protect from midday sun untill it has had time to regrow some foliage.

Considering the dark green color of the old leaves, and healthy green shine of the new, i do not think it needs a lot of fertiliser right now. I would only add fertilizer once the plant has at least doubled the foliage. The reason being that you do not know how much fertilizer is in the soil. So first get the plant strong again, before risking over fertilizin (which normally should not happen, but you do not know the history of the plant).