Chair
Ben Cooper, Knowledge Exchange Assistant, FAI
Guests
Mairi Spowage, Deputy Director, FAI
Aodhán Connolly, Director of the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium
Timestamps
(0.30) Overview of the Northern Ireland Sector and how it compares to the rest of the UK
(4.10) How has the sector been impacted by CoVid-19 and how has it had to adapt?
(11.09) How has the impact to sector been different to what has been experienced in the rest of the UK?
(15.14) How have the NI government policy interventions helped?
(18:11) Has there been a large uptake of UK government measures and how will that continue into the future?
(20.17) How will Brexit now have an impact on the sector given the current economic situation?
(25.43) Will the UK government be more flexible now in their approach to Brexit?
(27.01) What is your vision of the long term impact on the sector?
(31.45) What are you views on the future of business rates?
