comment The Roadmap to Recovery
Andrew Goodacre, CEO of British Independent Retail Association (BIRA), comments on the changing landscape we now face in the roadmap to normality.
W
hilst it has been a difficult winter for retailers being closed over the festive period of 2020 and into the
new year, things are starting to look up. We are pleased to have a date (April 12th) when non-essential shops can re-open. It is frustrating that this re-opening is after Easter, and once again specialist retail misses another good sales opportunity, after missing out on most of the crucial festive period. Re-opening is positive, and yet it is only the beginning of the recovery for independent retail. That is why we have been pushing the government to maintain key elements of the business support package such as an extension of the business rates holiday and the furlough scheme. The businesses that have been closed were perfectly good businesses pre-Covid, and yet they are more
HW APP AD HP.qxp_Layout 1 30/03/2021 15:52 Page 1
vulnerable than they were last March. However, these very same businesses are determined to come back stronger and all they need is some encouragement and support from the government to do so. Independent retailers will show all their creativity, entrepreneurial flair and resilience to meet the need of their customer and communities – all they need is the opportunity to do so.
Visit
housewareslive.net Housewares on the go...
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32