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MBE for business advocate Aodhán Connolly who raised NI traders’ concerns during Brexit process
Aodhan Connolly has recently been hired to head up the Stormont Executive’s offices in Brussels.
'Election must be about more than just Protocol' says retail paper
MAY'S Assembly election must be more than “simply a plebiscite on the NI Protocol” but must focus on delivering for business and communities on bread and butter issues after the toughest two years in living memory for retail.
No 'golden quarter' for high street retailers - despite voucher scheme success
THE £145m High Street voucher scheme "served its purpose" in helping bricks-and-mortar businesses in the north recover from the disruption to trade caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
North's footfall decline is shallowest in UK
FOR the third month running Northern Ireland saw the shallowest footfall decline of all UK regions in July, according to data from the British Retail Consortium and Sensormatic IQ.
Call for office workers' return as further footfall drop adds to retail woes
TOWNS, cities and shopping destinations in the north are crying out for office workers to be back at their desks and able to drift out for food-on-the-go, clothes and other essentials which help keep tills ticking over, according to retail chief Aodhan Connolly.
Retail owners urged to give evidence to UK Trade Commission
OWNERS of retail business in Northern Ireland which have been impacted by new trading arrangements with the EU and Britain are being urged to provide evidence to the cross-party Trade and Business Commission.
Retailers plead for reopening date as footfall languishes
SHOPPER footfall in Northern Ireland "continued to be woeful last month" under the weight of the pandemic and the government’s stay-at-home order and compulsory store closures, according to NI Retail Consortium director Aodhán Connolly.
Shopper numbers 'fall like a stone' as retail 'caught in pincer movement between lockdowns'
SHOPPER footfall in Northern Ireland almost halved December in comparison with the previous year, according to an industry body.
North's big supermarkets say 'no immediate issues' with stock caused by travel ban
THE BODY representing the north's big supermarkets has said there are "no immediate issues" with stock as a result of restrictions on trade between Britain and France.
Brexit: Business groups welcome deal on border checks but urgently renew call for grace period
TRADE groups have cautiously welcomed “an agreement in principle” between the EU and UK on how border checks will work in Northern Ireland, but businesses have urgently repeated their calls to be given more time to phase in the new arrangements from January 1.