{"id":164753,"date":"2021-04-30T11:42:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T11:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/northern-ireland-offers-100-shopping-voucher-to-every-adult-to-boost-retail\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T12:11:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T12:11:13","slug":"northern-ireland-offers-100-shopping-voucher-to-every-adult-to-boost-retail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/northern-ireland-offers-100-shopping-voucher-to-every-adult-to-boost-retail\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Ireland offers \u00a3100 shopping voucher to every adult to boost retail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every adult in Northern Ireland will be offered a <strong>\u00a3100 shopping voucher to spend in physical retail stores in the region<\/strong>\u00a0to boost its non-essential retail sector, after lengthy periods of lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The move was announced by Economy Minister Diane Dodds <strong>as non-essential retail in Northern Ireland reopens its doors today.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Due to launch at the of the summer as part of a \u00a3140m high-street stimulus scheme, the vouchers, which come in the form of a pre-paid card, <strong>must be spend in bricks &amp; mortar stores and cannot be spent on betting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Minister Dodds said: \u201c<strong>This is a day for looking forward. I am excited to see shoppers back on high streets,<\/strong> customers again enjoying outdoor hospitality and the return of holidaymakers to self-contained accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>\"I am optimistic because reopening of our economy is the most important first step towards economic recovery.\u00a0However, our<strong> high street stimulus scheme will provide a timely boost to this recovery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\"It will provide eligible applicants with a pre-paid card worth \u00a3100. This means up to <strong>1.4 million people will spend an extra \u00a3140million on our high streets rather than online.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\"This has a multiplier effect which will help bring many more customers back through the doors of local retail, hospitality and other sectors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The timing of the release of the vouchers at the end of the summer is because pent-up demand is expected to drive sales in the early period after re-opening but that<strong> demand may slip\u00a0later and will need a boost.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Retail NI CEO Glyn Roberts is urging local shoppers to support independent retailers as they reopen.\u00a0\u201c<strong>We are making a big, bold plea to the general public to support their local independent retailers<\/strong> as our high streets begin to reopen and we begin the long road towards recovery,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Aodhan Connolly, head of the NI Retail Consortium, added: \u201cThe l<strong>ockdowns have cost retailers approximately \u00a31billion in lost sales<\/strong> in the past year, and it is vital that they can make their contribution to Northern Ireland\u2019s economic recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: TheIndustry.fashion<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/subscribe-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-144088 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/Daily-Newsletter-Banner.png\" alt=\"Newsletter banner\" width=\"1680\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every adult in Northern Ireland will be offered a \u00a3100 shopping voucher to spend in physical retail stores in the region\u00a0to boost its non-essential retail sector, after lengthy periods of lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":143551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10585,6,10494],"tags":[16575,18076,18075,8371,18074],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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