Retail NI boss: Sunday mornings in Belfast city centre should be different

By Glyn Roberts
Published 8th Mar 2020, 11:35 BST
Updated 8th Mar 2020, 11:39 BST
Glyn Roberts: "The proposals to extend Sunday Trading display a poverty of ambition for the city and a lack of ambition"Glyn Roberts: "The proposals to extend Sunday Trading display a poverty of ambition for the city and a lack of ambition"
Glyn Roberts: "The proposals to extend Sunday Trading display a poverty of ambition for the city and a lack of ambition"
The decision by Belfast City Council’s Growth Committee to reject proposals to extend Sunday trading hours and instead support a programme of cultural animation for Sunday mornings is very welcome progress.

We look forward to working with all the key stakeholders to provide a new experience for shoppers and tourists on Sunday mornings.

The proposals to extend Sunday Trading display a poverty of ambition for the city and a lack of ambition. Retail NI has consistently argued that Sunday mornings should offer something different to city centre visitors.

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We want to see a fun, family-friendly strategy for Sunday mornings combined with a ‘Small Shop Sunday’ campaign which promotes the city’s fantastic independent retailers and smaller traders”

We are hopeful that a new Sunday morning promotional campaign will be designed and implemented well in time for the summer and the cruise ships arriving.

Glyn Roberts, Retail NI Chief Executive

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