THE Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association (NIIRTA) has welcomed the Executives £200 Million Economic Package which was announcedxa0tonight and highlighted considerable progress in reducing Small Business Rates and freezing Car Park Charges.
NIIRTA Chief Executive Glyn Roberts said:xa0“NIIRTA welcomes this Economic Package and in particular the further extension of the Small Business Rate Relief Scheme and the freezing of Car Park Charges until 2015. We lobbiedxa0Ministersxa0extensively for action on reducing business rates and addressing car park chargesxa0to support local traders and Town Centresxa0and arexa0veryxa0pleased that both feature prominently in this package”
“The new Invest NI Skills Growth and thexa0Finance Voucher schemesxa0to assist small businesses are positive developments to help our struggling small business sector”
“While this package is not a ‘silver bullet’xa0inxa0addressingxa0our huge economic challenges, it does includexa0practicalxa0and imaginativexa0solutions to assisting retailers and small businessesxa0get through the worst of this recession and toward a sustainable recovery”.
