A life enhancing environment will help our high streets thrive, grow and develop…
Cllr Brian Pope is Alliance Party Group Leader on Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council. Our hard-pressed retail sector has suffered sizable losses during the pandemic and therefore it is hoped that the new High Street voucher scheme will boost local commerce and give people some much needed retail therapy. It will provide individual shoppers with £100 to spend on our high streets rather than online, and comprises a significant cash injection into our local high streets. Whilst the new NI …