The Government is now clear that it will progressively lift severe health restrictions only when vaccination has made sufficient progress to ensure that this lockdown is the last one. For thousands of retail businesses, this means they must remain closed for several more months. For their landlords, the knock-on effect is that rent won’t come in. Retail Excellence Ireland’s Duncan Graham says 55 per cent of the organisation’s members are in arrears of 20 per cent or more on rents due in 2020, and 57 per cent expect further issues with paying their rent this year. “When you have several…

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