SRC Evidence to the Scottish Covid Inquiry

On the 3rd of December 2024 the Scottish Retail Consortium gave evidence to the Scottish Covid Inquiry in Edinburgh.  The Hearing can be found in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNW08HG9KoY . We also provided a statement to the Inquiry which can be found here: https://www.covid19inquiry.scot/sites/default/files/ev-documents/sci-wt0613-000001.pdf 

In the hearing, the SRC outlined the following points:

• The Scale and Importance of Scotland's Retail Industry
• The Initial Impact of the Pandemic on the Industry
• The impact of Lockdown Restrictions on Retailers
• The Impact of COVID Regulations and Guidance and how retailers kept stores safe during the pandemic. 
• The Role of Financial Support for the Retail Industry
• The Economic Consequences of Lockdown
• The exceptional work by Retail Workers during the Pandemic
• How Government can better work with Industry in future crisis