The FSB’s Northern Ireland Policy Chair has expressed the business organisation’s disgust and condemnation of attacks on businesses, business owners and police in Belfast.
Alan Lowry said:
“The scenes of destruction and hideous attacks on businesses in Belfast are a disgrace. There is absolutely no excuse for it. The intimidation, racist attacks and assaults on police are utterly contemptible and should be condemned.
“Business owners and their employees should be able to operate free from threats and intimidation, sustaining jobs and breathing life into town and city centre economies. It is disgusting to see what happened to some of the businesses in Belfast which have been devastated by rioting and arson attacks, and their owners left questioning whether they can even go on. All right-thinking people will stand in solidarity with those business owners.
“The entrepreneurs who start these and other businesses have already faced myriad challenges over recent years and the last thing Northern Ireland needs is to see more obstacles put in their way, bringing negative headlines as we seek to grow the economy and bring more jobs to Belfast and across the country.”