{"id":46270,"date":"2020-03-20T10:58:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T10:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/downtowninbusiness.com\/?p=46270"},"modified":"2020-06-01T16:03:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T15:03:58","slug":"a-message-from-steve-rotheram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downtowninbusiness.com\/news\/dib-news\/2020\/03\/20\/a-message-from-steve-rotheram\/","title":{"rendered":"A message from Steve Rotheram"},"content":{"rendered":"
Earlier this week, DIB chief executive Frank McKenna and other city business leaders called for the establishment of a business Cobra. The metro mayor Steve Rotheram pulled this together and we publish his thoughts on the discussion that took place below. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Dear colleagues \u00ad<\/p>\n Re: Actions from call between the Metro Mayor and LCR business leaders <\/strong><\/p>\n Thank you for taking the time this morning to share your concerns and expertise regarding the impact the coronavirus outbreak is having on workers, businesses, the third sector, and other economic stakeholders across the Liverpool City Region.<\/p>\n As we all agreed, this is a period of great uncertainty and only by working together can we ensure that the Liverpool City Region \u2013 and all who live and work here \u2013 are able to navigate the difficulties of the coming months and ensure, where possible, that this outbreak does not push local people into economic hardship.<\/p>\n On our call, we outlined four pillars of business support and agreed a fifth:<\/p>\n The clearest mandate you gave me is to push government how exactly it will distribute its response funds.<\/strong> Time is of the essence, particularly for sectors like the visitor economy and the hospitality industry, and I will be taking your concerns and suggestions to government and seeking urgent clarification on:<\/p>\n Our local authorities are pulling out all of the stops to provide support and I know that our business community is desperate to assist in whatever way it can to mitigate the effect of the economic uncertainties we face. Only by working together will we ensure that our coordinated response reaches those most in need.<\/p>\n I will be making urgent representations to government on these issues, as well as asking for responses to the specific concerns raised in relation to individual sectors and geographic areas within the Liverpool City Region.<\/p>\n Please continue to participate in our coordination efforts, to provide a single, persuasive voice for the Liverpool City Region\u2019s business community straight to government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Earlier this week, DIB chief executive Frank McKenna and other city business leaders called for the establishment of a business Cobra. The metro mayor Steve Rotheram pulled this together and we publish his thoughts on the discussion that took place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":38947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1308,16],"tags":[1172,58,310],"class_list":["post-46270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dib-news","category-liverpool","category-news","tag-covid-19","tag-liverpool","tag-steve-rotheram"],"views":394,"yoast_head":"\n
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