More than 80% of manufacturing businesses in Northern Ireland have put workers on the government’s job retention scheme, an industry survey
suggests. @ManufacturingNI surveyed 206 businesses this week.
A quarter of respondents say they have put the whole workforce on the scheme.

The manufacturer sector in Northern Ireland ‘is largely closed down’ @ManufacturingNI concludes. Concern now is how do you go about reopening when the lockdown eventually ends?

More optimistically more than 12% of survey respondents have said they have repurposed or are working collaboratively to support the NHS and others to tackle the virus.