"Empty offices cost city £200m in lost business"

Esmond Birnie

Press/Media: Expert Comment

Description

Cited in front page Belfast Telegraph article

Subject

Estimated loss of output in greater Belfast economy (e.g. retail and catering) given estimates that only 5% of office workers have returned to their office places

Period	1 Sept 2020

Media contributions

1

Media contributions

Title	"Empty offices cost city £200m in lost business"
Degree of recognition	Regional
Media name/outlet	Belfast Telegraph
Media type	Print
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	1/09/20
Description	My analysis and figure work used as the basis of front page article in Belfast Telegraph re.implications for overall Belfast City economy of the very low return (5%) of office workers to their offices
Producer/Author	Belfast Telegraph but article heavily reliant on my analysis
URL	https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/northern-ireland/coronavirus-empty-offices-cost-belfast-city-200m-in-lost-business-39492097.html
Persons	Esmond Birnie

Keywords

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland economy, political impact on economy, devolution, devolved policies, economic policy, economic growth, UK growth
Northern Ireland economy, UK economy, economic growth, productivity, GDP, GVA, economic growth
COVID economic response
Belfast City
Belfast City economy