Dublin City Council’s new online ‘Eat the Streets!’ Festival begins tomorrow, 11th June, with a Cook Along with the Lord Mayor and Ellie Kisyombe of Our Table.
The latest PMI survey shows that the re-imposition of COVID-19 lockdown measures at the start of 2021 had a severe impact on business activity in Dublin’s private sector in Q1.
The survey, produced by IHS Markit for Dublin City Council, shows that the overall output measure fell sharply from 49.2 to 40.4. This indicates severe contraction although at a lesser extent than in Q2 2020 during the first lockdown. Activity also decreased sharply across the Rest of Ireland.
All three monitored sectors posted reductions in activity. This was led by construction where all but essential work was prohibited. Lesser reductions were seen across the manufacturing and services categories.