Big retailers flouting lockdown rules, say smaller firms

Retailers have called for an enforcement crackdown amid reports that many shops are flouting the new lockdown rules. Picture: Brian Lawless

Retailers have called for an enforcement crackdown amid reports that many shops are flouting the new lockdown rules.

Under the Level 5 restrictions which kicked in on Wednesday night, retailers with a mixed retail offering and which have discrete spaces for essential and non-essential retail, should make arrangements for the separation of relevant areas.