HAI – Covid-19 Response

To accord with best practice Hardware Association Ireland (HAI) is cancelling all physical meetings and events for the next 6 weeks. The HAI office will remain open. There will be a reduced staff number on location, as some will be working on a day in office/day home basis. All staff will be working and contactable as per usual.

On March 18th the Executive Committee of Hardware Association Ireland held an EGM by telecon to discuss COVID-19.

A core principle of communications from HAI is that all communications with our members will be factual and driven solely by a will to improve the business of members.

This meeting has resulted in a number of action points, and suggestions for our members. It identified 5 key issues.

Those five key issues are:

• Supply Flows of Product
• Keeping Shops open – Designation as an Essential Service
• Keeping Cash flowing
• Shop floor procedures
• Staff

In a letter issued to all HAI members on March 19th our CEO, Martin Markey, outlined these issues and the action-points the Committee advises members to undertake to counter the effects of Covid-19.

This letter can be viewed in full here.