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‘We are absolutely a credible organisation.’ says CBI Director General
We spoke to the new director general of the CBI, Rain Newton-Smith, and started by asking for her response to today’s results.
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CBI survives confidence vote as members back reform
The new leadership of the Confederation of British Industry said they wanted to break with the organisation’s recent past.
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CBI accepts it hired ‘toxic people’ and failed to sack offenders
The CBI has accepted that it failed to filter out “culturally toxic people” during its hiring process.
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‘I think it’s very difficult for the CBI to survive’, says Baroness Wheatcroft
We were joined by Baroness Wheatcroft, who’s a former non executive director of Barclays Bank.
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Business leaders call to scrap CBI after sexual misconduct allegations
A growing number of business leaders are calling for the CBI to disband, in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations, declaring that the organisation has now run its course.
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Leading British businesses leave CBI following second allegation of rape at organisation
From Nat West to John Lewis, more leading British companies have decided to leave the CBI after the Guardian published a second allegation from a former staff member, who said she was raped by two colleagues.
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CBI not facing ‘existential crisis’, says Adnams chief
One company that publicly warned it could walk away from the CBI is Adnams, the brewer.
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CBI boss Tony Danker dismissed over misconduct claims
The head of the CBI, one of Britain’s largest business groups, says he is shocked at being sacked over claims about his behaviour towards staff members at work.
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Britain must be practical about Brexit and immigration says CBI boss
Rishi Sunak has firmly rejected the idea of any Swiss style deal on Brexit which would see the UK aligning with EU rules – insisting Brexit was “already delivering enormous benefits and opportunities”. Mr Sunak told the country’s biggest business group, the CBI – that he wanted to tackle illegal immigration.
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Government has ‘got the balance wrong’ on reopening economy, CBI director-general says
We spoke to Tony Danker, Director-General for the Confederation of British Industry.
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Businesses ‘breathing a sigh of relief’ over new job support scheme, says CBI economist
We were joined by Rain Newton-Smith who is Chief Economist at the Confederation of British Industry.
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‘We cannot have another national lockdown’ – CBI president
With Covid-19 cases thought to be doubling every seven days and the possibility of stricter regulations nationwide, joining us are three experts from science, economics and business to discuss what might happen in the next few weeks.
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“This was a globally leading intervention”, CBI’s Josh Hardie’s says this is a strong start to help business
We’re joined by Michael Smith – who leads an organisation of over five hundred independently owned pubs, restaurants and shops in South London – and Josh Hardie, the Deputy Director General of the Confederation of British Industry.
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Party leaders pitch plans to CBI to win business votes
The two main parties have been defending their big spending plans to a potentially hostile audience today: business leaders.
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Trade Unions and CBI join forces to warn UK facing ‘national emergency’ over no-deal Brexit
Trade Unions and CBI joined forces today to warn that the UK is facing a “national emergency”. The have written to the Prime Minister demanding that a Plan B is drawn up to avoid a No-Deal departure in eight day’s time. Carolyn Fairbairn, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry and Frances O’Grady the General…