‘No time for a ‘play-it-safe Budget’: CBI urges Government to reform business rates, boost apprentices and invest in green tech By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:50 EDT, 16 September 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 16 September 2021 The Government must reform business rates, shake up the apprenticeship system and commit to new … Read more
BUSINESS CLOSE: CBI warns of staff shortages hitting competitiveness; ‘No decision’ on break-up, says SSE; Tech sector raises £13.5bn; Home prices spike in South West; Gas crunch bites By This Is Money Published: 03:06 EDT, 20 September 2021 | Updated: 18:02 EDT, 20 September 2021 The FTSE 100 closed down 0.79 per cent, or 55.2 … Read more
Major reset of CBI’s approach to industry and economy will be unveiled by new boss Tony Danker as he puts his stamp on employers’ organisation Danker believes the CBI and some of its senior members became too political during Britain’s transition out of the EU The paper being prepared, titled ‘Seize the Day’, will argue … Read more
Workplace testing will need to become commonplace and the Government must continue paying for free Covid kits for companies, says CBI BOSS By Karan Bilimoria For Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 20 February 2021 | Updated: 22:16 GMT, 20 February 2021 Lord Bilimoria is president of the CBI and the founder of Cobra … Read more
Don’t stop cash for Covid tests at work next month, CBI boss Lord Bilimoria tells Prime Minister By Alex Lawson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 20 February 2021 | Updated: 22:30 GMT, 20 February 2021 One of Britain’s most powerful bosses has called on the Prime Minister to put workplace Covid-19 testing … Read more
Former CBI chief Dame Carolyn Fairbairn lands HSBC job just a week after joining BAE By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:02 GMT, 16 February 2021 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 16 February 2021 In demand: Dame Carolyn Fairbairn is being lines up to join the board of HSBC Dame Carolyn Fairbairn is set to … Read more
Former CBI chief Dame Carolyn Fairbairn joins board of defence giant BAE By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 11 February 2021 The CBI’s former boss has joined the board of BAE. Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, who was director general of the business lobby group for … Read more
Reform Britain’s outdated business rates system now to help High Street survive the pandemic, Sunak told By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 18 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 18 January 2021 Britain’s outdated business rates system must be ripped apart and rebuilt to ensure the High Street can survive and … Read more
Looking ahead: Lord Bilimoria makes no bones about the awfulness of the year firms have endured Lord Bilimoria, the new president of the UK’s biggest business group, makes no bones about the awfulness of the year firms have endured. ‘How can I not sound despairing?’ he asks, rhetorically. ‘If you can imagine what we have been … Read more
Looking ahead: Lord Bilimoria makes no bones about the awfulness of the year firms have endured Lord Bilimoria, the new president of the UK’s biggest business group, makes no bones about the awfulness of the year firms have endured. ‘How can I not sound despairing?’ he asks, rhetorically. ‘If you can imagine what we have been … Read more