The new president of Britain’s most powerful business lobby group has slammed Rishi Sunak’s plans to pay down the nation’s Covid debts – and called instead for tax cuts for companies. In a significant intervention, Lord Bilimoria today sets the Confederation of British Industry on a collision course with the Government over the Chancellor’s plans … Read more
The CBI boss leading calls for UK workers to return to the office has revealed she is only going back herself for two days a week from September. Dame Carolyn Fairbairn told BBC Radio 4 today that she doesn’t expect staff at CBI bases across the UK ‘to come into the office until at least … Read more
Boris Johnson must do more to get office workers back at their desks, a senior business leader says today. Carolyn Fairbairn warns commercial centres risk being permanent ‘ghost towns’. Writing in the Mail, the director-general of the CBI says getting staff back into offices and workplaces is as important as the return of pupils to … Read more
Manufacturers lead the way as Britain’s economy enters a ‘recovery phase’, says CBI By Dan Atkinson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 1 August 2020 | Updated: 23:05 BST, 1 August 2020 Britain’s economy has entered a ‘recovery phase’, with manufacturing leading the way, the latest figures from the Confederation of British Industry … Read more
High Street retailers staggered back into growth in July but face a long uphill battle to return to their pre-coronavirus normal, news figures revealed today. Sales for the year to July were up by just 4 per cent as shoppers returned, according to a closely watched survey from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). The … Read more
There are few silver linings to this pandemic. But ‘for tragic reasons’ a more efficient economy could perhaps be one of them, says Tony Danker, incoming director general of Britain’s biggest business lobby group, the Confederation of British Industry. Danker, who joins the CBI in November replacing Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, has spent the past three … Read more
Cobra beer tycoon is elected the first BAME head of CBI: Lord Bilimoria pledges to fight for better boardroom diversity By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 23:17 BST, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 23:17 BST, 16 June 2020 The Indian-born tycoon behind Cobra beer has been elected as the first BAME boss of … Read more
CBI boss Carolyn Fairbairn storms into row over Huawei 5G involvement By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:54 BST, 13 June 2020 | Updated: 21:54 BST, 13 June 2020 Warning: Carolyn Fairbairn fears banning Huawei could damage the economy The boss of Britain’s biggest business group has waded into the row over Huawei’s … Read more