CBI’s first ethnic minority president leads FTSE 350 diversity drive 

A new drive to increase the numbers of black, Asian and ethnic minority directors sitting on the boards of UK companies is being launched today. The initiative is being spearheaded by Lord Bilimoria, the first ethnic minority president of employers’ organisation the CBI in its 55-year history. It comes as the British-Indian peer, who was … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: Did the CBI’s new arch Remainer boss write the ‘no money left, good luck’ note? 

As the new director-general of the Confederation of British Industry, Tony Danker will be a key figure as the Government targets signing a new trade deal with the EU by the end of the year. No surprise then that the CBI, which opposed Brexit, has appointed a man who is an arch Remainer. Danker, 48, … Read more