All news on the topic: Confederation of British Industry

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'Labour and business is odd combo - like vodka and tomato or Crouch and Clancy'
When you see Labour going down well with the City, austerity hero George Osborne praising them, it’s a slightly unsettling feeling. Turns out it’s not just me. It used to be you had to wait ages to see how policy was playing out. Now you can get reaction pretty quickly
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CBI settles legal action with ex chief Tony Danker sacked over misconduct claims
The business group said it and Tony Danker have agreed an "undisclosed settlement" following his sacking from the post in April 2023
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Tesco chairman quits after claims of 'inappropriate' behaviour towards woman
Tesco said it made "no findings of wrongdoing" against John Allan, but the chairman, who has been president and vice president of the Confederation of British Industry, is stepping down
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King Charles' Crown Estate 'leaves CBI' as big firms quit over second rape claim
The future of the leading business lobby group was thrown into doubt as members - who make up the bulk of its income - started to ditch it amid a series of sexual misconduct allegations
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Sacked CBI boss complains he was the 'fall guy' for wider issues at trade body
Tony Danker, axed over allegations about behaviour towards staff, said: 'Not only did they just throw me under the bus, they reversed the bus back over me'
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'The time for excuses from Rishi Sunak and the Tories is over'
No amount of propaganda from can hide the dismal failure of 13 years of Tory misrule when plummeting living standards are the result of their catastrophic mistakes
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Chief of scandal-hit CBI sacked over 'workplace misconduct with female employee'
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) director-general Tony Danker has been dismissed with immediate effect after an independent investigation into allegations of workplace misconduct
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'Extending free school meals is an investment in the potential of every child'
Tesco chairman John Allan urged ministers to give free school meals to all children in households receiving Universal Credit to fire up the economy and improve children's life chances
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Betrayal of the North as HS2 delayed yet again by Tories in 'staggering failure'
Section of controversial high speed train project is put on the back-burner as Government blames increased costs but Labour says the North is paying the price for Tory incompetence
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Angela Rayner urges businesses to look at introducing four-day working week
The Labour Deputy Leader told a room of around 300 business leaders to 'please' look at the results of a trial on a four-day working week. The landmark results revealed nearly all firms involved are continuing with the shorter hours
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'Let workers keep all of emergency cost-of-living payments', say company bosses
The Confederation of British Industry wants Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to use next month's Budget to make sure staff are not penalised if firms give them one-off payments
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CBI boss demands parents get better childcare support to fire up the economy
Confederation of British Industry director general Tony Danker will warn in a speech today that parents are being forced to limit the hours they work because affordable childcare is not available
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Energy bills help for businesses announced by government - and it's been slashed
A package that had been worth £18billion in six months will now be stripped back to just £5.5billion over a year - with many businesses facing a bills shock from April