UK Business Activity Set to Shrink in Wake of Budget, CBI Says December 3, 2024 Business activity in the UK is on course to shrink for the first time in more than two years as...
UK Business Group Says Tax Clarity Needed at Budget to Support Investment October 8, 2024 By David Milliken British finance minister Rachel Reeves needs to strike a positive tone at her first budget on Oct. 30 in order...
Banks, Insurers Ordered to Report Sexism and Bullying Cases in Britain February 15, 2024 By Kirstin Ridley and Carolyn Cohn Britain’s markets watchdog has ordered more than 1,000 banks, insurers and brokerages to report how many sexual harassment, discrimination and...
Women in Finance Criticize City of London’s ‘Tokenistic’ Diversity Efforts January 18, 2024 By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu Testimonies from 40 women across banking, insurance, and asset management in Britain describe diversity and inclusion initiatives as often “tokenistic,”...
UK’s Business Lobby Group Sets Out Proposals for Change After Misconduct Scandals June 1, 2023 By Pan Pylas Britain’s leading business lobby group set out a series of proposals Wednesday that it hopes can secure its future following...
CBI President Says Business Group May Not Survive Sexual Assault Scandal April 25, 2023 By Sabah Meddings The Confederation of British Industry may not survive a scandal triggered by rape claims among staff, its president said, as...
Update: Major UK Companies Abandon CBI Following Second Rape Claim April 21, 2023 By Katie Linsell, Sabah Meddings, Thomas Seal and Laura Benitez A swathe of major UK companies, ranging from banks to supermarkets, have resigned from the Confederation of British Industry as...
Scandal at CBI Plunges UK Business Lobby Into Existential Crisis April 17, 2023 By Sabah Meddings and Joe Mayes When Rishi Sunak stepped up to the podium at the Vox venue in Birmingham in November, he had one mission:...
UK’s Confederation of British Industry Fires Director General After Probe of Complaints April 11, 2023 By David Milliken and William Schomberg The Confederation of British Industry said it had fired its director-general Tony Danker and suspended three others after an investigation...
Head of UK Employer Group CBI Steps Aside Over Allegations March 7, 2023 The Confederation of British Industry said on Monday that its director-general, Tony Danker, had stepped aside while the employer body...