Businesses bet on growth as activity begins to pick up June 3, 2024 Labour and the Tories need to lay out a road map for cost cutting and turbocharging investment, Britain’s biggest business body has said.
Employers are reforming workers’ rights and Labour is right to follow their lead May 15, 2024 Enlightened employers are already prioritising security and flexibility at work in order to attract the best talent, says Anthony Painter of the Chartered Management Institute With it’s plans to reform workers’ rights, Labour has managed to attract the ire of both the business lobby and the trade unions. Yet the more important divide is between [...]
End ‘damaging speculation’ over graduate visas, business groups warn May 14, 2024 Government must end the “damaging speculation” over the graduate visa route, business lobby groups have warned.
Workers rights row: Labour’s Rayner vows to expand protection from sex harassment to interns May 9, 2024 Angela Rayner has vowed Labour will expand sexual harassment protections to include interns and volunteers, amid a row with unions over the party’s workers’ rights proposals.
CBI boss: Britain ‘can’t rest on laurels’ in growth industries like life sciences and net zero April 25, 2024 The UK “can’t rest on our laurels” in high-growth industries like life sciences and net zero, the boss of Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is to say.
CBI boss warns looming minimum wage increase may stoke inflation March 27, 2024 The increase in the minimum wage could reignite inflationary pressures as firms are forced to pass on costs to consumers, the CBI warned.
Going green: We can’t match the big bucks from the US or China, but we can outsmart them March 3, 2024 Forget the politics, the UK must double down on green investments now - or else the consequences will catch up, writes Rain Newton-Smith.
Mark Kleinman: Thames Water will be hoping for a fresh start in 2024 December 28, 2023 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and is the man that gets the City talking in his weekly City A.M. column.
CBI denies ‘toxic’ culture but no sign of government freeze thawing May 31, 2023 CBI's new boss says "misogynistic" accusations are inaccurate but acknowledges group has work to do to persuade its members