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By: Digby Jones

Lord Digby Jones is a crossbench peer and former director general of the CBI.

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  • HS2 is not just another transport project — it’s about the very bones of our economy.

    Over the coming weeks, the government will publish at last the Oakervee report into HS2. The review looks likely to give the green light to this massive investment in the infrastructure of the north and the Midlands — and it’s certain that there will be an almighty row about it. As always with any infrastructure [...]

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  • Prioritise Commonwealth trade post Brexit: It’s what UK businesses want

    The UK’s vote to leave the EU presents British businesses, large and small, with significant export opportunities with the rest of the world – and in particular with Commonwealth countries. In fact, UK businesses are calling for much closer ties and the government must listen. Polling commissioned by The Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) and PLMR [...]

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