Major British companies are this weekend being invited to join BizUK, an emergency body being set up after initial talks with Labour and Tory officials, Sky News learns.
"We are not a trade body."Instead BizUK will be a temporary, time-limited initiative, focused on helping businesses communicate new thinking ahead of the next general election."
Its intention will be to produce four main reports that will enable BizUK"to advocate clear and coherent policy positions that best represent its members' views". WPI was the architect of the Covid Recovery Commission, a cross-sector liaison group which worked to influence post-pandemic economic policy.
Last week, the CBI fired its director-general, Tony Danker, saying he had lost the confidence of its board after a string of allegations about his personal conduct.The CBI appointed Rain Newton-Smith - until recently its chief economist - as Mr Danker's successor, but although she is regarded as capable, her appointment was roundly criticised for failing to embrace the kind of reform that members believe the CBI requires.
The organisation, which was established by Royal Charter in 1965, has 190,000 members, who until yesterday included the majority of Britain's best-known companies.
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