Speeches
Read the full text of CBI leaders' addresses on key business issues
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Neil Bentley's speech to the IBEC Employment Law Conference
'Some firms are already making great strides, but others are lagging behind. Companies that don’t accept the need to change will, I believe, lose their competitive edge'
William Hague's speech to the CBI's Annual Dinner
'All of us know that sustainable growth in our economy is not going to come from Government spending fuelled by debt, or from domestic demand. It is going to come from investment, including inward investment, and from boosting the share of our economy that comes from exports'
Sir Roger Carr's speech to the CBI's Annual Dinner
'In the race for growth, business doesn’t need to feel the crack of ministerial whip to step up the pace. The going may be heavy at times, but the horses are willing, the course is understood and the will to win is undoubtedly shared by us all'
John Cridland's speech to the Building Society Association's Annual Conference
'The government’s ambition to double UK exports by 2020 to £1 trillion is a bold one. With the centres of economic power moving east and south, we need to improve our relations and trade with emerging and high-growth economies'
John Cridland speech to Turkish business
'It is through exporting, and in particular through the UK’s medium-sized firms exporting, that Britain will get back on the path of strong growth'
John Cridland on tax and UK business
'I am confident that the large majority of business pays the right amount of tax, and that for the small minority which does not, times are getting tougher, not easier – and rightly so'
