CBI - policy work - PDF downloads

Download the most up-to-date CBI reports, surveys, briefings, business guides and speeches on a range of policy issues.

If you require assistance or further information, please email us at bookshop@cbi.org.uk

Annual report
Business agenda
Climate change
Company affairs
CSR
Economics
Education and skills
Employment
Energy
Enterprise and SMEs
Equality
Europe
Health and safety
Home affairs
Innovation
International
Key speeches
Knowledge economy
London Business Manifesto
Minerals
New Year's message
Pensions
Property and planning
Public service reform
Scotland
Security
Transport
Wales

Economics

The CBI Economic Analysis Group produces an Economic and Business Outlook for members. Old copies of this can be found in the Economic and Business Outlook archive. The Group also produces ad hoc 'Focus on investment' documents outlining key developments in the UK economy.

To read our recommendations for and analysis of Budgets, go to: www.cbi.org.uk/budget.

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Education and skills

Download CBI/Nord Anglia education and skill survey 2009 (PDF, 3MB), April 2009
Download Reaching Further – Workforce development through employer-FE college partnership (PDF 1.9MB), January 2009
Download Stepping Higher - Workforce development through employer-higher education partnership (PDF 2.8MB), October 2008
Download the literature review of Stepping Higher (PDF 724KB), October 2008
Taking stock – CBI education & skills survey, April 2008 (PDF 1.9mb)
English at work report, December 2007 (PDF 776kb)
Shaping up for the future: the business vision for education and skills, April 2007 (1.39mb)
Collaborating on skills: a guide for directors, April 2007 (294kb)
Collaborating on skills: a guide for HR practitioners, April 2007 (451kb)
Time well spent (full report), March 2007 (854kb)
Time well spent (shorter report), March 2007 (203kb)
Working on the Three Rs – employers' priorities for functional skills in maths and English, August 2006 (1.3Mb)
Business and higher education – promoting effective collaboration, April 2003 (40kb)

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Employment

Managing change: practical ways to reduce long hours and reform working practices, September 2005 (1.71mb)
Telework guidance, September 2003 (258kb)
Informality works - SME training, April 2003 (306kb)

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Energy

The future of coal, December 2008 (PDF 803 kb) Powering the future, November 2005 (PDF 310kb)

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Enterprise and SMEs

Encouraging small business growth, September 2006 (PDF 199kb)
Improving access to finance, July 2006 (PDF 227kb)
Boosting enterprise across the population, May 2006 (PDF 300kb)
Improving government services for small and growing businesses, January 2006 (PDF 193kb)
Building an enterprise culture, November 2005 (PDF 102kb)
A more dynamic start-up market, September 2005 (PDF 547kb)
The Small Business Service five years on, August 2005 (PDF 248kb)

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Equality

Making the case for diversity, January 2005 (132kb)

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Europe

CBI Brussels lobby briefings
A business manifesto, May 2004 (66kb)

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Health and safety

Friend or foe? The business view of the HSE/HSC, January 2004 (53kb)

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Home affairs

Getting back on the straight and narrow (480kb)

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Innovation

Investment in innovation, March 2007 (1.31mb)
Innovation and public procurement, October 2006 (243kb)
Innovation brief, November 2005 (301kb)

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International

China and India visit reports, January 2008 (PDF 76kb)
North Africa visit report, November 2007 (PDF 368kb)
Russia in the global economy, July 2003 (265kb)

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Key speeches

Richard Lambert, CBI director-general's speech to Jiji Press on City bonuses and private equity, 14 February 2007 (51kb)
Richard Lambert, CBI director-general's speech on climate change to the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, 8 February 2007 (86kb)
Richard Lambert, CBI Director-General's speech to the CBI Public Services Summit 2007, 23 January 2007 (67kb)
Richard Lambert's speech, Social Market Foundation, 5 September 2006 (50kb)
Former CBI President Sir John Sunderland's speech, CBI Annual Dinner 2006 (71kb)
Former CBI Director-General Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham's speech, CBI Annual Dinner 2006 (90kb)

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London Business Manifesto

London Business Manifesto, March 2008 (712kb)

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Minerals

Living with minerals, June 2004 (7kb)

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New Year's message

Richard Lambert's New Year's message, January 2008 (56kb)

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Pensions

Clearing the fog: Achieving transparency on public sector pension costs, December 2009 (250kb)
The impact of pensions deficits, July 2003 (128kb)

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Property

CBI/GVA Grimley Corporate Real Estate Survey (613kb)
Property for business, February 2008 (312kb)
Property for business, January 2005 (846kb)

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Public service reform

The CBI is producing a comprehensive range of free to download reports on the impact of public-private partnerships in the past decade. These reports aim to make the case for, and stimulate the debate on, the merits of competitive and diverse supply markets in improving standards across all of the UK's public services.
Click here to access the full list of reports

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