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From the desk of Josh Hardie

With the feedback of thousands of businesses, the CBI Deputy Director General lays out the three steps UK businesses can take to help the fight against coronavirus.

07 Apr 2020, 3 min read

Coronavirus shines a light on us all. Families confined together. NHS workers under overwhelming pressure, clapped from doorways, bringing communities closer. Traditional and social media providing a lifeline of news and escape. Retail and delivery drivers as the fifth emergency service.

The thousands of businesses that the CBI is speaking to in our daily webinars are acutely aware the spotlight is on them. Reputations are forged in a crisis. And the way Britain’s businesses help the country through the pandemic will shape their relationsh

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