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The Business View is where the CBI and business leaders share their reactions to the daily issues, political and economic news.

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People and Skills

We cannot fail our young people

CBI President Lord Karan Bilimoria, CBE, DL, called for an extension of the Kickstart Scheme deadline in a speech on the power of education.

15 Mar 2021, 15 min read
Economic

Why the UK needs its first ever economic strategy

And Now For Something Completely Different: CBI Director-General Tony Danker's keynote speech on the future of the UK economy.

03 Feb 2021, 17 min read
Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity and inclusion: changing the race ratio

CBI President Lord Karan Bilimoria, CBE, DL delivered his keynote speech at CBI's Diversity and Inclusion conference.

01 Dec 2020, 12 min read
Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity and inclusion: time to go futher, faster

Opening the CBI's Diversity and Inclusion conference, Director-General Tony Danker's first keynote speech set out strong new commitments.

30 Nov 2020, 10 min read
Overarching

Look to the light: a people first recovery

CBI President, Lord Karan Bilimoria, CBE, DL, set out his priorities and vision of a people-first recovery at the 2020 CBI Annual Conference.

03 Nov 2020, 16 min read
Overarching

Build back better

In her final key-note address as CBI Director-General, Dame Carolyn Fairbairn delivered an unprecedented speech in the most challenging of times.

02 Nov 2020, 14 min read
International Trade

No limit to our trade ambitions

CBI President, Lord Karan Bilimoria, opens day two of the first CBI International Trade Conference by highlighting the UKs trade opportunities for 2021.

13 Oct 2020, 4 min read
International Trade

Champion free trade to shape a better future

Carolyn Fairbairn opens the first CBI International Trade Conference with the message that the UK can trade its way to recovery.

13 Oct 2020, 9 min read
Rethinking business for a new pandemic informed world: Q&A with the CBI and IBM

CBI President, Lord Karan Bilimoria's keynote discussion at IBM’s Think Digital Summit UK and Ireland on 7 October.

07 Oct 2020, 14 min read
Energy and climate change

From ambition to action - achieving net zero

Carolyn Fairbairn calls on the government to lead the way to net-zero and provide businesses with the blueprints necessary to achieve a green future.

14 Sep 2020, 6 min read
Trade

Time to seize the benefits of trade to transform lives

Carolyn Fairbairn calls on the UK and the US to aim high on global standards for a new trade deal.

05 Feb 2020, 10 min read
Political

Brexit and beyond: priorities for the new decade

At the historic theatre of the Bristol Old Vic, Carolyn Fairbairn sets out priorities for government and business as we enter the 2020s - a decade of renewal.

10 Jan 2020, 10 min read