Organisation: UK CBI
Big Business Council for Britain
Life just got worse for the little guy. Gordon has always believed that "business" = "the major corporates and City institutions". His understanding of the impact of his policies, and therefore the policies themselves, have been conditioned…
Howard Davies, Europe, Brown and the politicization of our institutions
Howard Davies is reported in Le Figaro as saying: "On Europe, we do not yet know if Sarkozy is a friend or an enemy.... Selling the Brussels result will be arduous for Brown… It is crucial for him that Sarkozy continues to defend the idea…
The BBC's idea of business
The BBC ran a half-hour promotion on Thursday night for government-funded investment in businesses or technologies that government judged to be promising. In other words, a promotion for picking losers (the policy, not the site, sadly). I'm…
The CBI - cheerleader for government intervention, promoter of vested interests, or both?
According to their website, the CBI's mission is: "to help create and sustain the conditions in which businesses in the United Kingdom can compete and prosper for the benefit of all" and their policy is: "decided by our members – senior…