In a speech in Manchester hosted by the IPPR North thinktank, John Cridland, director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), said: "If we can get the UK's regions and nations firing on all cylinders, the prize could be enormous".
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), for example, thinks that Britain's membership of the EU is worth up to 5% of GDP, or as much as £78bn a year – roughly the combined worth of the economies of north-east England and Northern Ireland.
It extends into other areas too: in Britain, for example, Howard Davies, the head of the FSA, the country's financial super-regulator, and Adair Turner, the former head of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), both once worked for McKinsey.
On October 25th, at the annual conference of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), it was the turn of David Cameron, the cuddlier prime minister, to play good cop.
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) argues that British companies compete in a global market for talent, as well as for customers.
"Business has had taxation up to here," says Sir Digby Jones, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
THE era of "Jack Welch capitalism" may be drawing to a close, predicted Richard Lambert, the head of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), in a speech last month.
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) also wants taxes to rise, though by less.
However he may win judicial relief soon: a special court set up by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to pursue the case, is due this month to consider an appeal to discharge Mr Shah, who denies wrongdoing and calls the case a political conspiracy.He was also embroiled last year in a much-reported scandal dubbed "Snoopgate".
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), in a broadside fired before its conference next week, claims that the business-tax burden in Britain is higher than in four of the country's top five trading partners (see chart).
"Just Capital", written by a former director-general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), opens, suitably enough, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, now an emblem of globalisation.
