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Rain Newton-Smith

  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    UK business
    The UK and EU must choose prosperity over politics

    The legacy of Brexit should not get in the way of progress that cuts costs for business

    UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at Downing Street
  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    UK business
    UK business cutting back growth plans after Budget tax rises, warns CBI

    Results of survey of lobby group’s members are latest sign of souring relations between government and corporate world

    Rain Newton-Smith
  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    UK tax rises acceptable if part of pro-business Budget, CBI says

    Rupert Soames believes companies will judge October 30 measures ‘in the round’

    Rupert Soames, the new CBI president
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Labour party UK
    Business welcomes UK ministers’ commitment to nurturing economic growth

    Executives applaud the government’s upbeat tone at Labour’s conference, but want to see more policy detail

    Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks at the Labour party conference business day event
  • Saturday, 18 November, 2023
    InterviewConfederation of British Industry
    Misconduct scandal left CBI facing disproportionate scrutiny, says boss

    Rain Newton-Smith says business lobby group’s finances are stable after redundancy round and cash crunch

  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    Confederation of British Industry
    CBI in merger talks with Make UK

    ‘Fairly advanced’ discussions underline financial challenges facing British business lobbying group after sexual misconduct scandal

    Montage of CBI logo over London skyline
  • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
    Confederation of British Industry
    CBI boss attends first event with minister since misconduct scandal

    Presence of Rain Newton-Smith at roundtable chaired by Andrew Griffith seen as ‘some normalisation’ of relations

    Rain Newton-Smith
  • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
    Confederation of British Industry
    Fewer than one-third of CBI members backed overhaul

    Director-general defends role of business lobby group as she tells MPs it has 1,200 members

    Rain Newton-Smith
  • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
    Confederation of British Industry
    CBI grapples with twin threats to its long-term survival

    Crisis-hit business group must convince ministers to re-engage, while halting a slide in its membership

    Montage of CBI logo, new director-general Rain Newton-Smith and the Houses of Parliament
  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    Confederation of British Industry
    CBI to recruit new president as part of governance overhaul

    Consultants say blanket portrayals of ‘toxic’ culture at scandal-hit UK business lobby group ‘not accurate’

    Brian McBride
  • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
    Confederation of British Industry
    CBI to be renamed as part of root and branch reform

    ‘It needs to be a new, a different organisation,’ UK business group’s new director-general Rain Newton-Smith tells FT

    Rain Newton-Smith
  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    Confederation of British Industry
    New CBI director-general apologises for scandal and pledges to ‘rebuild’

    Rain Newton-Smith promises to win back trust after UK business lobby group engulfed by misconduct crisis

    Rain Newton-Smith
  • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A scandal at Britain’s premier business lobby

    The CBI must convince members and government it can reinvent itself

    A CBI logo
  • Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
    Confederation of British Industry
    Mixed reception for new CBI head as lobby group battles misconduct claims

    Appointment of Rain Newton-Smith meets with plaudits and concerns from members and former employees

    Rain Newton-Smith, left, is to replace  Tony Danker as director-general
  • Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
    Confederation of British Industry
    CBI head Tony Danker sacked after misconduct claims

    Director-general fired following investigation into sexual harassment complaints at employer organisation

    Tony Danker
  • Thursday, 23 November, 2017
    Retail & Consumer industry
    November brings some much-needed cheer to UK retailers – CBI
  • Thursday, 26 October, 2017
    UK retail sales
    Highest share of UK retailers report falling sales since 2009 – CBI
  • Monday, 23 October, 2017
    UK economy
    UK manufacturers turn more pessimistic – CBI survey
  • Friday, 19 May, 2017
    UK economy
    UK manufacturers report strongest growth in 3 years – CBI
  • Monday, 20 February, 2017
    UK economy
    Weak pound forces manufacturers to pump up price expectations – CBI
  • Thursday, 2 February, 2017
    UK Budget
    Small businesses ‘facing bankruptcy’ over rates rise

    Lobby groups seek increase in relief threshold and simpler, fairer system in Budget

    Philip Hammond, U.K. chancellor of the exchequer, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. World leaders, influential executives, bankers and policy makers attend the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos from Jan. 17 - 20. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
  • Wednesday, 25 January, 2017
    UK economy
    UK manufacturers bullish on exports, says CBI

    Weak pound has given sector a competitive edge, survey finds

  • Sunday, 25 September, 2016
    Brexit
    Sentiment sours in UK financial services sector

    Jitters over future access to European markets

    An employee manually counts 20 pound sterling banknotes in this arranged photograph inside a Travelex store, operated by Travelex Holdings Ltd., in London, U.K., on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. The pound, already suffering its worst month in more than a year, has the potential to tumble 10 percent should the Scots vote for independence from the U.K., according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg
  • Thursday, 22 September, 2016
    World
    UK manufacturers upgrade outlook – CBI
  • Wednesday, 27 July, 2016
    UK retail sales
    UK retail sales fall at fastest pace since 2012 – CBI
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