The UK’s top business leader has called on firms to “turn up the volume” in making the case for continued EU membership.
In a speech at the annual dinner of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) on Wednesday (20 May), the CBI’s president, Mike Rake, urged businesses to make it “crystal clear that membership is in our national interest".
"The question is not whether the UK would survive outside the EU, but whether it would thrive,” he said, adding that “no one has yet set out...
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Already a member? Login hereBenjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.