The need for a soft landing for businesses to avoid a ‘cash crunch’ in April 2021 is essential. Because failure to act fast on Covid support will stunt the UK's economic recovery. 3 critical areas where the Chancellor can take swift action 👇

The scale of the shocks we’re facing today – 3 coalescing all at once – Brexit, Covid, and the Climate imperative – demand a dramatic moment of unity and foresight.

Watch @tonydanker's #UKEconomicVision speech 👇

The scale of the shocks we’re facing today – 3 coalescing all at once – Brexit, Covid, and the Climate imperative – demand a dramatic moment of unity and foresight.

Watch @tonydanker's #UKEconomicVision speech 👇

"Let’s move from adversarial policy making to genuine collaboration - as we saw in the design of the JRS, and in the writing of Covid safe-workplace guidance, and in the vaccine."

CBI's @tonydanker speaks at Bloomberg #UK2030

CBI Director-General, Tony Danker, celebrates "firms moving essential medical supplies, building ventilators at record speed, and keeping food on shelves" during the covid crisis #UK2030

“The scale of the shocks we’re facing today – Brexit, Covid, and the climate imperative – demand a dramatic moment of unity and foresight.”

– CBI Director-General @tonydanker calls for a long-term vision for the UK in a keynote speech at Bloomberg #CBIvision2030

“Hundreds of thousands are left unemployed; millions are carrying the mental health strain of living and working in lockdown.”

– CBI Director-General on the impact of Covid-19 #UK2030

“Businesses have folded – often overnight, after years of endeavour – and many more now face a tough battle to survive.”

CBI Director-General, Tony Danker, speaks at Bloomberg on the impact of Covid-19 on our economy @business

Businesses are heading towards a spring cliff edge in terms of Covid-19 financial support. While the Treasury has acted swiftly to support businesses it's now time to finish the job and help firms get through until the economy can reopen.

What can the Government do to support business? Take action now on 3 key issues:

1⃣ Extend the Job Retention Scheme beyond April
2⃣ Give more time to pay VAT bills
3⃣ Extend the business rates holiday

📽️ Chief Economist @RainNewtonSmith, find out more: https://cbi.org.uk/media-centre/articles/government-must-act-on-covid-business-support-before-budget/

What can the Government do to support business? Take action now, before the budget in March, on 3 key issues:

1⃣ Extend the Job Retention Scheme beyond April
2⃣ Give more time to pay VAT bills
3⃣ Extend the business rates holiday

Find out more: https://cbi.org.uk/media-centre/articles/government-must-act-on-covid-business-support-before-budget/

With the effects of Covid-19 set to continue for businesses, we're calling on the Chancellor to take action on Covid financial support now.

🎥@tonydanker on @business

Businesses are heading towards a spring cliff edge in terms of Covid-19 financial support. While the Treasury has acted swiftly to support businesses it's now time to finish the job and help firms get through until the economy can reopen.

What can the Government do to support business? Take action now on 3 key issues:

1⃣ Extend the Job Retention Scheme beyond April
2⃣ Give more time to pay VAT bills
3⃣ Extend the business rates holiday

📽️ Chief Economist @RainNewtonSmith, find out more: https://cbi.org.uk/media-centre/articles/government-must-act-on-covid-business-support-before-budget/

What can the Government do to support business? Take action now, before the budget in March, on 3 key issues:

1⃣ Extend the Job Retention Scheme beyond April
2⃣ Give more time to pay VAT bills
3⃣ Extend the business rates holiday

Find out more: https://cbi.org.uk/media-centre/articles/government-must-act-on-covid-business-support-before-budget/

What can the Government do to support business? Take action now on 3 key issues:

1⃣ Extend the Job Retention Scheme beyond April
2⃣ Give more time to pay VAT bills
3⃣ Extend the business rates holiday

📽️ Chief Economist @RainNewtonSmith, find out more: https://cbi.org.uk/media-centre/articles/government-must-act-on-covid-business-support-before-budget/

What can the Government do to support business? Take action now, before the budget in March, on 3 key issues:

1⃣ Extend the Job Retention Scheme beyond April
2⃣ Give more time to pay VAT bills
3⃣ Extend the business rates holiday

Find out more: https://cbi.org.uk/media-centre/articles/government-must-act-on-covid-business-support-before-budget/

What can the Government do to support business? Take action now on 3 key issues:

1⃣ Extend the Job Retention Scheme beyond April
2⃣ Give more time to pay VAT bills
3⃣ Extend the business rates holiday

📽️ Chief Economist @RainNewtonSmith, find out more: https://cbi.org.uk/media-centre/articles/government-must-act-on-covid-business-support-before-budget/

What can the Government do to support business? Take action now, before the budget in March, on 3 key issues:

1⃣ Extend the Job Retention Scheme beyond April
2⃣ Give more time to pay VAT bills
3⃣ Extend the business rates holiday

Find out more: https://www.cbi.org.uk/media-centre/articles/government-must-act-on-covid-business-support-before-budget/

On tomorrow's webinar at 10am, our Director-General, @tonydanker, will be joined by Ben Osborn, Managing Director and Country Manager, @Pfizer_UK, and @devisridhar, Chair of @GlobalHealthGP, @EdinburghUni, for a discussion on the COVID-19 vaccine.

Sign up now!

Are you a CBI member? Register for our final GAN briefing of the year.

Taking place tomorrow at 1:30pm, the virtual briefing will provide you with the chance to access insights on how the latest COVID-19 policies might affect your business.

Sponsored by @HK_London and @YouGov

Read the latest report on how business & government can rebuild a stronger & fairer capital in partnership with
@uclnews & @traverssmith, which draws together the views of nearly 200 of the city’s business leaders, & covers topics such as Brexit, Covid, sustainability & equality

Read the latest report on how business & government can rebuild a stronger & fairer capital city in partnership with @ucl & @traverssmith which draws together the views of nearly 200 of the city’s business leaders, & covers topics such as Brexit, Covid, sustainability & equality.

"When it comes to Covid-19...it's pushed upon those areas of inequality," says @tracygarrad. @AXAHealth recognised the new pressures home working would bring, she adds. "We introduced a work from home allowance...and emergency dependent leave." #CBIDandI

Identifying local labour market needs & ensuring the talent pipeline is in place for employers is key to drive mobility, says @lindsey_mac, Prof. of Economics & Director of @CEPEO_UCL

Tune into our session on driving greater mobility after Covid-19 for more insights #CBIDandI

"The impact of Covid-19 has fallen unequally on our society," says @cbimatt kicking off the next #CBIDandI conference session

On managing workplace and home working during Covid-19, Colleen McKnight says:

"You've got to find unique solutions within a wider framework that works for your customers and works for all your employees." #CBIDandI

"Something that does concern me is that there hasn't been enough attention given to the fact BAME communities are twice as likely to be impacted by Covid, and almost two-thirds have missed out on support," says @t_kumar12 #CBIDandI

Our member-only Government Affairs Network briefing, sponsored by @HK_London and @YouGov, returns 8 December. Get to grips with the latest COVID-19 policy landscape and hear from the CBI on the latest Brexit developments and how your business can prepare for change.

Sign up!

Are you a CBI member? For the last of this year's GAN briefings, we will be providing you with CBI intel on what business can expect from the 2021 political landscape and insights on the latest COVID-19 policy landscape and how this might affect your organisation. Join us!

Only one week left until this year's virtual Diversity & Inclusion conference. Don't miss out on the opportunity to access live and on-demand content and expert insights as we reflect on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diversity and inclusion. Sign up!

There's still time to register for this year's D&I conference. Don't miss out on the opportunity to access live and on-demand content from speakers such as Emma Stewart, CEO, @Timewise_UK, as we reflect on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diversity and inclusion. Sign up!

Action is needed to ensure regions can bounce back from the impacts of COVID-19 & succeed outside the EU, whilst addressing the longstanding gaps in productivity & equality across England.

In our latest report we set out a number of recommendations on how we get there including

For the next of our CBI @ 10am webinar, we will be joined by Tera Allas CBE, Director of Research and Economics, @McKinsey, for a discussion on the UK’s reskilling challenge and how we can address this to build back better from COVID-19.

Join us Monday: https://www.cbi.org.uk/events/cbi-10am-79055/

This is a pivotal moment for the UK #lifesciences sector. @ABPI_UK CEO @TorbettR tells us more about it's role in beating COVID-19. Read our new report #LetsGetClinical here: https://www.cbi.org.uk/media/5926/cbi-lets-get-clinical-2020.pdf

"There are things we wish we had done to prepare ourselves for COVID - but we will survive... the same cannot be said for climate change. If we get things wrong, we won't have a second chance."

John Holland-Kaye CEO @HeathrowAirport at #CBI2020

"I want to thank you for the heroic efforts you've made to look after your employees, to make your premises Covid secure, putting in perspex screens, and all the trouble you've gone to."

UK Prime Minister addresses #CBI2020

"I don't think there's a single silver bullet to cracking COVID... our first line of defence is our own behaviour: hands, face, and space - and mass testing at real scale." Dido Harding at #CBI2020

Businesses are stepping up to support COVID app tracing efforts - Dido Harding says "over 700,000 QR code posters have been put up across the country" #CBI2020 @didoharding

"Covid-19 is the greatest public health challenge we've faced in modern times" @didoharding at #CBI2020

"One can imagine in the next few decades a climate shock having a similar impact to COVID on our economy" - Lord Sedwill at #CBI2020 @marksedwill

"If you don't fix it everywhere, you won't fix it anywhere" - @ThomasJDonohue President of @USChamber 🇺🇸 on the need for global co-operation to tackle COVID #CBI2020

Next year's G7 and COP26 summits are "vital opportunities to help shape the world's recovery from covid" - @cbicarolyn at #CBI2020

"I wouldn't extend furlough - I would increase the generosity of Universal Credit and help people find jobs that are likely to be more productive in a post-covid economy... we need to avoid this 'freezing in time' agenda". @zannymb at #CBI2020

"We've talked some very grand talk - but the EU is way ahead of us on their post-covid green agenda." @MyStephanomics at #CBI2020

"Together, we stand to gain so much. Cures – not just for COVID – but cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s. Clean, low carbon technology – to confront the climate crisis. And innovations that could tackle poverty and deprivation in almost every corner of the globe." #CBI2020

"This year, we’ve seen the ingenuity of British business more powerfully than ever before - particularly in the search for a COVID vaccine." - CBI President @Lord_Bilimoria champions science and innovation at #CBI2020

"Compassion has found its way into the workplace, and is very welcome" - Carolyn Fairbairn on business mindset during the covid pandemic #CBI2020

"We are losing £10.9 billion in tourist spending" - @RajeshAgrawal on the impact of COVID on the UK's capital #CBI2020

Next up - @AndyBurnhamGM @MarkDrakeford @RajeshAgrawal and @MayorJD talking COVID and local lockdowns, with expert insight from CBI star guest @DeborahJFraser 👏👏 #CBI2020

"Covid-19 has changed the game for us. It has meant investing in our business for the long term" - @lakslnarasimhan CEO of @discoverRB at #CBI2020

"How will businesses cope with the impact of COVID and Brexit over the next few months?" - pertinent question from Claire Taylor at #CBI2020

“I can’t forgive the catalogue of mistakes that have cost lives and livelihoods.” Keir Starmer on the government’s COVID response at #CBI2020

Firms have invested millions in being more Covid secure. Many more can open and should open, @cbicarolyn highlights. Sign up to watch more from #CBI2020 https://bit.ly/3kKDedE

"From unleashing innovation, to tackling climate change, and making our workplaces covid-secure - @beisgovuk is at the heart of making the UK the best place in the world to work and do business" - @Lord_Bilimoria speaks at #CBI2020

It's an incredibly difficult time for business. This is a body blow. Firms have worked very hard to become Covid safe. We need to use the next 4 weeks to prepare for what might come next, mass rapid testing could be a game changer.
📽️@cbicarolyn on @SophyRidgeSky @RidgeOnSunday

It's an incredibly difficult time for business. This is a body blow. Firms have worked very hard to become Covid safe. We need to use the next 4 weeks to prepare for what might come next, mass rapid testing could be a game changer.
📽️@cbicarolyn on @SophyRidgeSky @RidgeOnSunday

Government has worked hard to improve public-private partnerships & many of these reforms have been vital to the good procurements & contract management seen during COVID-19. Yet the pandemic has also highlighted that there are areas for improvement.

Read our recommendations 🔽

Our latest report "Public-private partnerships: lessons from COVID-19" celebrates the successful partnerships between government and industry that has helped tackle the pandemic and ensure communities have had continued access to vital public services.

Download the report 🔽

With the majority of their profits coming from the hospitality industry, discover how premium wine and spirits wholesaler @EnotriaCoe quickly transformed their business model once COVID hit.

What does it mean for business to build back a better economy? Access insights from Helen Lamprell, Director, @VodafoneUKBiz, at our Annual Conference, on the lessons that can bed learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and how these can be applied.

Register: https://www.cbi.org.uk/events/annual-conference-2020/

Secure your place at this year's Annual Conference.

Join CBI Chief Economist @rainnewtonsmith, and experts from @Unilever, @SalesforceUK, and @Alpro, for a discussion on the longer-term economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemics.

Register: https://www.cbi.org.uk/events/annual-conference-2020/

COVID-19 knocked Brexit off every boardroom's agenda across the country. We can't expect businesses to be fully prepared for a no deal Brexit.

Negotiators on both sides of the channel have a responsibility to get a deal to avoid job losses.

🎥@cbicarolyn on @IanKingSky

Our new Learning for Life report with @McKinsey showed that prior to the pandemic, 9/10 workers would have required some form of retraining within the decade. With COVID accelerating changes in the labour market we must use this as an opportunity for a national reskilling effort.