Engulfed by allegations of the worst kind of workplace misconduct and shunned by politicians and its own members, the CBI looks done for. Does it matter if it is beyond saving?
Ms Newton-Smith’s return was prompted by the dismissal on April 11th of Tony Danker, who had run thesince November 2020, for “conduct [that] fell short of that expected of the director-general”. Though sorry for making some staff feel “very uncomfortable”, Mr Danker later told thehis sacking was unfair.
Still, four other broad bodies—the British Chambers of Commerce , the Federation of Small Businesses, the Institute of Directors and Make
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