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  Cridland: UK needs the best CEOs

  ‘It is vital that international companies are based in the UK and if we lose them the country is the poorer,’ CBI chief tells the Sun

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  • Climate change: CBI responds to DEFRA report
  • Falling demand hits manufacturing sentiment
  • 'No reason' for data rules overhaul, says CBI
• Survey

  January high-street sales fallas shoppers rein in spending

    

  Distributive Trades Survey

  Sales down by 22% overall - the lowest since March 2009, but broadly in line with expectations

• News

  Solar panels ruling 'Consumers need certainty'

    

  Verdict upheld

  CBI welcomes appeal court judgement on government's 'spectacular own goal' on energy

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  The CBI director-general ...

  ... spoke to the Sun about the importance of business following the outcry over Stephen Hester's bonus

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  All the latest on how business are getting ready for the Games

• Events

  Annual Conference 2011Full coverage

    

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  ... from the premier event in the business calendar - featuring Cameron, Hague, and Turkish president Abdullah Gul

• Events

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