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Institute of Directors

May 2023

  • Commuters walking through Canary Wharf in London

    UK business confidence increases for fifth month in a row, survey shows

    Institute of Directors index returns to levels last seen just before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022

November 2022

  • An EU flag with Big Ben in the background

    Scrapping EU laws would threaten economic growth, warn business leaders

    IoD and unions among groups writing to government, saying move would cause business chaos, harm rights and threaten environment

March 2022

  • Huge rolls of aluminium wire in a factory, with a man in a hard hat fiddling with one of them.

    Institute of Directors calls on Britons to quit Russian boards

    Lobby group says Ukraine war makes it ‘untenable’ for directors to be involved in Belarusian firms as well

January 2022

  • Boris Johnson on a visit to Bovingdon primary school on June 19, 2020; he is said to have attended a birthday gathering in Downing Street the same day.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Boris Johnson had birthday party at No 10 during 2020 lockdown, report claims – as it happened

    ITV News reports that prime minister’s wife, Carrie Johnson, organised gathering for him in cabinet room on 19 June 2020

December 2021

  • Container cranes a Felixtowe

    A third of UK importers not ready for full Brexit customs checks – survey

    IoD warns a lack of preparedness will exacerbate port congestion when grace period ends in January

August 2021

  • Waitrose HGV

    Business group says investing in UK workers won’t solve labour crisis

    Institute of Directors rejects official advice and says flexible visas also needed to cut staff shortages

September 2020

  • Rishi Sunak

    Covid scheme: UK government to cover 22% of worker pay for six months

  • Empty offices in the City of London financial district.

    Businesses warn Boris Johnson over U-turn on office working

July 2020

  • A UK and EU flag

    Three in four UK firms unprepared for Brexit, study shows

    IoD says half of companies questioned cannot fully plan for end of transition period due to lack of clarity on rules

April 2020

  • worker wearing a mask in front of a construction site

    Bosses appeal to the government for a lockdown exit plan

    Institute of Directors says its members are ‘clamouring’ for details so they can make plans

March 2020

  • An increasing number of shops have been lying empty and boarded up in Windsor.

    Sunak throws budget lifeline to small firms battling coronavirus

  • Rishi Sunak

    Sunak faces pressure to support business over coronavirus crisis

February 2020

  • EU Farmer Workers, Tarleton, Lancashire: 22nd Sep 2016. EU nationals who are seasonal migrant farm labourers, picking ‘Oakleaf’ Lettuce for John Dobson salad farms in Tarleton, Lancashire. This freshly picked salad crop is exported overnight to supermar<br>EU nationals who are seasonal migrant farm labourers, picking ‘Oakleaf’ Lettuce for John Dobson salad farms in Tarleton, Lancashire.

    New immigration rules: where will UK find its drivers and pickers?

    Bosses and unions warn of staff shortages, from logistics to food and hospitality to health and social care

January 2020

  • Boris Johnson speaks at the UK Africa Investment Summit

    Business leaders urge government to publish aims for Brexit deal

    More than 60% of businesses said an EU trade deal is more important than one with the US

December 2019

  • Shoppers walking along Regent Street in London

    Poll shows highest UK business confidence levels for three years

    Key economic measures swing positive for the first time since Brexit referendum, says IoD

October 2019

  • Woman looking into a closed Thomas Cook store

    Thomas Cook: MPs to question PwC on possible conflict of interest

    Questions raised over firm’s dual role as executive pay adviser and auditor

July 2019

  • Theresa May

    Uncertainty over next PM knocks confidence, say UK business leaders

    Institute of Directors’ survey finds companies are more pessimistic about economy

June 2019

  • Lorries are parked waiting to be loaded at Dover

    UK businesses urged to step up preparations for no-deal Brexit

    The Institute of Directors says its members have failed to take advantage of seven-month delay

March 2019

  • Woman in Wonderwoman pro-EU outfit

    Brexit fatigue: business leaders fed up of paying price of uncertainty

  • Carolyn Fairbairn, head of the CBI

    UK firms react with fury to 'cack-handed' no-deal Brexit plan

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