Exclusive: British Chambers of Commerce head urges parties not to backtrack on eco pledges in run-up to general election

BCC president Martha Lane Fox chairs House of Lords meeting to help draft business manifesto for general election

The Business Council is set up by British Chambers of Commerce backed by big companies

Lastminute.com co-founder, now a peer, says little progress has been made in recent decades

Initial signatories of campaign include billionaires fashion mogul Francois-Henri Pinault and Arianna Huffington

Oxfordshire black-tie event for US president will feature the chief executives of FTSE 100 firms such as Rolls-Royce, Barclays and BP

Anniversary of Labour MP’s murder marked with street parties, picnics and gatherings in churches, mosques and synagogues

Twitter has been criticized for lacking diversity and innovation on its board, and new appointments comes as Peter Currie and Peter Chernin plan to exit

Technology expected to cut paperwork and errors as well as to improve patient experience

The founder of Lastminute.com, Martha Lane Fox, last week told the annual Wired technology conference how an industry that promised so much hope had failed. Here is her call for Britain to set a global standard for equality in the sector