CBI director-general Richard Lambert sets out action plan for business, jobs and economic recovery.
Getting cash flowing to businesses large and small is at the heart of a ten point action plan announced today by, Richard Lambert, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
The CBI believes the moves it proposes in a letter to the Prime Minister, who made a surprise appearance at the Confederation’s annual conference this morning, are vital to avoid otherwise healthy businesses going under and a recession being prolonged.
On issuing the action plan Richard Lambert said:
The biggest threat hanging over businesses is cash flow. If they cannot get their hands on the cash and credit they need to go about their day-to-day business, there is a real risk we could see healthy firms going under.
The CBI website has full details of the action plan, but the key points are as follows:
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