Potential CBI challenger Business Council holds first meeting

Martha Lane Fox: ‘Our new, national Business Council will help the voice of business to be heard loud and clear by policymakers.’ Photograph: The British Chambers of Commerce

A new council that could challenge the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) as the voice of British business has held its first meeting as it tries to set the agenda before the next general election.

The British Chambers of Commerce’s Business Council gathered at the House of Lords for the meeting, chaired by the BCC’s president, Martha Lane Fox, and discussed policy proposals to improve the UK economy.