Top bosses at the likes of Rolls-Royce, Microsoft UK and Virgin Atlantic have joined a new Business Council launched by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The Business Council, which will be co-chaired by the Chancellor, will convene a new cohort of business leaders to work in partnership with the Government, "helping to drive a high productivity, high growth economy over the next 12 months and level up local economies around the country".
The government added the new council will "support the UK’s recovery from Covid-19 and prioritise delivering the green industrial revolution, creating new jobs and developing a skilled workforce, and unlocking global investment".
