CBI: Businesses are "seizing the opportunities of green energy"

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Director-general Carolyn Fairbairn calls on new government to move swiftly to unlock "golden age" of infrastructure development

The CBI has called on the new government to take urgent steps to unleash a "golden age" of UK infrastructure development, including significant new investments in clean energy, green transport, and digital...

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