Business for Britain

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Business for Britain is a eurosceptic campaign group which seeks renegotiation of the relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union. The campaign was founded in April 2013 by 500 business leaders, including Phones 4u co-founder John Caudwell and former Marks & Spencer chairman Stuart Rose.^[1]

History

In 2014, the group published research on the UK's voting record in the European Parliament called Measuring Britain’s influence in the Council of Ministers.^[2] In October 2015, the Business for Britain Board unanimously decided to support the Vote Leave campaign.^[3]

Personnel

The Board includes businesspeople such as Neville Baxter, Harriet Bridgeman CBE, Dr Peter Cruddas, Robert Hiscox, Daniel Hodson, John Hoerner, Brian Kingham, Adrian McAlpine, and Jon Moynihan OBE.^[4] The campaign's chief executive is Matthew Elliott, founder and former chief executive of low-tax pressure group, the TaxPayers' Alliance.^[4]

Publications

Measuring Britain’s influence in the Council of Ministers (2014) PDF

References

↑ Ben Marlow (8 November 2014). "Business leaders demand cross-party pledge on EU vote". The Telegraph.
↑ Joseph O'Leary (22 Jun 2016). "How often does the EU overrule British ministers?". fullfact.org. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
↑ "Business for Britain's Support For Vote Leave". Business for Britain. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
1 2 "About us". businessforbritain.org.

External links

businessforbritain.org

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