Britain’s biggest companies consider backing new ‘CBI replacement’ body to shape Conservative and Labour election manifesto’s

Some of Britain’s biggest companies are this weekend scrambling to fill the void left by the crisis at the CBI as they consider backing a new body being set up after talks with Conservative and Labour officials.

Sky News are running reports that it has learnt that businesses from across a range of sectors including banking, insurance, retail and telecoms have been contacted about the launch of BizUK.