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Our latest IoD Directors' Economic Confidence Index, which measures business leader optimism in prospects for the UK economy, remained very low at -54 in July, but was a slight rise from the value of -60 recorded in June. More here: iod.com/news/uk-econom…

Interest rates have risen by an historic 0.5% to 1.75%, @KittyUssher, Chief Economist IoD, commented: “We welcome this decisive action by the Bank of England." Read more below ⤵️ iod.com/news/uk-econom…

Responding to the announcement of Liz Truss as the new Prime Minister, Jon Geldart, Director General of the IoD, said: “We warmly welcome the appointment of a new PM and hope that we can now move on from the recent political uncertainty." Read here ➡️ bit.ly/3RMsKe5

IoD members will applaud the government's realisation that raising employers' national insurance was a mistake. 📢 It is bad for investment, inflation, jobs and growth. Even @HMTreasury had said so in their own impact assessment. ➡️Read the full story: iod.com/news/iod-busin…

Fantastic to meet the “famous B5” business leaders today. CBI Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Make UK IoD BCC. I told them I will be openly pro-business of all sizes and focus on creating the right climate for growth.

You can listen to Kitty Ussher Chief Economist IoD on Times Radio at about 13.05 today discussing the economic situation (with presenter Ruth Davidson )

Today IoD Director General, Jonathan Geldart, alongside representatives of the other ‘B5’ membership organisations, met both the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Number 10, ahead of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement next week.

Season 2 of Productivity Puzzles is here! 🥳Catherine L Mann, Kitty Ussher & Klaas de Vries join Bart van Ark to discuss the Global & European productivity outlook for the next few years. productivity.ac.uk/podcast/global… Season 1 of the podcast had 27,500 downloads & we look forward to plenty more!

We've joined forces with Trades Union Congress , IoD and more to call for GOV.UK to withdraw the Retained EU Law Bill currently going through parliament. Read our blog on this issue today: ow.ly/1HIs50MyY9v #REUL #EmploymentLaw

Wishing those taking their IoD Certificate in Company Direction exams all the best today! 🍀 You have worked hard to equip yourself with the knowledge and skills to function as an effective company director and leader. Keep pushing yourself and you'll do great!

Exporting is critical to the UK economy and it's my job to ensure businesses have the tools they need to export more🚢 I had a productive meeting with CBI, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), IoD, BCC & Make UK to see how we can turbocharge exports for firms across the UK🇬🇧

IoD is flattered obviously to be namechecked in this morning's Liz Truss article. But she partially misrepresents: we warned on the day of the #minibudget about effect of no Office for Budget Responsibility assessment and within days our members were expressing their horror at the impact...

Enjoyed constructive conversation with IoD Scotland, focusing on IoD Scotland’ Policy Forum report. I look forward to our continued partnership as we move together to achieve economic recovery.

IoD @patrickedunne A really great initiative!

On the back of yesterday’s inflation data for February, Kitty Ussher was on Radio 4’s PM programme: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0… (from 45.13) and on ITV Evening News: itv.com/watch/itv-even… (from 0:19:37).

📣 Business hustings on Monday with Kemi Badenoch and Jonathan Reynolds hosted by Bloomberg in collaboration with IoD and supported by the other B5 members. Our DG, Shevaun Haviland joins IoD, Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), CBI and Make UK to ask Qs on behalf of members #BusinessQuestions