Chair of the CBI since February 2024, Rupert Soames OBE is one of the UK’s most experienced public-company CEO’s, having served 11 years as CEO of Aggreko, followed by 9 years as CEO of Serco. He ...

Rupert Soames, chairman of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), spoke about his childhood on the Crisis What Crisis? podcast. The businessman, who attended Eton College when he was older ...

Rupert Soames said business leaders are less likely to employ people in the current climate. He was referring to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ decision to raise national insurance contributions (NIC ...

Rupert Soames, the chairman of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), said bosses were becoming “irritated” with the Government, adding that dealing with the consequences of Angela ...

Labour's controversial workers’ rights charter risks becoming ‘an adventure playground for employment rights lawyers’, the president of the CBI said yesterday. Rupert Soames urged ministers ...

The government’s proposed reforms to employment law would be “highly damaging” to business investment in the UK, according to CBI president Rupert Soames. Writing in The Times, Soames argued ...