In the February edition of International Business Monthly, CBI Head of International Ben Digby discuss business opportunities in Thailand with the Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Thailand Mark Garnier MP; Director of Trade & Investment at the British Embassy in Bangkok, Marcus Winsley; and Director of Business Development at the UK-ASEAN Business Council, Max Coleman.

Rain Newton-Smith, Director of Economics, discusses the CBI’s priorities for the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s upcoming Budget.

As the CBI downgrades its GDP forecast for 2016 (2.3%) and 2017 (2.1%), Rain Newton-Smith, CBI Director of Economics, discusses the domestic and global economic outlook.

CBI Principal Economist, Alpesh Paleja, discusses the CBI's latest Growth Indicator.

As China’s economic performance hits the headlines, the CBI’s China expert and Head of the Beijing Office, Guy Dru Drury, looks at what the slowdown and turbulence in the stock markets means for British business. He also reflects on the Chinese President’s State Visit and some of the bright opportunities for CBI members in China in 2016.

Skills shortages are continuing to bite with firms identifying this as the top threat to the UK’s attractiveness as a place to do business for the second year running. That’s according to the latest CBI/Accenture Employment Trends Survey, presented by Emma McGuigan, Managing Director, Accenture Technology, UK & Ireland alongside Neil Carberry, CBI Director for Employment and Skills. December 2015

Tim Hinton, Managing Director of SME & Mid Markets, Lloyds Banking Group and the CBI's Director of Competitive Markets, Matthew Fell, close proceedings at the CBI's MSB Summit. London, 2015.

The panel examines the key decisions and factors that can enable companies to scale-up and identifying the challenges they encounter on their growth journeys. Taking part: Gareth Ramsey (Product Director, Experian), Simon Devonshire (Entrepreneur and Investor), Jon Reynolds (CEO SwiftKey), Irene Graham (CEO, The Scale-Up Institute).

CEO, Two Circles interviewed at the CBI's MSB Summit. London, 2015.