Business for Britain

Business for Britain describes itself as "an independent, non-partisan campaign involving people from all parties and none, run by business for business.

Activities

The objective of the campaign is summarised in a statement that over 500 business leaders signed when the campaign launched in April 2013, and has since attracted the signatures of over 250 more UK business people: “As business leaders and entrepreneurs responsible for millions of British jobs, we believe that the Government is right to seek a new deal for the EU and for the UK’s role in Europe. We believe that, far from being a threat to our economic interests, a flexible, competitive Europe, with more powers devolved from Brussels, is essential for growth, jobs and access to markets. We therefore urge all political parties to join in committing themselves to a national drive to renegotiate the terms of Britain’s membership of the EU.”

People

• Dylan Sharpe - Campaign director, previously head of press on the NO to AV campaign, campaign director at Big Brother Watch, head of media at The Countryside Alliance and was a press officer on Boris Johnson’s 2008 London Mayoral campaign. Has also worked for lobbying consultancies such as Pagefield. Joining the Sun newspaper as head of PR from April 2014.

Signatories

See: http://businessforbritain.org/signatories/

Funding

According to its website:

Business for Britain is funded through the kind donations of its business supporters. Over the coming months we will be launching Regional Councils across the United Kingdom, promoting ideas for how renegotiation could proceed and bringing together wealth and job creators across the country to campaign for a better deal for Britain in the EU.

Contact

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