A FTSE 100 insurer Aviva was the first big business name to speak out against, and exit, Britain's biggest employers' group on Friday, criticising its handling of the crisis in the process.
"We have therefore regrettably terminated our membership with immediate effect."
Sky's City editor Mark Kleinman reported that the board had been debating whether to terminate its status as a CBI member once a CBI-commissioned review of sexual abuse allegations against staff members had been completed.
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