BREAKING: BT Group has announced it is suspending its membership of the CBI with immediate effect in light of 'appalling allegations' of workplace misconduct at the business lobby group. Latest: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Fellow insurers Phoenix Group and Zurich swelled the exodus alongside the industry body the ABI while Virgin Media O2 also confirmed it had terminated its membership.
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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