Cable sets up advisory group

Posted on 18 May 2010 by The Manufacturer

New business secretary Vince Cable has announced the creation of a new Business Advisory Group which he will use as ‘a sounding board’ to obtain ‘private and informal’ advice.

The group will be chaired by pension fund manager Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay. He is a Liberal Democrat peer of Cable’s and is the party’s spokesperson for Treasury and Work and Pensions. “Tackling the challenges facing business requires new ideas from a range of experts. Economic knowledge and commercial experience are essential to developing…

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