Drax is one of the founding partners of a new business council being set up by the British Chambers of Commerce to design and drive the future of the British economy.
The BCC says the founding partners will be uniquely placed to shape the BCC’s policy and influencing, with the Council forming part of the organisation’s new national offer to businesses.
Drax, Heathrow, IHG Hotels & Resorts and BP have joined the Council as the first founding partners.
Ross McKenzie, Interim Group Director of Corporate Affairs, Drax, said: “We are proud of our long-standing and successful relationship with the British Chambers of Commerce. Joining their newly formed Business Council as a founding member is the next step in our journey with the organisation.
“We look forward to working with the BCC and other leading businesses through the Council to help tackle some of the key challenges facing the UK. This includes ensuring that the country has the right policies in place to deliver its Net Zero commitments.”
Shevaun Haviland, Director General, BCC, said: “Over the past few months, working closely with the Chamber Network, we have been talking to the nation’s largest corporates and it has become clear to us that they are looking for a different kind of representation.
“These businesses want to be part of a framework that’s rooted in their local communities, but with the ability to shape the national and international debate.
“The Council is a long-term project and will bring together leaders from across UK industry to consider the key policy issues faced by British businesses, andwork on Future of the Economy initiative, convened by our President, Baroness Martha Lane Fox. This initiative will focus on five challenges: Digital Revolution, People and Work, Net Zero, Global Britain and the High Street.
“These challenges will form the backdrop to the next general election, which we know will come before the end of next year, and which everyone in Westminster is already gearing up for. The voice of business needs to be heard loud and clear, and now is the right time for us to speak up.”
