CBI dismisses ‘a number of people’ after sexual misconduct allegations

“We tried to find resolution in sexual harassment cases when we should have removed those offenders from our business,” CBI director Brian McBride said

The CBI has dismissed a number of people (Jonathan Brady/PA)

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has dismissed “a number of people” following a series of sexual misconduct allegations made against staff as the influential business group fights to stay alive.

Brian McBride, the group’s president, said that a “small minority of staff” had regressive and in some cases abhorrent attitudes to the women they worked with.