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Business leaders divided over plan to merge employers' bodies

Private sector chiefs don't see eye to eye about the merging of two organisations representing their interests. Both camps are trying to rally support, right up to the highest echelons of state. [...]

Published on 30.05.2023 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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