Enterprise group big the CBI says it has handed over extra details about what it describes as a severe prison offence to the police.

The Metropolis of London police is already investigating claims a girl was raped at a CBI summer season social gathering in 2019.

It’s understood that the “extra info” pertains to a brand new allegation.

The CBI has been engulfed in a disaster over a variety of allegations together with sexual harassment and misconduct.

The organisation is among the UK’s main enterprise foyer teams and claims to talk for 190,000 firms.

In a press release, it mentioned: “Late yesterday afternoon the CBI was made conscious of extra info regarding a report of a severe prison offence.

“We have now handed that info instantly to the police, with whom we’re liaising intently and who’ve requested us to not remark additional on doubtlessly prison issues”.

The CBI additionally mentioned it was anticipating the outcomes of an investigation into the allegations by the regulation agency Fox Williams “imminently”.

“The board might be speaking its response to this and different steps we’re taking to deliver concerning the wider change that’s wanted early subsequent week.”

The unique allegations emerged after the Guardian reported that greater than a dozen lady claimed they’d been topic to numerous types of sexual misconduct on the CBI.

The CBI has since suspended three workers whereas the investigation befell.

Individually, the foyer group fired its director normal Tony Danker in April following complaints of office misconduct in opposition to him.

Mr Danker has admitted that he had made some workers really feel “very uncomfortable”, including: “I apologise for that.”

Nonetheless, he mentioned that his “popularity has been completely destroyed” as a result of his identify had been wrongly related to separate claims together with of great sexual assault that had been made on the CBI earlier than he joined.

He mentioned that his dismissal letter had set out 4 causes for firing him and added he was contemplating authorized motion in opposition to the CBI.

However Brian McBride, president of the CBI, instructed the BBC that Mr Danker’s description of occasions was “selective” and he was free to hunt “redress” if he felt unfairly handled.

He claimed that Mr Danker had been sacked on robust authorized grounds.

A former CBI workers member, who was in contact with present staff on the organisation, mentioned they had been “livid” and “upset” by Mr Danker’s interview.

“It’s necessary that we bear in mind who the victims of this case are: the ladies who’ve had damaging experiences with males on the CBI,” she mentioned.

“They’ve described to me feeling livid, grossed out and upset by Danker’s makes an attempt to downplay his function on this scenario. As director normal, Danker bore accountability not just for his personal actions however for the tradition of the organisation below which quite a few males acted inappropriately.

“He shouldn’t be permitted to brush that below the carpet.”

The CBI mentioned on Thursday: “Recognising the necessity for confidentiality, we urge anybody, together with the media, who has additional info in relation to any alleged offence to additionally report that to the police.”

Rain Newton-Smith, previously the CBI’s chief economist, has been named because the foyer group’s new director normal. She had left to hitch Barclays, the banking group.

When the CBI introduced Ms Newton-Smith’s appointment, it additionally mentioned that it was taking “quite a few steps to herald new management and make speedy modifications to the best way we function”.

These included appointing Jill Ader, an present board member of the CBI, to “oversee a root-and-branch overview of our tradition, governance and processes” and lead a brand new sub-committee with Mr McBride.

Commenting on Ms Newton-Smith’s appointment, Ann Francke, the chief govt of the Chartered Administration Institute, mentioned: “I’m unsure there was an enormous quantity of openness and transparency across the course of and clearly you’ll be able to query whether or not anyone who was there’s the appropriate change agent to alter the tradition.”

She added that organisations sometimes search for outsiders to come back in “as a result of it’s simpler to be goal and it’s simpler to level to the issues that want to alter”.

“And clearly one of many issues that should change is a greater understanding of and higher mechanisms for coping with sexual harassment and a change in office tradition that makes folks snug.”

Mr McBride admitted final week {that a} “handful” of small firms had left the CBI for the reason that allegations had emerged.

Since then, the British Insurance coverage Brokers’ Affiliation has additionally left, stating: “We have now withdrawn our membership of the CBI in gentle of latest reviews.”

The federal government has additionally “paused” its engagement with the CBI.