• Welcome to Digby Land

    Published under Latest News Thursday 24 September, 2009

    Lord Digby Jones met with Ben Cleveland, Mayor of Digby, Nova Scotia during a visit to his namesake with a population of 2,300 on the Bay of Fundy on the Atlantic Seaboard of Canada.

    24
    Sep

  • CNBC Squawk Box

    Published under Media Highlights Wednesday 23 September, 2009

    As US President Barack Obama is set to give a key note speech on the economy, Lord Digby Jones, former director general of the CBI, and Philippa Malmgren from Principalis Asset Management told CNBC that Obama will hope to lead global opinion.

    23
    Sep

  • Lions and Tigers

    Published under Latest News Thursday 30 July, 2009

    Lord Digby Jones returned recently from South Africa and Kenya where he combined business with pleasure. "That's if you can call sitting through the nail-biting finishes of the British and Irish Lions Test matches versus the Springboks a pleasure" he quipped.

    30
    Jul

  • Nuclear power to the people

    Published under Latest News Thursday 30 July, 2009

    Speaking ahead of his speech at the American Nuclear Society 2009 Utility Working Conference "Back to the Future" in Amelia Island, Florida, Lord Digby Jones said: " There cannot be many more issues of long term importance to us all than energy generation and energy security."

    30
    Jul

  • Politics Pen

    Published under Media Highlights Wednesday 22 July, 2009

    Lord Digby Jones sat as a panellist in Newsnight's three part series named 'Politics Pen'. Where, along with Matthew Taylor, Greg Dyke and Deborah Mattinson he grilled some of the best political brains in the country.

    22
    Jul

  • You must be mad!

    Published under My Opinion Monday 20 July, 2009

    'YOU must be mad!' Those were the words of welcome from a very senior civil servant when I reported for duty on my first day two years ago as a Minister of State in Gordon Brown's new Government Of All The Talents - or GOATS as it became known.

    20
    Jul