News Analysis - Conferences: Prime Minister announces £200m university and enterprise link

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This year's Chartered Management Institute and Confederations of Business Industry conferences pulled in the big hitters as business leaders attended to work out how best to plan for the period of austerity ahead.

Dragons' Den's James Caan was a surprise guest at the CMI and told managers that he was holding investment tight until the end of the year, though expects to spend more money in 2011. A CMI survey revealed the greatest business concern at the conference from managers was the cost of energy. Employment disputes have also become increasingly concerning over the last year-and-a-half.

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The highest-profile speaker at the CBI conference was the Prime Minister, who spelled out a plan to

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