The director-general of the CBI Tony Danker has been sacked with speedy impact following an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment within the office.

He might be changed by Rain Newton-Smith, the organisation’s former chief economist, who will return because the director-general after a short spell as a managing director for coverage at Barclays.

The dismissal of Danker on Tuesday adopted an investigation by legislation agency Fox Williams, which has rocked the enterprise organisation and spawned additional allegations that don’t relate to Danker.

Three different CBI workers have now been suspended pending additional investigation into a lot of ongoing allegations, the CBI confirmed.

The CBI stated the allegations in current weeks had been “devastating” for the organisation and that Danker’s conduct had fallen “wanting that anticipated of the director-general”.

In an announcement it added: “We apologise to the victims of this organisational failure, together with these impacted by the revulsion now we have all felt at listening to their tales. No one ought to really feel unsafe of their office.”