The Business Council, set up by the Chambers of Commerce, has Heathrow, BP and Drax among its members.
A new business lobby group has been formed, boasting some of the UK's largest companies as its founding partners.
The CBI has been canvassing opinion from its existing membership on a series of reforms, the result of which will be revealed at a key meeting on Tuesday. The BCC works to support and connect tens of thousands of companies in the UK and internationally and is known for putting out a quarterly economic survey.
"Over the past few months we have been talking to the nation's largest corporates and it has become clear to us they are looking for a different kind of representation," Ms Haviland said.
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