By Saskia Koopman The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has insisted it will have financial backing for its annual flagship summit next month as it returns for the first time since the group nearly collapsed last year. The business lobbying group, which came close to bankruptcy following a sexual misconduct scandal, claims to have secured more sponsors for its conference next month than the two currently announced, The University of Exeter and confectionery firm, Pladis, “More speakers and sponsors have been confirmed and will be publicised in due course in the build-up to our conference…