Family Business United is delighted to announce the publication of Family Business Matters by founder and CEO Paul Andrews.

Family Business United has announced the publication of its latest insight guide, Creating a Family Charter: A Practical Guide to Building Stronger Family Governance, a comprehensive new resource designed to help family businesses establish clear governance, strengthen relationships and prepare confidently for the future. Written by Paul Andrews, Founder and CEO of Family Business United, the guide explores one of the most important, yet often overlooked, aspects of family bu

Family Business United (FBU), the leading independent platform for the UK family business community, today announces the launch of The Family Business Glossary, a comprehensive new reference guide bringing together over 240 terms covering governance, succession, ownership, family dynamics and leadership. Family business is a world with its own vocabulary. Terms such as charter, cousin consortium and third generation curse are used often within the sector, yet they are rarely

Succession planning has always been a difficult topic for many due to the need to confront issues around death and the loss of someone special who has passed. But as the saying goes, ‘there is nothing more certain than death and taxes,’ and the proposed Budget has put the spotlight firmly on family businesses and in particular, Inheritance Tax on the passing of shares from one generation to the next. Ownership succession and the implications are now firmly on the family busin