Recent news that Prada has agreed to buy Versace in a £1.1billion deal, that brings together two of Italy’s biggest luxury fashion...

When business owners decide to step down, one of the most common succession options is to sell the business to a third party. A trade...

Succession planning is an inevitable consideration for every business owner, no matter the size or industry of the business. Eventually,...

The prospect of setting up a family business can be both exciting and daunting in equal measure. Whilst the promise of building a...

One of the many things to set family-owned businesses apart from other commercial enterprises is the question of legacy. However, in a...

The key difference between the majority of family-owned businesses and publicly limited companies lies in the structure of ownership....

In the majority of cases, the biggest difference between a family business and a non-family business is the importance of legacy. The...

Anybody who has ever ran a business will tell you that there’s no such thing as a single blueprint for success. What there are, however,...

In order to protect the continuity of a family enterprise for the benefit of future generations, there are three key areas that need to...

The issue of succession for a family business is bound up in a complex combination of commercial and personal issues. In business terms,...

In some senses, the legacy of any business is a slightly nebulous concept, but the thing which tends to set family businesses apart from...