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Family businesses are the backbone of economies the world over. They also face unique issues due to the very nature of their ownership.

Check out the latest articles on some of these issues such as succession planning, employing family members, governance structures, marketing the family brand, family values, remuneration and much more besides.

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A Resounding Scottish Engineering Success Story

Zappshelter has become one of Britain’s most distinctive engineering success stories in the field of industrial shelters

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Differentiators That Help Family Businesses To Thrive

Differentiators That Help Family Businesses To Thrive

Explore differentiators that help family businesses to thrive and the areas of focus that will make a critical difference as we look...

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Purpose Driven Leadership – How Family Businesses Can Accelerate ESG

Purpose Driven Leadership – How Family Businesses Can Accelerate ESG

In the space of one year, social awareness has escalated and brought the world together in dealing with the health, financial and...

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Developing Healthy Family Communications In Business

Developing Healthy Family Communications In Business

Communication in a family business always seems to be a moving feast. Someone, somewhere, in the family, may appear to be out of...

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Changing The Way We Clean

Changing The Way We Clean

With an ever-growing portfolio of leading and innovative brands, Challs successfully continue to change the way we clean. Founded in...

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It All Began With Three Biscuits!

It All Began With Three Biscuits!

The story of Cartwright and Butler is a story of family and their love of baking that spans over five generations. You would be forgiven...

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Clear Values Building Strong Foundations

Clear Values Building Strong Foundations

John Falder, managing director of HMG Paints and his son Jonathan Falder discuss how their values are part of who they are. John Falder,...

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Mastering A Comeback – How Family Businesses Are Triumphing Over COVID-19

Mastering A Comeback – How Family Businesses Are Triumphing Over COVID-19

Are family businesses really more resilient, agile and adaptable than other business types? And, if so, have they been able to tackle the...

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Escapism Bar Group Raises The Bar…

Escapism Bar Group Raises The Bar…

Escapism Bar Group was founded in 2004 by husband and wife team Phil and Mel Harrison. Since the opening of their first bar Mean Eyed...

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Sparkling Family Legacy Chronicles

Sparkling Family Legacy Chronicles

It all starts with your family legacy. Your stories, thinking patterns, what you stand for or wish to innovate. All these hold their...

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Four Factors For An Effective CEO Succession

Four Factors For An Effective CEO Succession

The media coverage of “The Great Resignation” has raised the profile of the ongoing and critical role of the board in succession...

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Challenging The Three Generation Rule

Challenging The Three Generation Rule

If you’re a fan of the television show Succession, or if you’re aware of the conflicts playing out publicly and perennially among some of...

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Borrowed From Your Grandchildren

Borrowed From Your Grandchildren

Family enterprises form the majority of businesses large and small in every country in the world. At the same time, few are able to...

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