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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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The Succession Pipeline

The Succession Pipeline

Founding and growing a business is one thing, but passing the baton is just as important. In private and family enterprises, it’s...

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The History Of Giant Eagle Supermarkets

The History Of Giant Eagle Supermarkets

Giant Eagle supermarkets have proudly served their customers for more than 80 years. Find out more about the history of Giant Eagle and...

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Introducing The Fifth Generation Of Warwick Publishing

Introducing The Fifth Generation Of Warwick Publishing

Did you know that less than 3% of family-owned businesses make it to the fourth generation? As a fourth-generation, family-owned...

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Family Firms Need The Right Level Of Conflict

Family Firms Need The Right Level Of Conflict

From the outside, the Alexander family seemed to have it all. Henry, the grandfather and family patriarch, had managed to turn a small...

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Fragrance Of The Future…

Fragrance Of The Future…

Creed boasts an unbroken line of perfumers: father-to-son, descending and developing through seven generations. Creed is the...

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Building A Family Business That Lasts

Building A Family Business That Lasts

Dr. Joseph H. Astrachan, Executive Director of the Cox Family Enterprise Center at Kennesaw State University, speaks on on the topic of...

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Knowing When To Hold Or Fold!

Knowing When To Hold Or Fold!

Scattered holdings with too many people involved, cousins in different countries running their own kingdoms in silos, & the changing...

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Parenting Next Generation Leaders In Family Businesses

Parenting Next Generation Leaders In Family Businesses

One of the things that can never be underestimated is how much good parenting affects the future of a family business. Roberta Fenech...

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Family Business Succession & Governance

Family Business Succession & Governance

Family business practitioners see the investigation of differentness family to family and detail to detail as the heart of today’s...

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Family Business Succession & Governance

Family Business Succession & Governance

Family business practitioners see the investigation of differentness family to family and detail to detail as the heart of today’s...

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Running The Family Business At Mash Direct

Running The Family Business At Mash Direct

Martin and Tracy Hamilton are the owners of Mash Direct, a family-owned farming and food production enterprise launched in 2004 in County...

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Diversifying The Family Farm At Cavanagh Free Range Eggs

Diversifying The Family Farm At Cavanagh Free Range Eggs

Cavanagh Free Range Eggs is a friendly family run business established since March 2012 and based in the beautiful lakelands of County...

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At FBU, everything we do is about the family business, creating the best resource available to help families in business get access to the resources and support they need to continue their family business journey, wherever it will take them.

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