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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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When A Good Idea Goes Global

When A Good Idea Goes Global

Bambino Mio are the most widely used reusable cloth nappy brand in the UK with an award-winning range of products that are loved by...

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Serious Cleaning Know-How At Robert Scott

Serious Cleaning Know-How At Robert Scott

Robert Scott is a fourth generation family business with a ‘spotless reputation since 1925,’ with Alastair Scott currently at the helm. ...

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From Copper To Gold!

From Copper To Gold!

We spent time with family business Director Steve Gaskin on his journey from Scotland Yard Detective to Director of Team Building & Team...

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Phillips Brothers Celebrate 125 Years As A Family Firm

Phillips Brothers Celebrate 125 Years As A Family Firm

Family business near Ipswich is celebrating 125 years in business under the fourth generation accompanied by the fifth generation who are...

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The Challenge Of Shareholder Liquidity

The Challenge Of Shareholder Liquidity

There are several ways to provide liquidity to shareholders of privately held family businesses without giving up control of the family...

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Tewkesbury Park – A Real Jewel In The Crown

Tewkesbury Park – A Real Jewel In The Crown

At Tewkesbury Park they live and breathe hospitality. Making every moment memorable is truly the raison d’être for the family behind this...

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The Global Family Business Survey 2018

The Global Family Business Survey 2018

The release of the ninth PwC Global Family Business Survey comes at a time of extraordinary transformation. Digital technology is...

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Will An MBO Secure The Family Business Future?

Will An MBO Secure The Family Business Future?

Are management buy-outs a means of ensuring viable futures for established family businesses? Selling or handing over the family...

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The Purpose Of The Family Council

The Purpose Of The Family Council

Families in business are unique. While similar to any public corporation competing in the market place, they are fundamentally different...

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Guardians Of Scotland’s National Dish

Guardians Of Scotland’s National Dish

Haggis and Macsween are world renowned. We spoke to Managing Director James Macsween to find out more about the evolution of this family...

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Why You Should Have A Family Constitution

Why You Should Have A Family Constitution

Over time a Family Constitution can gain such moral weight that contradiction becomes unthinkable. Bryony Cove and Sonal Shah of Farrer &...

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Examining Ownership Of The Asian Family Business

Examining Ownership Of The Asian Family Business

Here, we examine the ownership role in a family owned business in Asia – not the management or leadership role but the impact of...

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Family Business United (‘FBU’) is an unparalleled rallying point and voice for the global family business community and an invaluable source of insight into the sector.  FBU is a resource for all, family businesses of all sizes and sectors, and their advisers, helping to raise the profile of the family business sector and to encourage greater awareness of the contribution that family firms make to the global economy through employment, income generation, wealth creation and charitable endeavours.

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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