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The Global Family Think Tank, helping with Succession Planning and Legacy
The Global Family Think Tank, helping with Succession Planning and Legacy

UK Family Business Survey

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Submit Your Answers For The Spring 2026 Global Family Business Think Tank Report

Q1 - Do you think that family business owners leave it too late to formally begin to engage with the next generation about family wealth and the family business?
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Q2 - Is the quality of relationships within a business family a stronger predictor of long-term success than formal governance structures?
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Q3 - In the context of family businesses, social value refers to the positive impact the business creates for its employees, community, and society beyond financial profit. Do you think family firms measure and report their social value sufficiently?
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Q4 - Do you believe that the next generation of family business CEO's will need a different leadership skillset to their predecessors?
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Q5 - Do you think that most family business owners read and truly understand their ownership documents (Articles of Association, Shareholders Agreements etc)?
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Q6 -Do shareholders in family firms really understand what their shares in the business are actually worth?
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Q7 - Do you think that in the eyes of the older generation, the next generation will never truly be considered ready to succeed them?
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Q8 - Do you think family businesses are fully up to speed and prepared to deal with the ongoing challenges they face with cybersecurity?
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Q9 - Do family businesses have a crisis communications plan in place to protect and manage their reputation if required to do so?
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Q10 - Do you think that family businesses truly appoint CEO's based on merit with openness to non-family candidates where appropriate?
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Q11 - Do you think that family businesses are exploring AI and automation opportunities in order to maximise their true potential for their business?
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Q12 - Do you think family businesses know how to leverage their unique values and culture to drive sales and profit growth?
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Q13 - Do you think that incumbent leaders are adequately supported to deal with the impact of the next generation joining the family business?
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Q14 - Do you think that succession planning is the biggest threat to the long term survival of a family business today?
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Q15 - By their very nature, family businesses need to balance the family and the business - Do you think family matters place a bigger threat to the family business going forward than commercial business matters?
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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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