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Handcrafting Papal Bells With Italy’s Oldest Family Business

Handcrafting Papal Bells With Italy’s Oldest Family Business

The Marinelli Pontifical Foundry is Italy’s oldest family business and among the three oldest family businesses worldwide. Campane...

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A Family Business That Is All About The PLACE

A Family Business That Is All About The PLACE

The story began in 1972 when John and Barbara Dunning, local farmers, set up Tebay Services in partnership with local bakers when the M6...

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The World's Finest Shortbread Comes From Speyside

The World's Finest Shortbread Comes From Speyside

The Walkers story begins in 1898 when the twenty-one year old Joseph Walker opened the doors of his own bakery with a loan of £50 and the...

Paul Andrews - Founder & CEO, Family Business United

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Handcrafting Papal Bells With Italy’s Oldest Family Business

Handcrafting Papal Bells With Italy’s Oldest Family Business

The Marinelli Pontifical Foundry is Italy’s oldest family business and among the three oldest family businesses worldwide. Campane...

Paul Andrews - Founder & CEO, Family Business United

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The Benefits Of Working With Family Firms

The Benefits Of Working With Family Firms

For many years, partly as a result of their portrayal as ‘ma and pa’ lifestyle businesses, family firms have not been recognised for the...

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See What The UK’s Oldest Family Business Owner Has To Say!

See What The UK’s Oldest Family Business Owner Has To Say!

R J Balson Butcher provides great tasting West Dorset and Somerset meat from local farms less than 30 miles from their shop in Bridport. ...

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When Succession Skips A Generation

When Succession Skips A Generation

Hiring non-family executives helps ensure longevity, but it requires strategic finesse. In this article, Morten Bennedsen from INSEAD...

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Succession: The Final Act Of Greatness

Succession: The Final Act Of Greatness

The ability to carry on a successful intergenerational transfer of ownership and leadership (succession) is one of the most important...

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One Family Business, Two Succession Challenges

One Family Business, Two Succession Challenges

Plan to succeed by considering both areas of succession as early as possible. Statistics have for many years shown that a depressingly...

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Culture And Heritage Can Help To Conquer Foreign Markets

Culture And Heritage Can Help To Conquer Foreign Markets

Internationalising can be difficult for businesses, especially if their products are grounded in domestic cultural traditions and require...

Paul Andrews - Founder & CEO, Family Business United

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Is It Time To Give Your Family Business A Marketing Makeover?

Is It Time To Give Your Family Business A Marketing Makeover?

Marketing has always been important to any business, regardless of sector and size, but can also be one of the most challenging...

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From Humble Beginnings At Muntons

From Humble Beginnings At Muntons

Muntons began life back in 1921 in a small converted brewery in Bedford. Much has changed since then but much has remianed the same too!...

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What Should I Do With My In-Laws?

What Should I Do With My In-Laws?

The succession of a family-owned business is often on the minds of its owners. For most, the transition of a family business from one...

Paul Andrews - Founder & CEO, Family Business United

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A Great Place To Be Sitting With Daro

A Great Place To Be Sitting With Daro

Daro continue to be the UK’s leading name specialising in quality cane and rattan furniture for the home and all weather outdoor...

Paul Andrews - Founder & CEO, Family Business United

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Family Ties Them Together At Stalkers

Family Ties Them Together At Stalkers

The circumstances behind Stalker’s entry into the haulage and logistics industry is certainly a unique one, as Paul Andrews found out...

Paul Andrews - Founder & CEO, Family Business United

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Cycling Legacy Lives On In Great Wine

Cycling Legacy Lives On In Great Wine

Vigne Marina Coppi was established in 2003 in the town of Castellania, the birthplace of Marina’s father Fausto Coppi, one of the...

Paul Andrews - Founder & CEO, Family Business United

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Keeping Things Moving At Broughtons

Keeping Things Moving At Broughtons

Broughton Removals, the Edinburgh family firm, are blowing out the celebratory candles on their 50th anniversary this year – with their...

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Meet The Siblings Behind Danglers!

Meet The Siblings Behind Danglers!

Whilst many new businesses are founded each year it is not often that you find one that has been created by a number of siblings. Check...

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Well Oiled After 275 Years!

Well Oiled After 275 Years!

RS Clare was founded in Liverpool in 1748 at the start of the Industrial Revolution and they are the longest established company...

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The Amazing Underarm Patch!

The Amazing Underarm Patch!

The dandi® patch is a thin, discreet underarm patch that adheres to the skin. It holds up to 2,000 times the average amount of underarm...

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