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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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How Family Businesses Shape A Better World With Kindness

How Family Businesses Shape A Better World With Kindness

Whether they are centuries-old manufacturers, neighbourhood grocers or emerging technology innovators, these firms play a far more influential role than their modest public profiles might suggest.

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The Hardest Part Of Succession No One Talks About

The Hardest Part Of Succession No One Talks About

Succession is important but business owners often put off the conversations and decisions because it is perceived as easier to defer it.

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How Family Businesses Drive The Global Economy

How Family Businesses Drive The Global Economy

Family-owned businesses, from small local firms to vast international conglomerates, that quietly form the backbone of prosperity, employment and innovation across the world

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The Complex Dance Between Family And Business

The Complex Dance Between Family And Business

Behind the polished boardrooms and annual reports lies a daily balancing act, one that requires deft navigation between the imperatives of business and the emotional dynamics of family life.

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The Humility Of Family Businesses In A Loud World

The Humility Of Family Businesses In A Loud World

Family businesses frequently inherit values that predate the modern obsession with publicity, demonstrating humility in the way they operate.

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UK Family Businesses Need Certainty From The Budget

UK Family Businesses Need Certainty From The Budget

Family business leaders across the UK are experiencing a familiar, but increasingly intolerable sensation: uncertainty.

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Family Business Defined: Understanding The Definition

Family Business Defined: Understanding The Definition

Despite their importance, there remains widespread debate about what actually constitutes a “family business.”

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5 Ways To Look After Your Mental Health At Christmas

5 Ways To Look After Your Mental Health At Christmas

Caring for your mind and mood can help you enjoy the festive season more fully. Think of it as giving yourself a present, the gift of mental wellbeing.

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Family Barometer Reveals Shifting Priorities Of Wealthiest Families

Family Barometer Reveals Shifting Priorities Of Wealthiest Families

New Family Barometer 2025 report outlines the issues shaping the priorities and strategies of wealthy families around the world.

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Family Firms Need To Be Ready For Employment Rights Enforcement

Family Firms Need To Be Ready For Employment Rights Enforcement

The clock is ticking for firms to get ready for the introduction of the Fair Work Agency (FWA), according to experts from international business and advisory group Azets.

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Sustainable Leadership For Family Businesses Around The World

Sustainable Leadership For Family Businesses Around The World

Family enterprises are everywhere: small shops on high streets, manufacturing dynasties that have quietly scaled across borders, and tech founders who still ring in relatives on the board.

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Securing Your Family Business Legacy: Navigating IHT & Succession

Securing Your Family Business Legacy: Navigating IHT & Succession

Unlike other companies, family businesses typically aim to pass the enterprise to the next generation rather than sell to an external party.

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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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