Paul Andrews

Family Business United (FBU), the independent media, membership and advocacy platform for the family business community, today announces a new

Succession can expose differences between the formal organisation and the way people actually work, particularly when influence moves through informal digital channels. The question is therefore whether the workplace, physically and digitally, reinforces the culture and leadership model required for the next generation.

Succession planning remains one of the biggest challenges facing family businesses as they grow and create value.

The mechanisms that enable a family enterprise to survive from one generation to the next are the same mechanisms that generate the highest costs — not to the business, but to the people inside it. The continuity and the cost are produced by the same machine.

Family Business United has announced the launch of a new Women in Family Business Community, creating a dedicated space to recognise, explore and celebrate the contribution women make to family businesses across the UK.

Family Business United (FBU), a leading voice for the family business community, has today launched the 2027 National Family Business of the Year

The changes mean businesses may no longer be able to rely on the assumption that individuals classed as self-employed or engaged via subcontracting arrangements fall outside the regime.

In his new book, The Great Survivors, Nigel Cope uncovers the stories behind some of the oldest family businesses in the UK, many of whom are still in the hands of their founding families to ask what lessons we can learn from them.

The organizations pulling ahead right now aren’t the ones with the best artificial intelligence (AI) tools. They’re the ones building the capacity to devel

A homeless man filmed playing piano in church is now mingling with the stars and has a home – after his performance went viral.