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FBUK Responds to “Huge fall in Apprenticeships”
May 29, 2024
In response to an article in The Times titled “Huge fall in apprenticeships under broken levy” regarding the apprenticeship levy, FBUK’s Chief advocacy officer, Fiona Graham, said; “The latest research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) reinforces our long-standing argument that the apprenticeship system is simply not working”. “We hear from family businesses […]
Family Business UK response to Spring Budget 2024
March 6, 2024
Fiona Graham, Chief Advocacy Officer at Family Business UK responding to the Spring Budget said: “With challenges facing them on multiple fronts, the family business community has been waiting on tenterhooks about what support the Chancellor would offer to help kickstart the economy. “While there were incremental improvements on full expensing and VAT thresholds, sadly […]
Family Business UK Spring Budget Submission 2024
February 27, 2024
In the UK, we are sitting on an enormous resource of entrepreneurialism in the form of our family business sector. Family businesses make up 90 per cent of the UK’s total private sector firms, employing 14 million people and contributing over £200 billion through tax receipts each year alone. Now more than ever, the Prime […]
Family Business UK Joins New Small Business Council
February 22, 2024
Family Business UK attended the first meeting of the new Small Business Council in Downing Street today, as the Government looks to remove barriers to growth faced by SMEs. Chaired by Small Business Minister, Kevin Hollinrake, the Council will work alongside the PM’s Business Council to tackle the key issues facing smaller firms. The Council […]
Family Business Discussed at Number 10 Meeting
December 21, 2023
At a recent meeting with Business Minister Kevin Hollinrake and the Prime Minister’s Business Adviser Franck Petitgas, key issues of interest to family businesses were discussed at length in Downing Street. The meeting followed a joint letter from Family Business UK, Federation of Small Businesses, Employee Ownership Association, IPSE and Small Business Britain calling on […]
Family Business UK Responds to the Autumn Statement
November 22, 2023
Fiona Graham, Director of External Affairs and Policy at Family Business UK said; “The Chancellor and Prime Minister have this week both been talking about making decisions for the long-term. And while there was good news for business in the statement around full expensing, there is still much more to be done”. “The full expensing […]
How to Show your Support for The Family Business UK 2024 Manifesto
November 15, 2023
The Family Business UK Manifesto: Taking the Long-Term View, Policies to Unleash the Potential of the UK Family Business sector. Ahead of the upcoming General Election this manifesto represents our offer to policymakers, informed by the UK’s family business community and their everyday experience of doing business. These cover what we see as the big […]
Senior business leaders back the launch of the Family Business UK Manifesto
November 14, 2023
The Family Business UK Manifesto – Taking the Long-Term View which lists “policies to unleash the potential of the UK family business sector” has received support from business leaders from Rigby Group, Samworth Brothers, Wates Group and ARCO, amongst others. Published today, the Manifesto sets out a list of key policy recommendations that can provide […]