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Saving a great pie favourite
September 30, 2025
The Melton Mowbray Pork Pie is one of the UK’s most iconic food products. When the future and integrity of the Melton Mowbray pie looked in jeopardy twenty years ago, it was Samworth Brothers along with other pie devotees that safeguarded its future. The Samworth family and Samworth Brothers have a long association with pork […]
What can we learn from Sweden’s abolition of IHT?
September 29, 2025
Annelie Karlsson | CEO and Founder of Family | Business Network Sweden More than 20 years ago, Sweden took a bold step and abolished inheritance and gift taxes. Annelie Karlsson, CEO and Founder of Family Business Network Sweden tells the story behind it “I recall it vividly. My mother passed away in November 2004 […]
What it takes to lead the family and the business
September 23, 2025
Sophie Asburton is a partner Alembic Strategy, who are delivery partners of FBUK’s Future Leaders Programme. Sophie is also co-leader of a family business with her husband. I’ve sat in rooms – fires lit, flipcharts covered, coffee cooling – where future leaders of family businesses have told me things they’ve never said out loud. […]
Family Business to National Role Model: The Timpson Story
September 11, 2025
Sir John Timpson CBE is one of the UKs most successful family business entrepreneurs. Sir John delivered the opening keynote speech at our 2025 Annual Conference. Afterwards, Sir John spoke to FBUK’s Martin Greig. For the last 27 years, Sir John Timpson CBE, has not told anyone what to do, at least not in his […]
Family Business Week 2025 Launches
September 8, 2025
Family Business Week is back for 2025. Returning in November this year, FBW25 will shine a light on the vital role played by family businesses in creating sustainable, long-term growth and opportunities in every corner of the UK – and beyond. 24 – 28 November – find out more This year’s theme, Global Legacies: Expanding […]
FBUK responds to reports on Lifetime Gifts
August 14, 2025
FBUK says media reports the Government may be looking to change the rules on Lifetime Gifts in the Autumn Budget would be “an enormous disincentive” that would “further reduce investment and jobs.” The reports were first published by The Guardian newspaper. In response, FBUK CEO Neil Davy wrote to the paper saying: New changes to […]
FBUK Comments on Wealth Tax
July 14, 2025
Commenting on speculation that the Government is considering introducing a Wealth Tax, Fiona Graham, Family Business UK’s Chief Operating Officer said: “Speculation about the introduction of a wealth tax—whether one-off or annual—comes at a time when the UK should be focused on unlocking growth. For family businesses, the majority of their wealth is tied up […]
FBUK Comment on Spending Review
June 11, 2025
Commenting on the Spending Review, Neil Davy, Chief Executive of Family Business UK said: “We welcome investment in vital public services like housing, the Health Service and defence but question how the commitments laid out in the Spending Review will be paid for. “More than ever, the Government needs a growing economy to deliver the […]