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Freeths join FBUK Corporate Partner Programme
February 12, 2026
FBUK has announced that leading law firm Freeths has joined the organisation’s Corporate Partner Programme. FBUK’s Corporate Partners are carefully selected and highly respected organisations providing professional services to family businesses. Freeths is a large, award winning, full-service law firm operating from 13 offices across the UK. They are proud to be a certified B […]
FBUK meets Scottish policymakers
February 6, 2026
With elections on the horizon, one message is coming through loud and clear: politicians want to hear from family businesses – and they are ready to listen. Matt Jaffa, FBUK Policy Director Following our visit to meet Welsh politicians at the Senedd in January, Family Business UK’s policy and public affairs team has continued engagement […]
JP Morgan Private Bank becomes FBUK Corporate Partner
February 5, 2026
Family Business UK (FBUK) is delighted to announce a new Gold-level Corporate Partnership with JP Morgan Private Bank, which has more than 200 years’ experience supporting private clients and their families. FBUK has established Corporate Partnerships with carefully selected and highly respected organisations that provide compelling professional services to family businesses. Gold-level Corporate Partnerships are […]
FBUK welcomes Lords report on IHT
January 28, 2026
FBUK Policy Director Matt Jaffa examines a key House of Lords report into inheritance tax reforms and finds that it echoes 15 months of warnings from Family Business UK The House of Lords has published its report into the inheritance tax changes announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 – including changes to BPR and APR. […]
FBUK welcomes U-turn on audit reform
January 22, 2026
The Government has dropped plans to bring forward a Bill on Audit and Corporate Governance Reform. This is both an important and extremely welcome step in a long, drawn out process which began following the collapse of Carillion in 2018. Since then, FBUK has long argued against proposals that would have placed an enormous burden […]
FBUK concern over UK jobs data
January 20, 2026
UK unemployment has remained at 5.1%, a five-year high, according to the latest official data. Figures from the Office for National Statistics shows that unemployment among people aged 16 and over has risen across the UK by 0.3% compared with the previous quarter. London and the East Midlands have seen particularly challenging results. Unemployment in […]
Finance Bill update
January 8, 2026
After the Government announced an increase in the threshold for both BPR and APR for family businesses and farms from £1million to £2.5million, attention shifts back to Parliament and the progress of the Finance Bill. The Bill has now passed the 2nd reading stage and moves to Committee Stage. During this stage, MPs have the […]
FBUK welcomes increase in IHT threshold
December 23, 2025
Family Business UK has welcomed today’s announcement from government that the thresholds for both BPR and APR will be increased from £1m to £2.5m. The change means that the allowance for married couples will be increased to £5m. The change follows the work done by FBUK, and other organisations, over the last 14 months to […]