European Family Business Barometer 7th edition
Today we launched the seventh edition of the European Family Business Barometer in partnership with KPMG Enterprise. Our survey, which received more than 1500 contributions from family companies across all the continent, underlines how family businesses are still growing. Key highlights: 73% of respondents are confident about the future of their companies, while 19.5% are […]
Vocational guidance and dual training
This report, performed by Instituto de la Empresa Familiar, analyses youth unemployment from the point of view fo the skills sets of the human capital.
2018 Global family business tax monitor
KPMG Enterprise’s Global family business tax monitor examines main differences (locations,…) in 65 countries, regions and jurisdictions and how they can influence the successful transition of family businesses from one generation to the next. The monitor highlights also the effects tax can have on the transfer of a business worth EUR10 million to family members — […]
UK Sector Report
The new UK Family Business Sector Report, produced by Oxford Economics for the Institute for Family Business (IFB) Research Foundation, reveals that family businesses’ gross value added contribution to UK GDP has increased by £100 billion since 2010 – to £519 billion – meaning family firms now generate a quarter of UK GDP
EFB Position Paper on SME Listing
Do we need to encourage more family SMEs to list or are there better ways of injecting capital into a business? In response to the Commission’s consultation on building a proportionate regulatory environment to support SME listing, EFB lays out its recommendations on what family businesses need.
EFB & Deutsche Bank report on family businesses in Europe
European Family Businesses and Deutsche Bank teamed up to produce a report on family businesses, including interviews with numerous key family businesses figures. In it, the importance of family businesses to the European economy is highlighted and fundamental family business issues are examined, such as the successful transfer of business or choice of funding.
EFB Position Paper on the Common (Consolidated) Corporate Tax Base
EFB gives its position on the Commission’s Common (Consolidated) Corporate tax Base.
European Family Business Barometer 2017 – Confidence in Unity
In the 6th edition of the European Family Business Barometer, European Family Businesses (EFB) and KPMG once again seek to bring an insight into the confidence levels of family businesses, the challenges affecting their everyday operations and the solutions they seek to ensure their development and sustainable growth.
Family Businesses in the Netherlands
Thanks to the EU COSME project, the Netherlands has determined that 276,900 of its companies are family businesses. This represents 71% of the total number of companies in the Netherlands and of these 276,900 family businesses, almost 89% employ less than ten people. However, family businesses make up just 17% of companies employing 250 people […]
Family Businesses in Denmark
Thanks to the EU COSME programme, Danmarks Statistik was able to determine that 60% of all businesses in Denmark are family owned. Family businesses in Denmark dominate the cultural activities field (84%) and the business services field (72%). Unlike the other countries taking part of the EU COSME programme, Denmark was able to track the […]