The future is female: next generation women in family business part three

Family businesses are on course to be led by more women: while it is still far more common to see men at the top in family business, and the gender pay gap closes at a glacial pace, some research suggests that inequality is less acute within family-controlled companies than other businesses.

EFB Summit – Brussels 2018

EFB is happy to announce that registrations for the EFB Summit 2018 ” The New Europe: Family Business Perspective” are now open.  For more info about the event and the registration please visit our dedicated website. 

Vocational guidance and dual training

This report analyses youth unemployment from the point of view of the skill sets of the human capital as one of the key factors in a country’s competitiveness and social wellbeing. This fact is not new, but it takes on a more central role in a setting of globalisation and digitalisation, and where processes such […]

7th European Family Business Barometer

The 7th European Family Business Barometer is NOW open! Please join us and help strengthen the voice of family businesses across our continent. Please follow this link to begin the survey (in English).

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 — […]

A Novel Structure for Famiy Companies seeking Outside Capital

Ottobock’s case shows an interesting and possibly highly effective way for a family business to go about bringing in outside capital, keeping majority family ownership, but rewarding minority investors like private equity funds/family offices .

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.