THE 5th EFB SUMMIT – Brussels
From the 5th and 6th of November, EFB together with FBN Belgium, the voice of Belgian family businesses, are organising a joint event entitled The New Europe: The Family Business Perspective. European Family Businesses together with FBN Belgium, the voice of Belgian family businesses, are organising this joint event entitled The New Europe: The Family […]
EFB meets with the President of the European Parliament
On the 27th of February, the Executive Committee of EFB met with the President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani On the 27th of February, the Executive Committee of EFB met with the President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani. The meeting was a chance for the members of the Executive Committee to thank the President […]
EFB & Deutsche Bank report on family businesses in Europe
At the start of the year, European Family Businesses and Deutsche Bank teamed up to produce a report on family businesses to obtain and present a broad overview of family businesses’ views, assessments and expectations concerning national and EU policies and developments in the financial sector The study showed that family businesses in Europe tend […]
THE NEW EUROPE: POSITION PAPER
EFB presents its vision for the future of Europe at the 5th European Family Business Summit Launched in conjunction with the 5th European Family Businesses Summit, on the 6th of November, EFB released its Future of Europe paper. With this paper, we highlights some of the main challenges facing Europe and family businesses alike and propose some […]
COMMISSIONER OETTINGER ADDRESSES THE EFB SUMMIT.
Last November, EU Budget Commissioner, Günther Oettinger, delivered the keynote address at the EFB Summit. In his address he acknowledged that the transfer of business to the next generation represents for family businesses the most critical moment in life of the company. He rightly noted that the most successful family businesses transfers happen when the […]
5TH EFB SUMMIT IN BRUSSELS
The 5th European Family Business Summit took place on the 6th of November in Brussels and was entitled “The New Europe: The Family Business Perspective” Over 100 family businesses entrepreneurs from 18 European countries attended this event to discuss the most pressing issues facing Europe and family business alike. Topics such as Sustainability, digital and technology, […]
7th EFB BUSINESS BAROMETER EDITION
In October, EFB launched the seventh edition of the European Family Business Barometer in partnership with KPMG The 7th edition of the Barometer, which received more than 1500 contributions from family companies across all the continent, underlines how family businesses, despite facing political uncertainty, increased competition, and technological disruption, are still growing and are positive about […]
SAVE THE DATE
Our next EFB Summit will be held in Madrid on the 19th and 20th November 2019. More details will be released soon! We hope you can join us!’ Our next EFB Summit will be held in Madrid on the 19th and 20th November 2019. More details will be released soon! We hope you can join us!
EU Elections: European business community unites
In the run up to the EU elections, EFB, together with the European business community, released a joint statement to urge the citizens of Europe to vote. In the run up to the EU elections, EFB, together with the European business community, released a joint statement to urge the citizens of Europe to vote. In […]
Building European Growth and Regional Development: 15 proposals to boost the European Economy
In the run-up to the EU elections, the METI released a report containing 15 proposals to boost the European Economy. Back in May, just before the start of the EU elections, our member from France, Mouvement des Enterprises de taille intermediaire (METI) released a report containing 15 proposals to boost the European Economy. Most notably, […]