EU elections results: The Family Business Perspective
by Jesus Casado, Secretary General of EFB In the last two months the EU institutions have completely renewed their composition for the next cycle. In spite of a growing wave of Populism and Euroscepticism, coupled with a slowdown in economic growth, there are some encouraging signs coming from this new political makeup that can give […]
EU Spring Project
In January, the EU co-financed SPRING project was officially launched to help family businesses reach their full potential. EFB, along with 10 other partners from across the EU, officially launched in January this year, the SPRING project. SPRING, will aim to help EU family businesses to fulfil their potential, by offering them a complete package […]
Report: UK Family Business Sector
UK Family Businesses are still performing well despite economic and political uncertainty A new report released by UK Family Business Sector in May, shows that family businesses remain as the backbone of the U.K economy. In addition, the report highlights the sizeable contribution family firms continue to make to the UK economy across all sectors. The report […]
High-Level Roundtable on Family Business
Back in March, in preparation for the new institutional cycle, high-level representatives of EFB met with the Commission and Parliament. Commissioner Oettinger remarked that this meeting was adjourned to discuss what support family businesses need in the coming years and what can be best delivered and achieved at the EU level. He noted that family […]
EU SPRING Project: Succession Planning and Regeneration in Family Businesses for New Growth through an innovative training programme
On the 7th and 8th October, EFB took part in the second coordination meeting for the Spring project. The aim of this project is to offer customised training, mentoring, support and guidance to family businesses, in the areas of smooth succession planning and implementation, business continuity, leadership and governance and strategy for growth. The main […]
SUFABU: First kick-off meeting in Prague
SUFABU is an EU funded Erasmus+ project that responds to the needs of European family businesses that currently face a task of intergenerational exchange. The project aims to create a flexible training system focused on the succession process in family businesses and, at the same time, to raise awareness of the obstacles that family entrepreneurs […]
Message from the Chairman
On the 19th of November, I was honoured to be elected as the new president of EFB. I recognise that as a community and as a continent, we will be facing important challenges in the coming years. My message to President von der Leyen, and her team of Commissioners is clear: We need a Europe […]
New Commission President underlines importance of family businesses
On the 27th of November, in front of the European Parliament, on the occasion of the presentation of the new College of Commissioners and their programmes, the New Commission President, Ursula Von der Leyen, highlighted the importance of family businesses. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said in her inaugural […]
EFB elects its New Chairman
On the 19th of November, the prominent German entrepreneur Udo J. Vetter took over the presidency of EFB. The handover happened during the 6th EFB Summit in Madrid. Udo J. Vetter: “Many family businesses are world market leaders and want the EU to set the course so that we can continue to operate with our […]
The 6th European Family Business Summit
The 6th European Family Business Summit took place from the 19th to the 20th of November in Madrid. Over 200 family business entrepreneurs from 20 European countries attended the event to discuss the sustainability challenge and the role of family business in this context. In the first keynote of the day, Manuel Valls, underlined the […]