This year’s summit will be held from the 17th and 18th of November in Lisbon. President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will deliver the keynote address. Thanks to the invaluable support of Empresas Familiares, the voice of Portuguese family businesses, we have been able to organise this joint event and, on this

Chairman Alfonso Líbano, Secretary General Casado and Leena Morttinen, Director of Finnish Family Firms Association, met with the Vice-president to highlight some pressing issues for the family business community in Europe.

In May, EFB held its first GA of the year and Alfonso Libano chaired his first assembly as EFB’s President. President Libano reviewed EFB’s activities of the previous 12 months, including national visits to EFB’s chapters and various meetings with high ranking EU officials. Mr Libano explained that EFB

Following on the tails of the first Tax Monitor report, released in April 2014, where tax regimes across 23 European countries were reviewed – The second edition, conducts analysis on a global level with over 40 countries explored (includes Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Oceania).

The 2016 edition of the Barometer is nearing release. The online platform closed on the, EFB would like to thank you for your taking the time to answer the questionnaire and we will be releasing the results in September.

The Network of SME Envoys is currently working on an SME Action Programme which aims to refocus all the underlying challenges and opportunities that are facing Europe’s small and medium sized enterprise. The programme is being split into 5 chapters: Smart regulation, Access to finance, Entrepreneurship, Skills and Training,

EFB can finally reveal the countries that will participate in the EU funded programme to gather statistics on family business. Launched in 2015, the European Commission’s call for tender on ‘Statistics for Family Businesses’ is finally under way. Launched in 2015, the European Commission’s call aims, ‘to provide policy-makers

On the 5th of July the European Commission released an amending proposal to the 4th Anti Money laundering Directive which included provisions for Member States to create a central business register of beneficial ownership. The new proposal will require Member States to bring forward the date for effective transposition of the

On the 31st of May, EFB welcomed the association of Andorran Family Businesses into the European network of family enterprises. The Andorran Family Business is a non-lucrative and private association, which represents a very relevant part of the Andorran businesses structure (more than 60%). This association was founded in 2002