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Report analyses innovation and entrepreneurship in family business

June 7, 2010

The crucial role that family business will play in rebuilding the UK economy through innovation and entrepreneurship is debated today in a special report that appears in The Times newspaper.

The 16-page report includes an article by CampdenFB.com editor Marc Smith on passing on the entrepreneurial gene. Further contributions come from family enterprise professor John Ward, Grant Gordon of the Institute of Family Business and family business advisor Peter Leach.

Specsavers: Family has eyes set firmly on success

December 4, 2009

The Perkins family never set out to start the biggest chain of opticians in the UK, they set out to start the best, as second-generation managing director John Perkins tells Marc Smith

The theory, increasingly heard, that family businesses should forget all the negative economic headlines and seek out opportunities to expand or diversify is all well and good if you have the capacity and know where to look. Often, however, you cannot accurately predict where or when such chances will arise. As the UK-based Perkins family found out back in 1984, sometimes opportunities come out of the blue.

Editorial: Success + failure = family business

December 3, 2009

Success and failure, good deeds and bad – 2009 has had it all, which is why this final issue of the year contains every aspect of family business endeavour.

Success and failure, good deeds and bad – 2009 has had it all, which is why this final issue of the year contains every aspect of family business endeavour. We start Issue 44 with a look at the family behind Merck, who won the 14th annual IMD-Lombard Odier Global Family Business Award in October. Of all the families in this issue, perhaps they have been the most successful, negotiating as they have 12 generations of family ownership.

Three UK family businesses win annual award

June 5, 2009

Three UK family businesses have had their achievements recognised and been awarded prizes for performance excellence. Arco, Specsavers and Vitabiotics were winners of the Family Business Honours programme, held by JP Morgan Private Bank and the Institute for Family Business.

The businesses were chosen for business success, social responsibility and family governance. Each business was commended for its persistent pursuit of innovation and for a demonstrable commitment to its employees and the community at large.