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Grant Gordon featured on Farming Today
08/01/2010, BBC Radio 4 - Farming today

In Grant Gordon’s interview on BBC Farming Today on February 8th, echoing his comments in his Oxford Farming Conference keynote address, he emphasised that retirement should ideally be part of planned succession process. Gordon also emphasises that the next generation require skills, a level of passion and the support of those around them to succeed. See 3m18s for the IFB’s comments.

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UK Family Businesses are quick to give up control
28/05/2008, by Jonathan Moules, The Financial Times

Most of the UK businesses under family ownership 12 years ago have ceded control to outside interests, according to pan-European research. The study of 4,000 companies across the UK, Germany, France and Italy, commissioned by the Institute for Family Business, found that only 30 per cent of UK businesses that were family controlled in 1996 were run by the same dynasty a decade later.....

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Is Your Family at War
01/05/2008, Better Business

Family Firms are still the mainstay of British business. but how can you prevent the infighting and succession issues that often plague them? Grant Gordon explains what to watch out for...

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Keeping Kin in the Firm
06/03/2008, The Times

Although family businesses rely on the loyalty and trust engendered by blood ties, the big world of business is often the school that provides the skills, as Emily Ford finds...

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Family Ownership Beats Private Equity, says Family Business Chief
29/02/2008, Real Business, by Matthew Rock

Grant Gordon, director-general of the Institute for Family Business, has said that family firms in the UK are "a crucial breeding ground for entrepreneurial talent", have longer-term horizons than alternative forms of corporate ownership, and have a collective turnover worth double the private equity sector

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Driving UK Family Businesses Forward
30/11/2006, Grant Gordon & Alexander Scott, "Families in Business Magazine", Nov/Dec 2006.

A growing, diverse population and global pressures mean that family firms are changing in the UK. Grant Gordon and Alex Scott from the Insitute for Family Business tell Families in Business what is on the agenda for UK family businesses now and in the future

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What is Different about Leading a Family Business?
05/07/2005, Grant Gordon, Family Business Magazine, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Summer 2006.

Grant Gordon of the Institute of family business discusses lessons learned from a recent research project

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One day, none of this will be yours...
24/05/2005, Robert Miller in "The Daily Telegraph" Tuesday, May 24 2005.

An increasing number of family run companies are being sold off. Robert Miller examines this new trend.

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Keeping Control of Clan in the Company Boardroom
24/05/2005, Doug Morrison in "The Daily Telegraph" Tuesday, May 24 2005.

Family businesses are big business in this country, but we still lag behind when it comes to knowing what makes them tick and how to ensure harmony and profit.

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Family Business 'relatively stronger'
28/02/2005, Jonathan Moules in "Financial Times", Friday, Jan 28 2005.

The Financial Times examines the strong position of family business and their standing in the FTSE 100.

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IFB 3rd National Forum Conference: Managing Transitions
14/07/2004, Grant Gordon in "Families in Business", July/ Aug 2004.

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Young family business members visit an Anglo-Swiss family business
13/04/2004, Grant Gordon in "Families in Business", March/ April 2004.

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Avoiding Conflict in Family Firms
09/12/2003, Grant Gordon in "The PricewaterhouseCoopers Guide to Business Success; Creating Wealth - Effective HR Management in the 21st Century", Winter 2003/04.

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