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We are a not-for-profit, membership organisation supporting and championing UK family business. Our mission is to help family businesses celebrate and sustain their unique contribution to the prosperity of the UK. We are the voice of UK family firms, supporting families through events, connections, and the latest family business knowledge. Our members have a combined turnover of £100bn, and employ around half a million people.

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How to Build a Hundred-Year-Old Family Business

31st October 2018, 18:00 - 20:30

At this event Dennis Jaffe, Professor Emeritus at Saybrook University in San Francisco, will be sharing the findings of his research on the key characteristics of successful family enterprises.

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Publications

IFB is the UK’s leading authority on family business. We have a range of guides and reports to support family firms to thrive and grow.

• The State of the Nation: the UK Family Business Sector 2016/2017

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Media

Family Business is the backbone of the UK economy, and the bedrock of its communities. IFB is the voice of the UK family business sector. Find out more about the contribution they make to the UK economy, and get the IFB take on recent developments, find out about our spokespeople.

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