In order to deepen still further our understanding of the issues and challenges facing family business owners, we have undertaken an extensive survey of family businesses, in association with twenty highly respected fellow-contributors, including the BDO Centre for Family Business, the Institute of Directors, the Institute for Family Business (UK), London Business School and Penningtons Solicitors.

Specifically, we set out to answer the question: Are family businesses better prepared than other businesses to compete in the future?

Our findings, and our expert contributors' commentary upon them, make fascinating reading, which you can read by downloading this PDF