Annual Conference

Register for Annual Conference 2025

The purpose and values of a family business, like the ingredients in an old family recipe, are inherited; passed from the kitchen table to the boardroom table over generations.

Reinterpreted by successive generations, these essential ingredients determine the culture of each family business, and are what helps give each one it’s unique flavour and characteristics.

But how well do you make the most of those precious ingredients, and use them to create a competitive advantage and a leading position in the market?

Join over 200 leading family businesses, from across the country, to discover how the vital ingredients of purpose and values can help sustain a successful family business.

Annual Conference 2024 in Review

The Faces of Family Business – Harnessing the Power of People

The 2024 Conference “The Faces of Family Business”, this past June, helped our 250 delegates to harness the power of all the faces of their family business, no matter their age, seniority, role or experiences. From Chair to Next Gen, non-family executive to shareholder, conference truly had something for everyone.

From the lessons learned by James Reed, Chairman and CEO of Reed, on how failing to get up (and down) the Matterhorn led him to change the purpose of the company.

To why Mark Samworth, Chairman of Samworth Brothers puts great value on charitable causes, employee wellbeing and supporting local communities, the FBUK conference provided two days of unrivalled content and learning.

Our workshops and business labs covered some of the most challenging aspects of family business such as how to approach conversations with the senior and next generation, how you reward and recognise people and how to come together during times of change.

FBUK Annual Conference 2024 in numbers

• 250 registered attendees
• 118 unique family businesses
• 10 workshops, 5 family business labs, 5 plenary sessions, 27 speakers
• 99% rated speakers as good or excellent
• 93% rated content and discussions as proactive and stimulating
• 100% said Conference was relevant to the needs of their family business

FBUK Annual Conference 2024 Delegate testimonials