Back Family
Businesses Campaign

Family businesses are the beating heart of the economy. From local companies to our biggest brands, family-owned businesses are in every corner of the UK.

Help us to back family businesses.

Business Property Relief (BPR) &
Gift Holdover Relief (GHR)

A supportive policy environment is crucial if family businesses are to compete and thrive. These two reliefs underpin the family business model incentivising families to innovate, invest in the business, and in skills and jobs. Removing these policies would result in family businesses potentially having to withhold investment, divest parts of their business or – in a worst-case scenario – close shop entirely. and potentially catastrophic for small, first-generation companies.

We need to back family businesses by asking government to commit to retaining the policies. You can help by raising the issue with your networks and lobbying your local MP. Here you will find some useful information to help.

Read and download our guide to Business Relief. (PDF)

Planning for the long term – Policies to support family businesses

Our research paper makes a compelling case for retaining BPR and GHR.

Download it and share it.

Download research paper [PDF]

Contact your local MP

Family businesses are the cornerstone of local economies in every constituency. Find your local MP and write to them using our template letter as a guide.

Share our research paper with them too. If you are a family business owner, why not invite your local MP to visit?

Our guide to hosting an MP is full of practical tips.

Find your local MP

Download our  MP template letter

Download our ‘Hosting an MP’ guide

FBUK Manifesto

Family businesses are impacted by other policies too in areas like skills, employment and training. Read our Manifesto for family businesses and share it with your networks and MP.