Family Business Visit: Weatherbys

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

18 September 2024, 4:00 pm

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Join us for an opportunity to hear the Weatherby’s 254-year history and how the business has diversified over 7 generations. Hear from Roger Weatherby, Chair of Weatherby’s Banking Group who joined the business in 1997, about the breadth of the business as it stands today. Learn from this well-established family firm and their experiences in diversifying the business for its long-term success.

There will be an opportunity to tour the site and see the fascinating memorabilia collected over their history from events such as Royal Ascot and Cheltenham Festival, including the first volume of the General Stud Book (1791) as the original and authoritative register of the worldwide Thoroughbred breed. If you are interested in horse racing, or simply open to hearing more about the history and day-to-day of the sport, this tour is not to be missed.

After the tour, a fireside chat will explore how the business diversified from the administration and accounting for horse racing into a host of primarily racing-related activities and then in 1994; after gaining a banking license for the accounting for racehorse owners, has grown steadily into a banking group with deposits in excess of £1.5 billion. The business continues to administer horse racing in the UK, as in 1770, but now also owns the stud book in Great Britain and Ireland in which all thoroughbred horses must be registered and has subsidiary businesses in asset finance, investment and personal insurance.

Who should attend?

FBUK Family Business Visits are for those who wish to:

  • learn about other family businesses;
  • meet the owners, and hear first hand their story and experiences
  • tour the business and site
  • network with peers

Open to Members and Non-Members of Family Business UK. Eligible delegates are those from family businesses, or working in a family business.

Please note: this event is not available to advisors or consultants.

Format

16:00 Arrival

16:00-17:00 Tour of the business

17:00-18:00 Presentation by Roger Weatherby: enterprising family business

18:00 Closing remarks

18:00-19:00 Networking with refreshments

19:00 Event close

Location

Weatherby’s Bank, Sanders Road, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 4BX

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