Share your thoughts...

As champions of the family business sector we are keen to hear your thoughts on some of the areas that we know are challenging for family businesses across the UK today.  The 2018 Family Business Survey is being undertaken by Family Business United in partnership with Mazars, the family business accounting, tax and advisory experts.

Your thoughts will add to the overall voice and help us to create and share resources for the broader family business community. 
We really do appreciate the time taken to complete the questionnaire and the final report will be available in the Autumn. Thank you.

Paul Andrews - Founder & Managing Director, Family Business United
www.familybusinessunited.com

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* 1. Do family businesses take a more long-term strategic view to business management than other organisations?

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* 2. Are family businesses more innovative than other organisations?

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* 3. Do you have non-family members in any of the following positions:

  Yes No Don't Know
Board Directors
Shareholders
Senior Managers
Non-Executive Directors

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* 4. Are there plans for the next generation to be involved in the business?

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* 5. Is your CEO/MD: (please complete all rows)

  Yes No Don't Know
Male
A Non-Family Member
Under The Age Of 40
Planning To Step Down In The Next 5 Years

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* 6. Do you think that family and business matters should be kept separate?

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* 7. Which is more important to you?

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* 8. As the family business evolves over time the skills and experience required to run the board of directors are likely to change.  Which areas of the board do you think family businesses struggle with most?

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* 9. Do you see the business remaining in family ownership in 5 years time?

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* 10. Where do you see the biggest area of business growth coming from in the next 5 years?

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* 11. Does your family business embrace digital opportunities sufficiently?

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* 12. Does your family business see the ownership of technological change and digital/social media strategy as the responsibility of the next generation?

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* 13. Does your family business have appropriate plans in place to manage your digital strategy?

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* 14. Are you concerned that social media activity may have a negative impact on your family business brand?

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* 15. Do you actively promote your business as family owned?

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* 16. Do you think promoting yourself as a family business enhances the brand and trust with consumers?

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* 17. Do you think being a family business contributes to winning new work?

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* 18. Do you think family businesses are stronger when family members are directly involved in the day-to-day operations?

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* 19. Do you think there is more pressure on the family when their name is included in the business' title?

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* 20. What keeps you awake at night?  Tick all that apply.

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* 21. In which region is your head office?

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* 22. In which sector is your core business mostly involved?

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* 23. What is the size of your business?

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* 24. How many employees do you have?

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* 25. What is the oldest generation of family involved in the business?

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* 26. Please complete the following if you would like to request a copy of the survey in due course:

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* 27. Are you happy for FBU and Mazars to contact you with details of relevant family business events, insights and publications?

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