Welcome
Running a family business can be all consuming and The Family Business Network Ltd was created to help.
We are the pivot point for family businesses looking for a safe environment to learn from each other, find relevant news, relevant events and access innovative additional support when needed. Founded by Sue Howorth in 2014 the network originally started via support from the Cumbria Growth Hub. The network has since developed and as of June 2016 the network became it’s own company so Sue could continue her role as Family Business Ambassador and be the voice for family businesses across the region. Through Sue’s award winning work in Cumbria . The Family Business Network has now evolved to include Lancashire , Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and surrounding areas. We love signposting family businesses to relevant assistance, advice, or investment channels but equally thrive on our family business orientated events. Our Insight days, workshops and flagship Family Business Conference are all designed with family businesses’ needs at their heart. We also work in collaborative partnerships with family business specialists and other national family business associations and networks.
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Events
All of our bespoke events are designed with family business needs at their heart.
Insight Events
Get behind the scenes of some of the country’s best family businesses at one of our Insight events.
Workshops
Dig deeper into specific family business issues at one of our Family Business Workshops.
Conference
Learn from and network with family businesses large and small, including some of the country’s finest at our Family Business Conference.
Blog
The Value of Peer to Peer Learning
Peer to peer learning essentially refers to a method of learning without any implied authority to any individual. For us, here at The Family Business Network its right at the heart of what we do and why the network exists. The network enables the family businesses to...
Cartmel Peninsula Continues To Boast Big Business Success
says David Hamer of Cark-in-Cartmel based, digital marketing company Make us Visible. "The Cartmel peninsula is largely thought of as something of a ‘small, quiet, picturesque, and rural area ’ and this would not be far wrong. However, our local businesses are far...
Farming Partnerships – please, please put it in writing!
is the advice given by Jonathan Carroll, Head of Agriculture at top legal firm, Cartmell Shepherd. Yet again a farming family dispute has led to huge legal costs, when a decent partnership agreement would have prevented it for a tiny fraction of the sums lost. The...
Check out our galleries
Yorkshire Family Business Launch Event July 2018
Castle Industrial Supplies Ltd Insight Event July 2018
Family Business Awards 2018
The Moody Cow Family Business Insight Event May 2018
This cultural and ancient natural landscape is home to a buzzing family business community, with the majority of the county’s businesses being family run…nearly 90%. Keep up to date with family business stories and events from Cumbria.
God’s own country has it all, from seaside towns to spirited cities and everything in between. Yorkshire is home to a host of both traditional and progressive family businesses. Keep up to date with family business stories and events from Yorkshire.
From vibrant cities to rolling english countryside, the Red Rose county is made more colourful with its family businesses both old and new. Keep up to date with family business stories and events in Lancashire.
There is a real diverse range of family businesses in Lincolnshire situated across attractive hamlets, villages and market towns. Lincoln itself, as well as being steeped in history is recognised as world leader in engineering and aviation. Keep up to date with family business stories and events in Lincolnshire.
Media
Top businesswoman joins not-for-profit lender as non-executive director
AN award-winning entrepreneur has joined the board of an organisation which helps businesses across Cumbria and Lancashire to realise their dreams. Sue Howorth, best known for her role as director of the Family Business Network, will this week be unveiled as a...
“We have gone through a cultural revolution – and I mean revolution – because actually, we needed to change” Phil Wild of James Cropper PLC
BUILDING an engaged and loyal team is one of the best ways to project a business as a fantastic place to work, a conference heard. And having a plan to actively market a company to potential employees ‘who may not even know they want to work there’ will give bosses a...
Businesses to tackle issue of attracting talent and recruitment in Cumbria
IT has topped the agenda in business discussions across the county for years. Recruiting - and retaining - talent is one of the enduring challenges faced by companies large and small. Now the issue is to be tackled head-on at a special event, which will...
The Family Business Conference 2018
Thursday 11th October 08:30 – 15:45
Castle Green Hotel, Kendal
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The third annual conference for family businesses looking to learn from and network with successful peers in an open, safe and friendly environment. Contributions and speakers from over twelve highly-respected family business leaders of companies old, new, large and small. Truly the highlight in the family business calendar.
Speakers & Contributors confirmed to date:
Denys Shortt OBE – DCS Group UK
John Stevenson MP
David & Graham Jenkins – Pioneer Foodservices
Lynne Mallinson - Country Puddings
Professor Carole Howorth - Chair of Sustainable and Ethical Entrepreneurship, University of York
Sarah Dunning – Westmorland Family
Roger Smith – Thomas Graham & Sons
Hannah Barlow – Dunsters Farm Ltd
Ian & Janet Hartley – Out of Eden
Andrew, Joanne & Yasmine Hunter – Grasmere Gingerbread
Sue & Peter Jackson – Heart of the Lakes
Martin Rayner – Lakeland
Phil Wild – James Cropper PLC
Emma Porter & John Story – Story Homes and Story Contracting
Howard, Tim, Joe & Joan Heaton – Westmorland Sheepskins
Mark Sugden – John W. Laycock
The Hill Family – Roland Hill Ltd
Dan Scott – PHX Training
Jonathan & Caroline Kaye – Cedar Manor Hotel
Presenters to date:
Sue Howorth – The Family Business Network Ltd
Dave Clarkson – Langleys Solicitors
Paul Andrews – Family Business United
Grant Seaton – Cumberland Building Society
James Higgins – 32 West
Andy Beeforth OBE – Cumbria Community Foundation
Jacqui Jackson – Thomas Jardine & Co
Grahame Lamont – Lamont Pridmore
Steve Howard – Business Doctor Lakes & Dales
Thank you to our conference partners:
Cumberland Building Society
Cartmell Shepherd
7IM
Business Doctor Lakes & Dales
Lamont Pridmore
Wrapped Agency
Contact
sue@fambiznet.co.uk
07866 536050
The Family Business Network Ltd
Pattinson House
Beresford Road
Windermere
Cumbria
LA23 2JG
The Family Business Network Ltd
4 Bramleys Barn
The Menagerie, Escrick
York, YO19 6ET
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