Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce: Family Business Seminar

This seminar, brought to you in partnership with Ambition Broxbourne, will explore some of the challenges encountered by family businesses and how to overcome them. Presentations will be illustrated by a number of case studies and the personal experiences of our speakers.

Subjects covered will include:

Business Ownership: Sibling rivalry, inheritance tax and the critical issue of succession planning to ensure the business passes safely from one generation to another.

Competence of the Board: Corporate Governance, Shareholders’ rights and agreements.

Survival in the market place: Employment issues including employee retention, incentivisation and the importance of good communication channels.

The event will be facilitated by Anita Brightley-Hodges, Founder and Chairman of Family Business Place and speakers at this seminar include:

• Richard Gvero, Head of Employment, Longmores Solicitors LLP
• Peter Smits, Managing Director, Ashbourne Insurance
• Sylvia Vitiello, Partner, Kingston Smith LLP
• Lynn Whitnall, Chief Executive, Paradise Wildlife Park

If you are an owner or a senior employee within a family run business then this seminar should be of interest to you. In addition to the professional advice you will receive there will be opportunities to network with like-minded people and to share information and experiences.