The Future of Family-Owned Manufacturing: Growth, Tax and Succession

Join Make UK and Bishop Fleming for a research-led webinar to benchmark your priorities against other family-owned manufacturers. Our joint research reveals planned investment in skills, cyber security, AI and wider digital technologies, and the pressures holding decisions back, including energy costs, tax and economic uncertainty.

Bishop Fleming specialists will also examine how recent Inheritance Tax changes could affect ownership and succession, and the practical questions to raise with your family, leadership team and advisers.

What we'll cover throughout the session

• Key findings from the latest Make UK and Bishop Fleming research into family-owned manufacturing businesses

• Investment priorities and barriers to growth, including energy costs, taxation, skills and economic uncertainty

• The impact of recent Inheritance Tax (IHT) changes and how these may influence investment, ownership and succession decisions

• Practical considerations for succession planning, including why early preparation and professional advice are increasingly important

Key takeaways

• Manufacturers continue to invest for future growth, with cyber security, skills development and AI and digital technologies among their key priorities

• High energy costs, economic uncertainty and taxation remain significant barriers to growth, with manufacturers identifying a lower tax burden as an important way to unlock investment

• Early succession planning is essential, with businesses encouraged to seek professional advice, assess their options and prepare well ahead of a potential ownership transition
  

Who should attend?

Owners and family shareholders, managing directors, finance leaders, next-generation leaders and board members in family-owned manufacturing businesses.

Speakers:

• Chair: Verity Davidge - Director of Policy & Public Affairs – Make UK
• Fhaheen Khan - Senior Economist - Make UK
• Iona Martin - Partner and Head of Personal Tax - Bishop Fleming
• Dan Phillips - Audit Director and Head of Manufacturing - Bishop Fleming