Latest News

PwC’s 11th Global Family Business Survey

Friday, 05 May 2023

PwC’s Family Business Survey 2023 comes at a time of great change. The optimism of a post-covid world has been sorely tested by the geopolitical

 

Read more


A guide to family business succession planning

Friday, 11 February 2022

Succession planning is one of the most sensitive issues, and COVID-19 appears to have concentrated minds in this area.   Topics such as

 

Read more


Tánaiste and Minister Donohoe launch new €90m fund for Irish start-ups

Thursday, 10 February 2022

The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD and the Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe TD launched a new

 

Read more

Family Business Ireland

 

Supporting, advising and helping to build sustainable futures for 
Ireland's family owned and family run businesses

 

Family Business Ireland is an information and support service for the founders, owners, next generation managers and professional advisors of family businesses. Over the past fifteen years Plato has directly facilitated hundreds of family businesses throughout Ireland to successfully manage the issues of succession, legacy, transference and continuity.

 

Support Services

 

The support services are fully operational and the panel of expert advisors is in place. The website will be fully developed and enhanced over the coming months.

 

The challenges and uncertainty facing families in business have never been greater and we sincerely wish to support and inform the largest number of businesses possible. The role of www.familybusiness.ie is an added value service to the role of professional experts and trusted advisors.

 

We look forward to expanding the service and role of familybusiness.ie over the coming years and as a not-for-profit initiative we warmly welcome the support of other organisations, institutions and individuals with mutual goals