www.familybusiness.ie was recently launched in Dublin by Minister John Perry at the European Family Business General Assembly. Family Business Ireland has long been a centre of excellence and support for family businesses and the development of the on-line specialist website www.familybusiness.ie has been warmly welcomed throughout the country. Family Business Ireland supports, advises and helps to build sustainable futures for Ireland's family owned and family run businesses

Family Business Ireland is a confidential network dedicated to the wellbeing and support of family business owner-managers, and the development of their businesses. It is an educational and support service for the founders, owners, next generation managers and professional advisors of family businesses.

Over the past fifteen years Family Business Ireland has directly facilitated hundreds of family businesses throughout Ireland to manage the issues of succession, legacy, transference and continuity. Family Business Ireland is an initiative that has developed through Plato.

Pictured below (left to right): Jesus Casado, Secretary General - European Family Businesses; Minister John Perry - Minister for Small Business; and Roger Pedder, Chairman - European Family Businesses (chairman-UCG, and former Chairman - Clark's Shoes)