Testimonials

Running a family business is fraught with challenges, obstacles, celebrations and successes. Family Ties is the only conference that takes an independent stance and is purely dedicated to sharing insights and experiences for both family businesses and their professional advisers.

Here's what some of our delegates say....

 

"Absolutely amazing....loved every minute of it! Fantastic speakers, superb venue and great mixture of themes and personalities...a MUST for next year for all Family Businesses!." Rebecca Fakoussa (via LinkedIn 8/11/2010)

 

"Well done on yesterday I thought it was a fantastic event and very well organised with a really interesting selection of speakers. I do hope it all worked out well for you and look forward to seeing you again soon." Giles English, Bremont (6/11/2010)

 

Just a quick note to congratulate you on fantastic day yesterday. Well organized and a pleasure to attend. From a personal point of view, I found it invigorating and inspirational. It was fantastic to be surrounded by such talent and variety. A big thank you to you and your team. Paul Crowley, Winterhalter (09/11/2010)

 

"Nowhere else will you hear people sharing such emotional stories, journeys that have affected the whole family. A great way for me, as an adviser to many family businesses, to understand what's really at the heart of how a family business is run." Andy Long, AllianceBernstein

 

"A huge huge huge thank you for the most fantastic day at Family Ties last week. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and learned so much. We would love to be involved again in the future however you could have us and we were honoured to have been able to speak this year too." Miranda and Roland Ballard, Muddy Boots (8/11/2010)

 

“Just a note to thank you for an excellent and well organised day. This was a really first class event. I have been to dozens of family conferences and lectures and your day was refreshing. I hope this is the start of something very exciting. Please extend my congratulations to all your team.” Steve Rosenbaum (8/11/2010)

 

“Congrats on a great event last week, it was that rare mix of both enjoyable and interesting, well done to you and the rest of the team.” Ian Carter (8/11/2010)

 

"I just wanted to say how brilliant I thought the conference was on Thursday. The atmosphere was wonderful and the little nuggets of wisdom inspiring." David Philpott, My Ten Days (8/11/2010)

 

"Just wanted to say a HUGE congratulations for putting on a fantastic event today. Great speakers, great atmosphere in the room and great discussions. I have no doubt at all that the families there today will all be taking a huge amount away - both from the speakers and for the discussions that were taking place during the breaks.

I do a lot of these types of events and this one was definitely up there as a great one. You all deserve a very large glass of wine this evening - Congratulations, look forward to finding ways to work together in 2011." Juliette Johnsons, Coutts & Co. (6/11/2010)

 

"I found the day really useful and it raised a lot of interesting questions for us. I know from talking to other people on the day that they too found it really refreshing, original and really worthwhile, something I have never found before at a conference so very well done, I hope you are pleased, it was fab!" Susie Sonham, RGB Digital (6/11/2010)

 

"Just a quick note to thank you so much for yesterdays conference. It was really interesting to hear other peoples stories and challenges, and to meet some other family businesses - I thought there was a great relaxed and fun vibe all day." Rosie Brown, Cook Food (06/11/2010)

 

"Thank you so much for organising yet another brilliant event yesterday. We both really enjoyed the day, and left feeling quite inspired." Sally Hardman, Avondale (6/11/2010)