Family Business Scale-ups: Breaking Barriers to Growth
The challenges to growing and scaling family businesses
Figure 19: Top barriers to further growth for mid-market and scaling family businesses
TOP BARRIERS TO FURTHER GROWTH
talent and leadership development infrastructure and access to R D facilities 56% 55% 42% 29% 25% access to right bank/ equity finance access to tax breaks
access to markets in UK and internationally
THESE BUSINESSES ARE AMBITIOUS
7 in 10
5 in 10
4 in 10
6 in 10
expect to continue to scale in 2026 by turnover and/or employee headcount
expect to grow employment
expect to grow turnover
say they are out-performing their peers
BUT CONSIDER THEY ARE FACING SIGNIFICANT MACROECONOMIC BARRIERS
6 in 10 6 in 10 6 in 10 5 in 10 5 in 10 5 in 10
increasing costs to the business
impact of energy prices
supply chain disruption
geopolitical uncertainty & conflict with their peers
rising tariffs
lower levels of business / consumer confidence
THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES MAKE THEM MORE CAUTIOUS ABOUT
the extent to which they can recruit or develop staff 43% 40% 40% 35% the extent to which one can invest in the business
how much they can try to grow their business
the extent to which one can develop or launch new ideas/go into new markets
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