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• Succession benefits from managing family

  A successful handover of a family run or owned business to its next generation depends on how effectively its leaders’ performance is managed, according to third generation family business The Wilson Organisation.

  03/02/12

• Awards raise thousands for charity

  A not-for-profit initiative run by independent insurance, financial, risk management and corporate finance firm The Wilson Organisation has raised over £4,000 for two charities supporting young enterprise and young people.

  19/01/12

• Herbert Baggaley crowned Family Business 2011

  Herbert Baggaley Construction Limited, one of the Midlands' leading construction companies, has been voted the Midlands Family Business of the Year in the region's only Awards initiative to recognise family businesses and their leaders.

  18/11/11

• Free forum will focus on business innovation

  Nottingham insurance broker and financial advisor The Wilson Organisation is hosting a free, innovation-focussed forum for East Midlands’ family businesses.

  10/10/11

• West Mids businesses shortlisted for Awards

  Twenty-three family businesses from across the West Midlands have made it through to the final stage of the Midlands Family Business Awards when they will be interviewed by a panel of independent judges.

  05/09/11

• East Mids businesses shortlisted for Awards

  Twenty-one family businesses from across the East Midlands have made it through to the final stage of the Midlands Family Business Awards when they will be interviewed by a panel of independent judges.

  05/09/11

• Gary Cormack joins Wilsons as Deputy Chairman

  Gary Cormack has joined Nottingham insurance broker and financial advisory firm The Wilson Organisation, as non-executive Deputy Chairman, working alongside MD Charlotte Perkins and CEO Annabel Prow.

  01/09/11

• Record entries for Family Business Awards

  A record number of entries have been received for this year’s Midlands Family Business Awards, with almost a quarter of all entries being for the headline Family Business of the Year Award 2011.

  11/08/11

• Riots - specific claims timelines

  It is essential that you make any claim notifications within 7 days

  10/08/11

• East Midlands Finest

  A gourmet event for family businesses, brought to you by the Midlands Family Business Awards

  10/08/11

• Deadline extended for Family Business Awards

  The deadline for family businesses to enter the 2011 Midlands Family Business Awards has been extended by two weeks.

  30/06/11

• Family Business Awards: extended to 15 July

  Busy family businesses are given more time to enter the Midlands Family Business Awards with entry deadline extended to 15 July 2011

  27/06/11

• Family Business Awards: enter before 30 June

  Family owned or run businesses from across the Midlands have until the end of June to enter the 2011 Midlands Family Business Awards.

  20/06/11

• Perween Warsi to judge Family Awards

  Organisers of the 2011 Midlands Family Business Awards have confirmed Perween Warsi CBE, the founder and chief executive of Derby-based S & A Foods, is to be on the Awards’ independent panel of judges.

  25/05/11

• Awards launch new rural business category

  The Midlands’ only set of Awards that recognise the work and achievements of family businesses and owners has launched this year with a new category for rural family businesses.

  18/05/11

• Discover how to use economy to protect assets

  Investment, tax and income protection specialists will look at the latest thinking on how family businesses can achieve the best in financial planning and investment strategies at the first in a new programme of events in Nottingham, hosted by The Wilson Organisation.

  17/05/11

• Nominations open for best family businesses

  Entries for this year’s Midlands Family Business Awards open today Tuesday 3rd May, and submissions from family-run or owned businesses and their leaders from across the region can be made from now until the 30th June.

  03/05/11

• Curtain rises on Family Business Awards 2011

  This year’s Midlands Family Business Awards, the only initiative in the region that recognises family-run or owned businesses and their leaders, has launched with new categories and sponsors.

  06/04/11

• Smith Cooper leads sponsors of Family Awards

  One of the Midlands’ leading accounting and business advisory firms, Smith Cooper, is headline title sponsor of this year’s unique set of Awards that recognise family-run or owned businesses, the Midlands Family Business Awards.

  25/03/11

• The Generation Game: Dungeon or Destiny?

  Succession is one of the most talked about issues for owners and managers of family businesses. But what of the next generation themselves? Wilsons CEO Annabel Prow, recently spoke to Insider magazine about the latest thinking on the Generation Game.

  24/03/11