Pictured above: Charlotte Prow MD of family business
Wilsons which is hosting a Question Time Forum in Birmingham next
week
Leading family business representatives and advisors are to face
a Question Time Forum in Birmingham that will explore the issues of
expanding a family business without diluting its family values.
The Family Business Forum event is being organised by specialist
insurance and financial advisers The Wilson Organisation, which is
itself in the third generation of family ownership, and is the
latest in its programme of events for the region's family
businesses.
The panel confirmed for the event includes Gurdeep Bath, joint
MD of Wednesbury-based Perfection Foods, founded in 2000 by the
Bath brothers and which is today a leading supplier of hand
decorated cakes and confectionary to retailers including Asda and
Morrisons.
He will be joined by Parveen Mehta, Operations Director of MWW
Limited of Birmingham and one of the UK's largest independent
suppliers of exotic and conventional fruit and vegetables, and
Director General of the Institute of Family Businesses (IFB) Grant
Gordon.
Wilsons' MD Charlotte Prow and Simon Hellier, the firm's
non-executive director, will chair the Forum.
"This is a new format for our Family Business Forum in the West
Midlands, and brings together a panel of representatives from high
profile family businesses in the region, who will share their
no-holes barred personal experiences on how they've succeeded in
expanding the family business, but not at the cost of the family
values," explains Charlotte.
"The panel will be quizzed on issues pertinent to other family
businesses and their particular dynamics to deliver a first-hand
insight into whether their business can achieve successful growth -
through diversification, expanding nationally or internationally,
or through acquisitions - whilst maintaining family control and
retaining family values, which are the very essence of a family
business."
The West Midlands Family Business Forum is free to attend and
takes place from 12 noon to 2.30pm on Wednesday 15th September 2010
at Hotel du Vin, Birmingham. For more information, contact
Charlotte Prow Tel: 0115 942 0111, email: cprow@wilorg.com.
The Wilson Organisation, based in Nottingham, provides
professional independent insurance, financial, risk management
and corporate finance solutions to businesses and individuals both
regionally and nationally. It is a Top 100 UK independent broker
and has developed innovative solutions through strong relationships
with insurers and financial services providers. For more
information, visit: www.wilorg.com,
or Tel: 0115 942 0111.