Families in Business Ltd (FiB) is an organisation focused on providing help and support to family and owner managed enterprises. FiB became a 100% owned subsidiary of the international firm the Shirlaws Group in October 2015. Dani Saveker, CEO of FiB and a shareholder and global partner of the Shirlaws Group, created and founded FiB in 2012, to ensure support, resources, tools and a neutral community exists for family businesses. FiB delivers membership, specialised peer groups, events, tools, workshops and a growing network of business advisers, professionals and suppliers that echo FIB’s ethos - to deliver a relevant and informed go-to support network for family businesses, including SMEs. Its portfolio, available to family businesses worldwide, includes a suite of tools to guide and assist family businesses to identify their vision and reach the right decisions for the individuals, family and organisation. FiB also strives to address the often lack of understanding amongst professional advisers of the idiosyncrasies and unique challenges of a family business. FiB focuses on the relationships and influences around family and owner managed enterprises and understand how emotions, culture, behaviours and dynamics can impact business outcomes. Support is given on a local, regional, national and international basis. The Shirlaws Group is a portfolio of companies that advise private enterprise on how to grow, fund and exit their business in order to enjoy their life’s work. Shirlaws group partners are knowledgeable entrepreneurs who are attuned to the issues that influence the decisions Business Owners and CEOs make every day. They have grown, funded, and in some cases, exited their own businesses, multiple times. This vast experience, coupled with the Shirlaws Intellectual Property, provides a diverse expertise across multiple sectors from Corporates to global brands, through to SMEs and serial Entrepreneurs. The Shirlaws Group understands that building a business is a journey and they work with Business Owners and CEOs to give them the confidence to change, the courage to invest and the freedom to choose their own path. Founded in 1999, Shirlaws has always been committed to the private enterprise market. Dani Saveker was the fourth generation in her own family’s manufacturing business, Savekers, and was its CEO for the last seven years of her total 14 years at the company. This gave her first-hand experience of the complexities of family businesses, which underpins the structure and approach of FiB. Whilst CEO of her family business, Dani spearheaded a major management and shareholder restructure, led the business and its 100-plus employees through a recovery plan following a devastating fire, learnt to weld, electroplate and polish, carried out an MBO, acquired businesses and managed multiple sites. She has been recognised in a number of Midlands and national Award schemes and is an Ambassador of charity LoveBrum. For more information about FiB: contact Dani Saveker, Tel: 07812 99 27 26, Email: dani@fibcommunity.com, visit www.fibcommunity.com, and follow @fibcommunity on twitter. For more information about The Shirlaws Group: Email: hello@shirlawsgroup.com, Web: www.shirlawsgroup.com, Twitter: @shirlawsgroup
