Family farm flourishes
By Catherine Woods
The Fussel family farm in Somerset is a different place now to when Andy Fussel took over from his father 18 years ago. Instead of just crops, the farm is producing gourmet rapeseed oil and has diversified into road haulage.

Jordans gets munched by ABF
By Matthew Rock
As family cereal business Jordans becomes part of food giant ABF, we bid a fond farewell to one of Britain's most unusual independent businesses.

Complementary skills boost family jet company
By Catherine Woods
Niki Rokni and Kurosh Tehranchian are the husband-and-wife team behind Ocean Sky Aviation, a private jet company with turnover that’s expected to soar from €60m (£47.4m) in 2007 to €110m this year.

Bangers and cash
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
Husband and wife team Andrew and Debbie Keeble launched Debbie & Andrew’s sausages in 2001. Now their Yorkshire-based outfit is pumping out sausages like, well, a sausage factory, and making a meaty profit to boot.

Vegan company brings meat to the masses
By Melissa Hancock
Set up by a vegan father and daughter team in 2003, Beanies Health Foods has simultaneously cornered a niche and appealed to the mainstream by selling meat-replacement foods.

What’s cooking in mum and daughters’ kitchen?
By Carryn Dewing
Anna Venturi and Letizia Tufari are the mum-and-daughter duo behind Venturi’s Table, a family business serving up a fresh new alternative to teambuilding events in the form of corporate cookery classes.

Flowcrete founder says 'no' to kids joining the business
By Melissa Hancock
Dawn Gibbins was just 21-years-old when she set up Flowcrete with her father in 1982. Last month she sold the company for £35m and while her husband has stayed on in a MD role, she says there’s “no way” she would want her two daughters to join the business.

Swiss sisters smiling all the way to the bank
By Carryn Dewing
In 2004, sisters Haleh and Golnar Abivardi opened Swiss Smile, a private dental clinic, in Zurich. Today, they have clinics in St. Moritz and London, employ 200 people and, with a turnover of £10m, have plenty to smile about.

Peas in a pod
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
Andy Davidson started helping out with the family business at 16. Ten years on, he’s launched two more businesses under the family umbrella and sales are blooming for the green-fingered clan.

Top ten oldest UK companies
By Real Business
When it comes to the oldest UK companies, family businesses are well represented. Read the list below and see for yourself.