Family Business Support - Case Studies
The Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (IEED) offers a comprehensive suite of support available to family businesses. To find out more about how IEED can assist your business, visit the business support page.
The following case studies illustrate how these programmes have been successfully used by family businesses in the past:
- The LEAD programme helped Tim Burrow of Ansan Commercial Interiors to address the difficulties associated with close relationships and informal structures in his family business, to bring a renewed focus to the business and secure his future as the next Managing Director.
- Sharing new experiences with like-minded people on the LEAD programme has helped Lesley Swinn from Buy the House Estate Agent rebuild her confidence and develop renewed confidence.
Alison Park of Low Sizergh Barn in Kendal discovered a new awareness and understanding of the ways which the values that drive her business are largely influenced by being a family business, through different perspectives opened to her during the LEAD programme.

