A Business Blog for SMEs & Family Businesses

In all these years helping family businesses I so frequently face the same culture and situation. Almost every family business cherishes the “doer.” They are the first to arrive, the last to leave (if ever), and the ones who can solve any immediate crisis with sheer willpower. In many family business cultures, this relentless execution is highly praised. It is viewed as the u...

NSO have just published today the latest population figures for Malta in 2025. As an initial statistic the % part of Malta’s population from foreign origin stood at 31.06% by end 2025 up from 29.42% by end 2024. The below article examines what these population trends mean for family businesses in Malta.

First of all below please find an updated analysis of the populati...

As I was following some world cup football matches, I could observe how coaches must decide whether to substitute a key player, adjust a tactical formation, or trust a gut instinct as the clock ticks down in front of a global audience. While the setting is a stadium, the environment—intense pressure, public scrutiny, and the need for immediate action—mirrors the challenges fa...

I was reading the recent Financial Times report on Heineken’s dramatic governance shake-up, and it struck me as a definitive wake-up call for family businesses everywhere. Facing sliding global beer sales, crippling inflation, and a staggering 30% drop in share price over the last five years, the billionaire De Carvalho-Heineken family was forced to smash an 87-year ...

If you’ve ever spent a day inside a family business, you know it feels a bit like operating a high-speed rescue mission. A supplier drops the ball? They pivot in twenty minutes. A customer has an emergency? They jump on the phone and fix it before lunch. Because they don’t have layers of corporate bureaucracy, family businesses are incredibly operationally nimble. But a recen...