Structured support for family businesses under growing pressure

Clear thinking, practical guidance and steady support – when 'doing nothing' is no longer the safest option.

👉 Start here — choose the next sensible step for your business:

Find the right next step

There is no sales process here.

If your family business feels harder than it used to

Many family businesses are working harder than ever – yet finding that conversations are getting harder, decisions are being postponed and pressure is being carried quietly by one or two people.

Costs rise. Margins tighten. Expectations increase.
In family businesses, commercial pressure quickly becomes personal.
What once felt manageable can start to feel heavy.

Why this matters

Most family businesses do not fail suddenly.

They struggle through:

silence
delay
emotional fatigue

Until decisions are forced by circumstance rather than choice.

Doing nothing can feel like the safest option, in reality, it is rarely neutral.

How this practice helps

The Family Business Practice exists to help families:

recognise pressure early
think clearly before acting
create space for better conversations
make decisions they can live with

This is not therapy. It is not generic coaching. It is not corporate consultancy.

It is practical, experience-led support designed specifically for family businesses.

A final reassurance

You do not need to fix everything today.
But in the current climate, choosing to do nothing is still a decision.
Taking the right next step – calmly – can make all the difference.

Explore your next step

There is no sales process here.

Feedback

Peter provided a great course with positive interaction between the delegates to help one another. It really helped to focus the mind on how to develop my business further. Highly recommended.

Simon Baldwin - High House Wealth Management Ltd

I have been a member of the Family Business Practice for 12 months and always enjoy the opportunity the practice provides to learn and work with fellow members. Peter Roper is an inspiring leader and facilitator of the sessions. Providing thought provoking subject content through his many business programmes I feel that the practice is a fundamental part of my business.

Jamie Pratt - Stockton Business Consulting

I've been privileged to attend Peter's Family Business Practice events over the last couple of years and they amazing events. Peter's energy is stunning and his dedication to helping family businesses and their owners is without measure.

If you've not had the chance to speak to Peter or attend one of his events then I highly recommend it. Really appreciate everything you do and thank you.

Dave James Coaching

I would strongly recommend any member to join this programme, I have learnt some really valuable tips and lessons across a number of different topics including networking, presenting and maximising client relationships…… I look forward to working with Peter more in the future developing me and my business.

Jamie Pratt Stockton Business Consulting

“I’d recommend 'the Practice' to people who want to build their business on relationships not sales. When you do this, the sales look after themselves.”