Katie Hawksley

Kyra Motley, Will Finnerty, and Emily Wood write in eprivateclient, sharing their insights on the 2025 UBS Global Family Office Report with ten emerging trends shaping the priorities of UHNW families, and emphasising the growing demand for tailored succession planning solutions.

The Telegraph, Yahoo! Finance and MSN have shared an article showcasing stories of next generation youngsters joining family businesses, a 12% increase since 2017 in the number of family members who work for SMEs. Hayden Bailey, Head of Private Client, is mentioned in the article commenting that family businesses “take a long-term view, which may be encouraging to the next generation.” He has also published research showing that family businesses tend to outperform the FTSE 100, generating higher revenues and reinvesting more into the business.

Contact the team at Boodle Hatfield should you need advice on either succession planning, or relating to the running of your business.

STEP, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, has today launched a Responsible Stewardship Toolkit, a platform designed to guide families, their advisers and trust and estate practitioners with tools to incorporate responsible stewardship principles in trusts, wills and powers of attorney. Clare Stirzaker, Private Wealth Partner, Emma Haley, Legal Director and Sophie Harcourt, Private Wealth Associate, contributed to the Toolkit, alongside industry experts across the wealth planning, fiduciary and philanthropic sectors.

In eprivateclient, Partner, Nicola Bushby explores the Law Commission’s Modernising Wills report, highlighting key proposals for reforming the law of wills, such as recognising electronic wills and adopting the test for capacity in lieu of the common law test. While progress is clear, concerns remain, especially around the rule revoking wills upon marriage.