Joseph Charlton

Joseph Charlton is a contributor to CampdenFB.
He is a graduate of Oxford University.

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Family firms and the saucy business of condiment making

Many of the world's condiment makers are family businesses. CampdenFB looks at some of the best-known ones.

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Family business roundup: Bel Group and MasTec post big profits; Bombardier falters

In North America and Europe, family businesses have been posting annual and fourth quarter results of varying fortunes. Bel Group and AB InBev are on the up, while things weren’t as bright for two Canadian family businesses.

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Family business roundup: Acquisitions for Berkshire Hathaway and Henkel; New York Times and PPR...

Family businesses across the world have been in the process of making some mouthwatering acquisitions over the past two weeks, with Henkel and Berkshire Hathaway making bold expansions. Meanwhile, PPR made some savvy divestments in Scandinavia.

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Paul McIlhenny, family head of Tabasco, dies

Paul McIlhenny, chief executive and chairman of McIlhenny Company, the business behind Tabasco sauce, has died. He was 68.

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Family business roundup: Lego and Prada post big profits, Walmart reflects on a solid year

It has generally been a strong week for family business results, with Lego and Prada posting impressive profits for 2012, while Walmart reported solid growth.

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Big setback for Rothschild in battle for Bumi

Financier Nat Rothschild has failed in his bid to replace the board of Bumi, the ill-fated FTSE 250 coalminer he co-founded in 2010 with Indonesia’s Bakrie family.

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Lakers owner dies, team to remain in family hands

The legendary owner of the Los Angeles Lakers has died of kidney failure at the age of 80. Jerry Buss passed away on 18 February in a Los Angeles hospital, having battled cancer since 2012. In a statement, the Buss family said it would do everything it could to “honour his wish" to keep the Lakers in family hands.

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Family business roundup: Good year for PPR and Heineken, Saputo plateaus and Peugeot Citroen...

It has been a week of mixed fortunes for family businesses, with Heineken and PPR riding high, Saputo treading water in its third quarter and Peugeot continuing to flounder.

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Australian family businesses pushed to hire more independent directors

Australia’s huge family business sector is being advised to hire more external board members, following a new partnership between lobby group Family Business Australia and consultants AMPLIFi Governance.

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Family business roundup: L'Oreal and Exor make big share moves

Two European family empires are making alterations to their share conditions this week. The Agnelli family’s Exor plans to switch preference and saving shares to ordinary ones, and L'Oreal is to spend €500 million buying back shares following a rise in net sales.

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