Family business will lead the post-Covid recovery

John McGrane, executive director with Family Business Network, says tax reforms can help family businesses restore economic confidence in Ireland

John McGrane, executive director, Family Business Network: "More people in Ireland earn their living from family-run enterprises than from foreign-owned businesses and the public sector combined." 

Family businesses are the backbone of the economy. The life of business all across the country, the bedrock of communities providing local employment, driving innovation and deeply embedded into all sectors of society.

The family business sector consists of more than 170,000 firms operating in every city and town in the country, encompassing food and agribusiness, hospitality, manufacturing and a wide variety of general services.