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Looking for a small-business successor

Tony Andrews Berlin
October 13, 2018

Millions of baby boomers are set to retire in the next few years. By 2020, this shift could force up to a quarter of Germany's small and medium-sized businesses to close — unless they can find someone younger to take over the reins. Tony Andrews visited a small family-run business in Berlin facing closure and looking for an "heir" from the next generation.

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