NEWSPAD editor Fred Hackworth won the inaugural Laurie Brennan award for ‘astounding’ achievement in recognition of his campaign for Roadchef beneficiaries. He received his award from Paul Jackson of the Investors’ Chronicle, the leading national journalist on employee share ownership, at the reception which concluded the British Isles symposium (March […]
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Christian Gabriel
Christian Gabriel, ceo and and co-founder, Capdesk In what ways does employee share ownership serve a useful purpose? A new trend has been consolidated over the last 10 years, with fast-growing companies avoiding the stock exchange and staying private. I will boldly argue that this has resulted in the […]
Pete Stavros
Pete Stavros of KKR, member & head of Industrials In what ways does employee share ownership serve a useful purpose? Broad-based employee share ownership aligns incentives, improves culture and ultimately enhances performance of the company. It shares the resulting higher profits with all employees, which is the way it should […]
June Davenport
June Davenport of Solium, head of EMEA trust and nominee services In what ways does employee share ownership serve a useful purpose? Attracting and retaining key staff Allowing employees to share in the success of the company Helping align employees with corporate goals and culture How can we widen and deepen the adoption […]
Worked Example Agreed With HMRC
An important phase in collaboration between HMRC and the employee share scheme sector was marked today (July 9) with the publication of the first jointly agreed worked example on the website of the Esop Centre. The Centre hosts WEG – the Employee Shares Worked Examples Group – whose members include […]
David Pett
David Pett of Temple Tax Chambers, barrister In what ways does employee share ownership serve a useful purpose? Structured appropriately, it fulfills the widely-accepted principle that “for so long as an individual invests his or her time and labour, he or she should benefit from the growth in capital value to which they […]
Charlotte Fleck
Charlotte Fleck of Pett Franklin, solicitor In what ways does employee share ownership serve a useful purpose? Stories about rising inequality and the UK’s poor productivity growth seem to be all too common in the news. Employee ownership is only part of the solution – but it’s an important one! Employees […]
First Esop Barrister to Address Trustees
Island trustee delegates will be addressed by David Pett, the first specialist UK Esop barrister at a seminar jointly organised by the Employee Share Ownership (Esop) Centre and STEP Jersey, on the morning of Wednesday May 2. David Pett will add to his wide-ranging presentation an update on the inglorious […]