The Government is launching the PISCES trading platform this spring, enabling private companies to trade shares with investors without a full public listing. New EMI/CSOP schemes can use PISCES for share option exercises, but existing schemes cannot be amended.
26/03/2025
This blog explores the practical and technical hurdles business owners must navigate, both before and after becoming employee-owned. From the exercise of existing options and tax implications to ensuring EMI eligibility and structuring post-EOT incentives, careful planning is crucial….
04/12/2024
Changes to Save as you Earn (SAYE) share scheme bonus rate and the latest insights from HMRC on employee share schemes explained…
12/09/2024
The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement contains reductions to National Insurance but was light on changes directly impacting share schemes or employee incentives… read
23/11/2023
The last few months have seen many important changes in the share schemes world that impact existing and new share plans. Some of these came in this April and others will come in next year.
Here is a round up of the changes and what they may mean for you….
01/06/2023
In the Spring Budget 2023, the Chancellor announced some welcome relaxations of Enterprise Management Incentives Schemes (EMI) requirements. Read on to find out more…
15/03/2023
Towards the end of 2022 HMRC announced some important changes to its Guidance on the use of discretion in EMI share options schemes. Now we’ve had some time to digest, here we discuss what they mean to companies operating EMI schemes and what they need to do to keep on the right side of the new rules….
31/01/2023
Early-stage startup employees are often given equity in the business when they join. But how much should you expect to be offered?
13/10/2022
