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Our 1st birthday as a 100% employee-owned law firm

It’s our first birthday since we became a fully fledged 100% employee-owned company, transferring all our shares to an employee ownership trust and so committing to all members of our firm having an ownership stake. In this short blog, our founder Robert Postlethwaite looks at the impact employee ownership has had on us so far, whether anything has changed, and what’s next….


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Robin Hartley joins Postlethwaite Solicitors

Robert Postlethwaite, Postlethwaite’s Founder and Managing Director, said: “We are delighted Robin has joined the Postlethwaite team. We have ambitious plans for growth as the employee ownership sector continues to increase and Robin will be key in helping us to take advantage of the opportunities available and meeting our growth targets for this year and beyond.”


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Reflections on the EOA’s Annual Conference – what a treat!

Last week saw a large group from the Postlethwaite team travel to the Liverpool ACC conference centre, where we were sponsors and platinum exhibitors at the EOA’s 2023 annual conference. if you weren’t there, you missed a treat! It is a place where thoughtful and driven people from a range of high performing businesses gather together to share their insights into how they are making employee ownership successful, with honesty about both what has gone well and what has not…


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Our response to the Government consultation on EOTs and EBTs

In July of this year the Government launched a consultation to ‘seek views on proposals for targeted reform to the Employee Ownership Trust (EOTs) and Employee Benefit Trust (EBTs) tax regimes to ensure that the regimes remain focused effectively on the policy objectives of encouraging employee engagement’. The consultation closed on Monday 25th September and our response to the questions outlined are summarised here…


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