Comparing business exit methods
At some point every business owner will need to consider how they plan to exit their business. Being aware of the tax and legacy implications of each possible route will help consolidate your plans.
12/06/2020
At some point every business owner will need to consider how they plan to exit their business. Being aware of the tax and legacy implications of each possible route will help consolidate your plans.
12/06/2020
Whilst in our current circumstances putting a succession plan in place may not be an immediate priority, the reasons to consider employee ownership remain compelling, and in fact for many businesses it could form a key part of a recovery plan. We look at the benefits and some practical steps to ensure success.
28/05/2020
A growing form of private company ownership is the employee ownership trust. 10 facts to help answer your questions about this business model.
27/01/2020
At the beginning of this year we predicted that employee ownership (where a majority or substantial part of a business is owned by all its employees) would become part of the mainstream. It has certainly been an eventful year. What’s happened and were we right?
19/12/2019
We are pleased to announce the publication of The Employee Ownership Manual, a practical guide and reference book which explains in a comprehensive but approachable manner all the key legal, tax and practical issues that arise for a company becoming owned by its employees.
27/11/2019
The number of companies moving to employee ownership is growing quickly, as is the number of advisers with knowledge in this area. Many company owners are taking this path as a route to ownership succession. Why are they doing it and what’s involved?
30/09/2019
Later this year we plan to release learning material which will help both companies and advisers who feel they are on the nursery slopes, but meantime have the following core suggestions for advisers and/or the companies they are helping.
12/09/2019
After 40 years of award winning content Aardman Animation (the creators of Wallace and Gromit,) has recently become employee owned, with the founders transferring the majority of their shares to an Employee Trust
21/12/2018