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
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…
07/12/2023
Every business has to compete to attract the best people, and then to ensure that their valued new hires aren’t lured away by a more attractive employer. Although employee-owned companies aren’t immune from these challenges, they will often have characteristics that make them easier to overcome.
23/11/2023
We are delighted to have been ranked once again as Band 1 for Chambers & Partners 2024 legal rankings guide for:
Category: Employee Share Schemes & Incentives: Employee Ownership
Lawyer: David Reuben (11 years ranked)
Lawyer: Robert Postlethwaite (13 years ranked) read on for more…
19/10/2023
For the 10th year in a row, we are delighted to hear the news today that we have been ranked as a leading firm in Legal 500’s 2024 Law Firm Guide.
04/10/2023
e submitted our response to the Government consultation on Share Incentive Plans (SIPs) and Save As You Earn (SAYE) employee share schemes. The aim of the call for evidence from the Government was for them to consider the opportunities to improve and simplify these schemes. Our summarised response….
13/09/2023
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
