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New research from OAW reveals highest number of UK employee and worker owned businesses recorded to date
New research from Ownership at Work has discovered that there are 1,781 employee and worker owned businesses (EWOBs) operating in the UK, the highest number...
Comment: Let’s find a way to provide long-term sustainable investment for John Lewis before it’s too late
When Sharon White, Chair of John Lewis & Partners, announced an anticipated loss of £230m last week, she also apologised to the employees – known as...
EO businesses: There’s still time to take part in our groundbreaking research programme
Ownership at Work are asking employee owned businesses of all sizes and sectors to take part in an unprecedented survey looking at the economic, social and...
Nuttall Shares: On the role of the independent trustee director
Welcome to Nuttall Shares, a semi-regular series of articles by Graeme Nuttall OBE, Partner at FieldFisher and Fellow of Ownership at work. The number of...
EO businesses: Help our vital research programme
A call has gone out for employee owned businesses (EOBs) of all sizes and sectors to take part in an unprecedented national research programme. Ownership at...
New approach to show social impact of employee ownership
A new paper published today aims to help employee owned businesses (EOBs) of all sizes and sectors unlock how to measure the social and environmental impact...
Invitation to partner on large new research programme
Ownership at Work (OAW) and the Employee Ownership Association (EOA) are launching a search for a research partner to collaborate on a large-scale project to...
OAW is looking for new Trustees
Ownership at Work (OAW) is looking for upto three new Trustees to join our exciting and growing organisation as we embark on a new phase and look to launch...
Employee ownership numbers rocket
The UK's employee ownership sector has more than doubled in size in the last three years, according to new research. Employee owned businesses (EOBs*) in...
Exciting new opportunity to join Ownership at Work
We have a unique and exciting new opportunity to help us deliver game-changing research for the employee ownership sector. Ownership at Work (OAW) is looking...
Shared ownership reaches new heights in Scotland
Levels of employee ownership in Scotland have hit an all-time high with almost 200 employee and worked owned businesses in the country. Latest research...
Fresh insights on emerging EOT best practice
New insights are published today into how Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs) are bedding into small businesses across the UK. Independent think tank Ownership...
Nuttall Shares: How Robert Oakeshott made paritarian governance good practice for EOTs
Welcome to Nuttall Shares, the first in a new semi-regular series of articles by Graeme Nuttall OBE, Partner at FieldFisher and Fellow of Ownership at work....
Swap bounce back debt for employee equity to pave way for recovery, new report urges
Fresh Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and Ownership at Work (OAW) study recommends offering struggling companies option to convert state-backed loans...
Letter to the Financial Times: Employee Ownership can drive recovery
Ed Miliband argues that change is needed to promote purposeful companies that can rebuild our post-Covid economy (Opinion, FT.com, February 2). There’s no...
New OAW Chief Exec targets national recovery and social impact
Ownership at Work – the employee ownership (EO) sector’s new think tank – has appointed an interim Chief Executive who wants to prove beyond doubt the...
Emergency plan to use employee ownership to help save furloughed jobs
A scheme that could save thousands of furloughed jobs in small businesses and turn employees into shareholders is proposed in a new report Partnership Fund...
Comment: A new deal for workers to drive our national recovery
If Covid-19 has taught us one thing it’s that all workers are key to our communities and the economy. There exists a once-in-a-generation opportunity to...
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