case studies
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Case StudiesBe.EV positions employee share schemes to retain top talent
National electric vehicle (EV) charging network Be.EV started up in 2020, and officially launched in April 2021. It has always placed the concept of employees sharing in its success at the heart of its model, initially by giving early hires an equity stake and more recently through two enterprise management ...
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Case StudiesBenefits on offer at Gripple
Benefits offered by Gripple:Pension and group riskAll employees are enrolled into a non-contributory pension, with 15% employer contribution. Employees can top up using salary sacrifice arrangement.Group income protection, employer funded for all employees.Critical illness insurance, employer funded for all employees.Share schemeEmployee ownership model that awards all employees shares in the ...
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Case StudiesHorizon Platforms staff motivated by holding a stake in the business
Horizon Platforms motivates and engages employees through its profit share scheme and an employee ownership trust (EOT).The organisation, a national provider of powered access hire for cherry pickers, scissor lifts and more, currently employs 78 members of staff, which it allows to become beneficiaries of the EOT following six months' ...
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Case StudiesGlobalData uses share schemes to boost global cohesion
In August 2022, 146 employees of industry intelligence firm GlobalData benefitted from an £82 million pay-out from its share option scheme, which was originally formed in 2010 and had remained open to entrants until December 2020.In 2019 and 2021, GlobalData built on the success of its 2010 scheme, creating two ...
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Case StudiesPetroplan launches enterprise management incentive to drive engagement
In April 2022, global talent acquisition specialist Petroplan Group launched an enterprise management incentive (EMI) scheme in the UK, with an equivalent share option scheme for its non-UK offices, giving its 80-strong workforce an opportunity to build an ownership stake in the business.The move is designed to help drive productivity, ...
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Case StudiesMilk and Honey empowers staff through employee ownership
PR agency Milk and Honey was founded in 2017 by group CEO Kirsty Leighton. After starting life as a limited liability partnership, last year it converted to an employee ownership trust (EOT), which saw 52% of the agency’s 27 members of staff become co-owners.Leighton explains that this is a much ...
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Case StudiesHighland Home Carers motivates staff with shares and bonus schemes
Operating across the Scottish highland region since 1994, Highland Home Carers (HHC) supports people living in their own homes with highly complex health and social care needs. It has a roster of more than 400 employees and has been an employee-owned organisation since 2004, rewarding staff with shares for working ...
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Case StudiesSage raises awareness of share schemes among staff to increase participation
Accounting software firm Sage set up a global share option plan in 2017, based on the design of the UK’s sharesave scheme. Employees can put up to £500 a month into a savings account with the option of buying shares at a discounted price, set at launch, in three years’ ...
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Case StudiesGripple's employee ownership model boosts engagement and retention
Gripple, a Sheffield-based manufacturer of wire joiners and suspension systems with 700 staff, has been fully employee owned since 2011, although employees were first allowed to buy shares in the business back in 1994.The organisation uses a direct ownership rather than a trust model, with governance, management and oversight managed ...
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Case StudiesStarling Bank motivates staff using an employee share scheme
Digital, mobile-only financial organisation Starling Bank motivates and rewards its 800 employees by awarding them shares in the business through a share incentive plan (Sip). All employees based in its London, Southampton, Cardiff and Dublin offices have been allocated an equal conditional share award, regardless of seniority or role, as ...
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Case StudiesBarratt Developments uses benefits package to attract and retain talent
One of the most significant challenges for housebuilding organisation Barratt Developments is attracting and retaining talented people against the backdrop of a major skills crisis in the construction industry.Influenced by the government’s commitment to build 300,000 new homes every year, an ageing workforce, and a lack of younger skilled employees ...
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Case StudiesAussie Man and Van uses share schemes to engage employees with business growth
London-based removals firm Aussie Man and Van has been running a share scheme since 2004. At present, 30 members of staff are either shareholders or option-holders, representing 70% total equity.Charles Rickards, finance and marketing director at Aussie Man and Van, says: “We think involving key members of the business in ...
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Case Studies2Excel Aviation uses employee ownership trust to motivate employees
Aviation solutions business 2Excel Aviation was founded in 2005, when it comprised five people working on four aircraft. Since then, the organisation has grown to house approximately 170 members of staff across numerous sites, serving diverse sectors that include defence, agriculture, events and travel.In April 2018, following this period of ...
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Case StudiesCGI UK uses share purchase scheme to engage employees
Information technology organisation CGI UK uses an employee share purchase scheme to engage and motivate its 6,000 UK-based employees, creating an organisational culture of ownership and belonging.The share plan has been a facet of the global benefits package since the organisation was founded around 42 years ago, and was introduced ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by CGI UK
The benefits offered by CGI UK:Pensions, pay and group riskA contract-based group personal pension (GPP), defined contribution (DC) scheme is used for auto-enrolment when employees reach two months of service. Minimum contributions are 9%, with at least 3% contributed by employees and 6% provided by CGI UK. This increases depending ...
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Case StudiesEuropcar Mobility Group uses share scheme to invest employees in business goals
Europcar Mobility Group houses 12,000 employees globally, with 2,400 in the UK alone. Having gone through a period of rapid growth following various acquisitions, the organisation decided to give employees the opportunity to benefit from the transformation and success it was working towards.In May 2019, the employer launched its new ...
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Case StudiesAdmiral Group supports employees financially to lower stress and boost performance
Insurer Admiral Group has approximately 7,500 employees, predominantly based in Cardiff and working in roles ranging from customer service through to technical support. It has a relatively young workforce, with an average age in the early 30s, roughly equally split between men and women.The organisation bases its benefits strategy around ...
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Case StudiesThe benefits offered by CA Technologies
The benefits offered by CA Technologies:Pension and group riskDefined contribution group personal pension plan: employees contribute 3% and CA Technologies contributes 6%. Available for all employees.Income protection for 66% of employees’ income, employer-funded for all employees.Personal accident insurance at two times base salary, employer-funded for all employees.Employee share scheme.Life insurance ...
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Case StudiesJanus Henderson Investors offers share plans to aid financial wellbeing
Global asset management organisation Janus Henderson Investors has 2,000 employees, 800 of which are in the UK, and offers eight share scheme options. These include a share incentive plan (Sip), a company share option plan (Csop), a sharesave scheme, a restricted share plan, a long-term incentive plan, a deferred equity ...
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Case StudiesAviva uses share schemes to retain and engage employees
Insurance organisation Aviva uses its all-employee share schemes to retain and engage its 28,000 global employees.In the UK, the organisation’s annual UK engagement survey, Voice of Aviva, compiled in September and October 2016, found that the overall engagement score for employees who participated in one of its share schemes was ...