7,000: Admiral employees will each receive £3,000 worth of free shares into the insurance provider’s share incentive plan (Sip): bit.ly/18uDCXu

100%: Architectural visualisation studio organisation Hayes Davidson is now 100% owned by its employees: bit.ly/1DTjGdc

17 years: Hundreds of Roadchef employees are to receive a payout after settling a 17-year dispute over lost share options: bit.ly/1McpvpO

£10m: the value of shares Whitbread employees are to share following the maturity of the organisation’s three-year and five-year sharesave schemes on 2 February: bit.ly/1CuXG9i

875: Aldermore has granted each of its 875 employees up to £1,000 in free shares following its initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange: bit.ly/1EGxp92

70,000: employees at Inditex, the retail group that owns brands including Zara (pictured), Pull and Bear and Massimo Dutti will share a bonus payout of the organisation’s year-on-year profit under a new profit share scheme: bit.ly/1CwLlkr

74%: The amount TalkTalk has increased take-up of its employee share plans for 2014 to from 55%: bit.ly/1zu2qt8

£240m: According to industry body IFS Proshare, sharesave schemes accounted for £240m in income tax relief, while national insurance contribution (NIC) relief was estimated to be in the region of £190m during 2012–13.

£500: The share incentive plan’s savings limit: bit.ly/JyZkhr

300: Sports Direct employees were not eligible to participate in its bonus scheme because they were on zero-hours contracts: bit.ly/1xfpk2h