Employee Ownership

Edinburgh-headquartered Dot Surveying has transitioned to an employee-owned business structure, with the company's founder, Tom Gallivan, selling a majority stake to an employee ownership trust (EOT). Believed to be the first in its field to adopt this model, Dot Surveying is a multi-disciplinary pr

The year has gotten off to a good start for employee ownership as three Scottish businesses implemented an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), safeguarding the long-term future of their companies, retaining jobs, skills and investment. SVM Glasgow, Stoneywood Care Services in Denny and Oliver Chapman Ar

Personal insolvency firm Harper McDermott Ltd has embarked on an exciting future after it transferred to employee ownership in a transaction led by business advisers Grant Thornton UK LLP.

North Berwick-based Jerba Campervans has won the First Minister’s Award for Manufacturing Leadership for its outstanding efforts in employee engagement and welfare. The campervan conversion firm accepted the award from Nicola Sturgeon at Bute House in Edinburgh after showcasing its 100% employ

The founders of a Perth publishing firm have sold the company to their staff becoming completely employee owned and securing local jobs in the city.  Founded in 1991, Prepress Projects celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2016. It was then that the joint owners, wife Helen MacDonald and husb

A Scottish equipment hire company, Your Equipment Solutions (Y.E.S), has made the move to employee ownership after handing control of the business over to its team. The firm's 29 jobs are in secure hands as the majority of the shares have been placed into an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).

Glasgow-based CA firm Robb Ferguson has advised Scottish glass and aluminium specialist Cube Glass on a new share scheme that will see 11 long-standing team members own part of the business. The employees have been allotted up to one fifth of the equity shares in the company by existing shareholders

Kilwinning-based Shuttle Buses has become employee-owned, giving all 70 employees a stake in the business as the current managing director plans for his eventual retirement.

Top row R - L: Vicki Rennie (Office administrator), Imogen Young (Senior Ecologist and Director), Paul Young (Principal Ecologist, Director and Trustee) and Diana Gilbert (Trustee) Bottom row: Michael Pedder and Isla Macleod (Senior Ecologists)

An Aberdeen firm which supplies major construction operators across Scotland has completed its move to becoming an employee-owned business, advised by accountancy and business advisory firm Azets. International Doors and Windows Ltd (IDAW), which was set up in 2006, is looking to expand an

Highland-based Reid & Fraser Chartered Accountants has become Scotland’s – and possibly the UK's – first employee-owned full-service accountancy firm. All shares in the company have been played into an employee ownership trust (EOT), marking a significant milestone within the s

A financial advisory consultancy based in Montrose has become the first financial services firm in Scotland to become entirely employee-owned. All shares of Gill Financial have now been placed into an employee ownership trust (EOT), with all seven staff becoming direct beneficiaries of the partnersh

Scotland’s largest product design company Shore has announced its transition to employee ownership, with over 30 members of staff given a stake in the business.

Dundee demolition contractor Safedem has moved to secure the firm’s future by becoming an employee-owned business.

Stornoway-based media company MacTV, the largest independent TV company in the Highlands and Islands, has become Scotland's latest employee-owned business.