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Employee Owned
Roles at practices owned by their staff. How employee ownership trusts work, and what they can pay you.
Knowledge
Employee ownership, in plain terms.
Employee-owned practices are owned by their staff, most commonly through an employee ownership trust rather than by founders or outside shareholders. A notable number of UK architecture practices have made this transition in recent years.
The model has teeth: employee ownership trusts can pay staff bonuses of up to £3,600 a year free of income tax, and ownership tends to change how decisions and profits are shared. Ask how the trust works in practice and what has actually been paid out.
This hub gathers the roles and practices advertising employee ownership as part of their offer.
- You own the place
Employee-owned practices are owned by their staff through a trust, not by outside shareholders.
- Tax-free bonuses
Employee ownership trusts can pay staff bonuses of up to £3,600 a year free of income tax.
- Culture shifts
Ownership changes behaviour: profits, decisions and culture become shared business.
Learn
Learn about employee owned.
- PodcastCareers at ColladoCollins Architects, ft. Dominic Hailey, Carlota Boyer and Angus Clogg.The Architecture Social PodcastListen
- GuideCareers at ColladoCollins ArchitectsCPD guide from the podcastRead
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