Snapped: Employee Ownership Conference 2015

To celebrate Employee Ownership Day, the National Self Build and Renovation Centre and SEQOL - both employee owned companies - joined forces to host a special business breakfast.

Attendees heard from a range of successful employee owned businesses, including John Lewis, SEQOL and the NSBRC on how the change has made them stronger. 

Employee owned businesses now contribute £30 billion to the economy annually. Figures from the National Employee Ownership Association also show that employee owned businesses have outperformed their markets during the recession and that last year on average they increased their operating profits by 25.5%. 

Peter Matthews from Capital for Colleagues also spoke about what employee ownership is and why businesses choose to be employee owned? He gave an introduction to employee owned business models and how ‘Capital for Colleagues’ can support businesses becoming EOBs.