Employee Share Ownership Scheme

It’s natural that as an employer, you’d want to attract and retain the best talent at your company and with the right Employee Share Ownership Scheme, you can do just that. Incentivising, rewarding and aiding recruitment are all strong reasons to introduce an employee share scheme. What you might not realise is that rewarding your best people doesn’t necessarily mean having to increase salaries or pay out bonuses.

There are many different types of Employee Share Ownership Schemes, and each will impact your employee engagement and your tax contribution. Your option depends on factors such as company size, wealth, culture, employee retention, etc.

There are a range of creative methods to consider:

• Share options

• Enterprise Management Incentives (or EMI schemes)

• Freezer shares (or Growth shares)

• Employee Bonus.