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Propelling employee ownership into the mainstream for fairer livelihoods, stronger businesses, and a thriving people-powered economy.

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We’re delighted to officially reveal the winners for the UK Employee Ownership Awards 2025!

Discover all the winners and our exciting plan for next year’s awards.

#UKeoAwards #eoaAnnualConference
UK EO Awards 2025 Winners Revealed
We’re delighted to officially reveal the winners for the 2025 UK Employee Ownership Awards.
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We’re delighted to officially reveal the winners for the UK Employee Ownership Awards 2025!

Discover all the winners and our exciting plan for next year’s awards.

#UKeoAwards #eoaAnnualConference
UK EO Awards 2025 Winners Revealed
We’re delighted to officially reveal the winners for the 2025 UK Employee Ownership Awards.
employeeownership.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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CleanTEC is one of the largest and most progressive contract cleaning providers in the UK.

An employee owned B Corp with 2,300+ people that hasn’t lost its heart, soul, or profitability.

But how did it get here?

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November 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Governance takes centre stage at the #eoaAnnualConference in the session ‘Behind the Boardroom Doors: Building a Great EO Trust Board’.

In our exclusive interview, we discuss the ins and outs of great governance ahead of the session.

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November 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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We’ve been shortlisted for the EO Rising Star category in the UK Employee Ownership Awards!
Join us at the #eoaAnnualConference in November to see if we’ve won.

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#UKeoAwards
October 29, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Becoming the UK’s biggest employee owned social care provider was no easy feat.

But the story of eoa Trustee member Be Caring is a fascinating and inspiring one.

Read our new case study to discover how the business is shaping the future of social care.

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October 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Cristín Craig from #UKeoAwards sponsor Baxendale Employee Ownership was part of the judging panel for ‘EO Business of the Year’

In a new guest blog, she reflects on the process and shares some of her insights.

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October 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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We’re delighted to announce the shortlist for the UK Employee Ownership Awards 2025.

Just follow the link below and join us in congratulating all of the incredible shortlisted businesses and individuals.

➡️ employeeownership.co.uk/Site/content...

#UKeoAwards
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October 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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What makes EOT leadership fundamentally different?

In this guest blog, Barry Horner, Co-founder of eoa Specialist Advisor Paradigm Norton takes a deep dive.

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October 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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The golden age of employee ownership is only just beginning.

Together, we’ve made real progress, but now’s the time for more.

More ambition.

More focus.

More purpose.

Discover how we’ll be doing that in our latest blog:

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October 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Employee ownership has helped unlock national expansion for eoa Trustee member, Parfetts.

In a time when many businesses are centralising or offshoring, Parfetts shows that EO can offer a competitive, resilient & socially grounded alternative.

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October 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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🚀 FREE South West EO Gathering – Oct 21 @ NSBRC (Swindon)

🔹 NSBRC’s EO → hybrid → EO story
🔹 Howden: 10+ yrs of EO, people & leadership
🔹 Hack EO sessions, Open Space & tour

💡 Insights, networking & refreshments included.
📍 NSBRC | 10:30–15:40

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September 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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The eoa 2025 Conference is THE event of the year for EO! Here are just four of the huge range of sessions and speakers you can see...

Find out more: employeeownership.co.uk/Site/Site/co...
September 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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EO delivers dignity, productivity and resilience, but how do we ensure more people benefit?

That was the challenge laid down at this week’s Robert Oakeshott Lecture, delivered by Professor Joseph Blasi.

Read more & watch the full lecture here:
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September 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Congratulations to Prof. Andrew Pendleton & Prof. Andrew Robinson of the White Rose Employee Ownership Centre for winning the inaugural Nigel Mason Award, the UK’s only prize recognising excellence in employee ownership research.

Read more 👉 employeeownership.co.uk/Site/content...
September 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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1 week left to enter the #UKeoAwards!

And it’s not too late to get an entry in.

You’ve got until 23:59 on Friday 5 Sep.

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Good luck!
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August 29, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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The full #eoaAnnualConference 2025 programme is live!

Dive deep into the programme and secure your tickets now.

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August 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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UK's biggest independent toy retailer just sold the business to its 1,900 employees, who will share in the company's profits.

This will:
🧸 ensure the business remains independent
🧸 preserve the family's legacy and the company's culture
🧸 help save the high street!

#OwnershipMatters #EOT
August 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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The Department for Business and Trade has recently launched its Small Business Plan.

Despite the growing number of employee owned SMEs, we find it lacking form an EO perspective.

Here's our full breakdown:

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August 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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We’re thrilled to welcome The Entertainer to the wonderful world of employee ownership and as a Trustee member of the eoa.

The family favourite brand joins John Lewis Partnership, Lush, and Richer Sounds to become the latest major high street retailer to become EO.
‘True British Success Story’ The Entertainer Becomes Employee Owned
The future of the high street is employee owned as The Entertainer joins John Lewis, Lush, and Richer Sounds to become the latest major retailer to make the move to EO.
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August 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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The 2025 Oxford Symposium on Employee Ownership was a reminder that this is a truly global community.

And it’s growing fast.

Together, we can make employee ownership the norm, not the exception.

Read our full takeaways.
CEO Blog: EO on the rise – Reflections from the Oxford Symposium on EO 2025
It was wonderful to be back in Oxford for the 2025 Oxford Symposium on Employee Ownership, says our Chief Executive, James de le Vingne, this time representing the growing UK EO sector and joining so ...
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August 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Do you have what it takes to be crowned Britian’s best EO business?

Enter the #UKeoAwards and find out.

🔗 www.surveymonkey.com/r/9W5Z53J
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August 6, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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We’re thrilled to officially welcome Wendy Carter to the eoa.

Wendy steps into the newly created role of Director of Partnerships & Growth.

She joins us from Leeds Building Society where she served as Responsible Business Lead.

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August 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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#EODay was such a success, it’s taken us this long to collate all the data.

We wanted to see how far we could spread an #eoSmile from our HQ.

So, we sent out 12 printed smiles.

And they travelled a collective 13,189 miles!
Be Part of the Ripple Effect on Owning the Future
A few small actions by a handful of people helped us to spread a smile far and wide for EO Day 2025, but how can we make sure an EO Smile ripples out across generations so more people can feel the ben...
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August 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Are you joining us in September for the free-to-attend Robert Oakeshott Lecture?

It’ll examine research showing how a major EO shift can take place.

Plus, detailed discussions of what public policy needs to do to accomplish a broad-based EO economy.

🔗 employeeownership.co.uk/site/eventde...
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July 31, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Be Caring, the UK’s largest EO social care provider, has become the latest major EO business to become a Trustee member of the eoa.

And we couldn’t be happier.

Dive deeper in our latest new piece.

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July 21, 2025 at 6:44 AM