As always larger employee owned businesses Richer Sounds, Go Ape and Gripple are celebrating the big day, but here’s 10 examples of EO Day celebrations in the UK:
1. Howden (insurance not kitchens) will celebrate 30 years of employee ownership with 5,200 employees owning shares in the company after successful 2024 Internal Share Offer. They have also put their support as sponsor for the UK EO Awards 2024 which launches today.
2. Parfetts, Cash and Carry, employee owned since 2008, are celebrating together as employee owners with a profit share.
3. Hockley Mint, British crafters and manufacturers sitting at the heart of Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, transitioned to employee ownership in 2023, and will celebrate EO Day holding a BBQ and get together.
4. West Mids Ownership Hub while supporters of the OH including J Gadd Associates is joining our Ownership Hub coordinator Jo Ind in West Mids for a session on EO with local advisors and businesses. While Greater London Ownership Hub, which last year committed to extend its Ownership Hub Project, has been working on a case study with employee owned business Quiet Storm.
5. EO Day transitions Aspect, Aberdeen-based strategic communications firm, is transitioning to employee ownership, while Postelthwaite is supporting food and drink brand agency ‘The Collaborators’ to be another business that will call EO Day 2024 its first day as an EO business.
6. City Health Care Partnership based in Hull, a for better profit co owned provider of health and care services across the north, is holding a team event and outreach event.
7. Ison Harrison, in Leeds, is having a party with its colleagues this EO Day.
8. Peninne Healthcare – medical manufacturer held its EO Day celebrations on Wednesday with an event, at Pride Park Stadium in the heart of Derby to celebrate their collective achievements, including awards for sustainability and innovation.
9. Built environment firm Matrix is hosting events at its London as well as an online café to include people not in those locations.
10. While Zoonou, a software testing company in Eastbourne, is hosting a presentation online.