The Employee Ownership Podcast

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A series of podcasts about Employee Ownership produced by Co-operative Development Scotland in association with Scottish enterprise and Highland and Islands Scotland. The podcasts will cover a range of issues around businesses becoming employee owned. We hear from businesses that have become employee owned and from businesses that are in the process of transitioning to employee ownership. We will also hear from professional advisors who specialise in employee ownership. These podcasts are intended to be a useful resource for business owners who are considering their succession planning and how they will exit their business.

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Episode 39 - Livingston James – an Employee Ownership Case Study

Mar 04 2024 38 mins  
In this episode, founder & CEO Jamie Livingston from Livingston James, market-leading executive search business, explain the decision behind the transition to employee ownership in 2023.

Episode 38 - The Employee ownership in the USA with Loren Rogers, NCEO

Mar 04 2024 39 mins  
In this episode, Loren Rogers, Executive Director from NCEO shares his experience of the employee ownership sector in the USA; its history, the growth of the sector and recent developments.

Episode 37 - Glen Drummond and Sharles CA – an Employee Ownership Case Study

Mar 04 2024 31 mins  
In this episode, founder and director, Chris Wilson from Glen Drummond and Sharles CA, explains the decision behind the transitioning both his accountancy firms to employee ownership in 2023 and the resultant benefits.

Episode 36 - 20/20 Project Management Training – an Employee Ownership Case Study

Mar 04 2024 30 mins  
In this episode, founder and CEO Tony Marks, founder and CEO, 20/20 Project Management Training, Scotland’s first hotel and resort to become employee-owned, explains the decision behind the transition to employee ownership in 2017 and the resultant benefits.

Episode 35 - The Roles and Responsibilities of EOT Trustees with Ralph Leishman, 4c consulting

Mar 04 2024 36 mins  
In this episode, director, Ralph Leishman from 4c consulting, an employee-owned, collaborative consulting firm, explains the Roles and Responsibilities of EOT Trustees.

Episode 34 - Tangram Furnishers – an Employee Ownership Case Study

Mar 04 2024 31 mins  
In this episode, former owner Julian Darwell-Stone and Managing Director Sarah Ramsay from Tangram Furnishers, the leading experts in contemporary furniture and interiors, explains the decision behind the transition to employee ownership in 2020.

Episode 33 - The role of an accountant in an EOT deal with Linzi Wilson, Consilium Chartered Accountants

Mar 04 2024 31 mins  
In this episode, corporate finance partner from Consilium Chartered Accountants Linzi Wilson, explains the role of an accountant in an EOT deal.

Episode 32 - Narro Associates – an Employee Ownership Case Study

Mar 04 2024 34 mins  
In this episode, managing director Ben Adams from Narro Associates, a structural and civil engineering consultancy, explains it moves to employee ownership in 2014 and goes on to detail its hybrid model of ownership which gives team members real benefits and opportunities that aren’t available in traditional business models.

Episode 31 - Employee-owned Entrepreneurship: Lessons from and for Scottish SMEs with Martin Stucki

Mar 04 2024 44 mins  
In this episode, Martin Stucki, non-executive director & former CEO of Transitec Consulting Engineers, and executive MBA candidate at the University of Edinburgh Business School explains the decision to move his Switzerland based firm to employee ownership in 2023 and goes on to detail the findings on his MBA capstone project entitled ‘Employee-owned Entrepreneurship: Lessons fro

Episode 30 - Esteem Training Ltd – an Employee Ownership Case Study

May 15 2023 30 mins  
In this episode, founder and director Trudy Mackenzie, and operations director Martina Höfner from Esteem Training Ltd, specialists in delivering leadership, management, and business improvement to the construction industry, explain the decision behind the transition to employee ownership in 2022. Listen below, and don’t forget to subscribe to the series to keep up with future e