An industry report by leading I&L property company Potter Space, in partnership with Savills, has revealed the scale of a decade of undersupply of sub-100k sq ft I&L space, also referred to as small to mid-box.

While Employee Ownership Trusts remain a valuable structure, the focus is moving firmly away from tax efficiency alone and back towards the underlying purpose of employee ownership.

An Employee Ownership trust ('EOT') is a special form of trust that holds shares in a company on behalf of its employees. It facilitates employee-ownership of a business, and the framework was introduced in 2014 as part of a government policy in support of this ownership model. Robert Davies from Foot Anstey LLP explains more. The government consulted in autumn 2023 on a number of potential changes to the operation of EOTs, but have yet to present the results of that review.

Succession planning – could employee ownership be right for your family business? Five million. That’s how many family businesses there...

The employee owned sector is changing. Over the last few years, we have seen growth in employee ownership as a succession plan for many...