Publications
Share Value: how employee ownership is changing the face of business
This report is published by the All Party Parliamentary Group on employee ownership, which EOA sponsors, and follows their inquiry into the contribution of the co-owned business sector to the economy. Based on 41 written submissions and three oral hearings, the report concludes that this £25 billion sector ‘offers enormous potential for the UK economy’. The report analyses how co-owned companies achieve exceptional performance and makes a wide range of policy recommendations for how Government and others can remove barriers to the sector’s growth.
Caring and Sharing: The co-owned route to better care
Launched at a reception at Newcastle's Centre for Life, this EOA paper by Dave Wheatcroft is the story of award winning employee owned Sunderland Home Care Associates and how founder Margaret Elliott and co-owners have built a family of enterprises lifting care standards in the North of England Author: Dave Wheatcroft. Published: September 2007. Foreword: Rt Hon Hilary Armstrong MP
Coco companies: work, happiness and employee ownership
A paper about how a dynamic combination of co-ownership and co-creation [‘CoCo’] helps employee owned businesses create exceptional performance while enhancing employee wellbeing. Launched at a Parliamentary reception with Environment Secretary David Miliband MP, the paper includes policy proposals designed to help Government and others harness the CoCo effect to benefit business and the economy. Author: Richard Reeves. Published: February 2007. Foreword: Sir Stuart Hampson.
Good business: the employee ownership experience
Based on a survey of co-owned businesses, this report reveals how these businesses view the advantages and disadvantages of employee ownership; the key problems they face and what would help resolve them; main sources of advice and information; and how customers react to co-ownership. Survey in association with Co-operatives UK. Author: Patrick Burns. Published: July 2006.
The tender trap: why employees’ bid to run the dartford crossing failed
A study of how and why the Highways Agency rejected a workforce bid for the contract to run the Thames river crossing at Dartford. The report analyses the lessons for public procurement from obstacles faced by the worker co-operative in preparing a bid, competing with other bidders, and getting their tender treated fairly by the Highways Agency. Study funded by Co-operative Action. Author: Anthony Jensen. Published December 2005.
Shared company: how employee ownership works
Launched at a reception with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, this report summarises the case for employee ownership and explains the mechanics of forming an employee owned company and employee buy-out. Includes a special survey by the Director of Birmingham University Business School of research evidence on the impact of co-ownership on business performance. Authors: Robert Postlethwaite, Jonathan Michie, Patrick Burns, Graeme Nuttall. Published: October 2005.
A stake in the post: making employees stakeholders in royal mail
A response to Royal Mail’s reported plans to introduce an employee share stake in Royal Mail, this paper is an expert analysis of how the company and Government could achieve a significant measure of employee ownership in the company. The paper addresses union concerns about co-ownership and looks at the mechanics and options for restructuring Royal Mail ownership. Authors: Maoiliosa O’Culachain, David Forfar. Published: October 2005.
Employee ownership as a solution to business succession
Jointly authored paper submitted to the DTI review of business transfer by the Employee Ownership Association, Co-operatives UK and the Delivering Employee Ownership network. Published: April 2005.
Growing the employee owned business sector: how government can help
Author: Patrick Burns. Published February 2005.