Employee Ownership Trust Tax Benefits An Employee Ownership Trust (“EOT”) is a trust that acquires shares in a company and holds them on behalf of the employees. It is an increasingly popular exit strategy for shareholders, which offers attractive tax incentives and...
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Benefits of an Employee Ownership Trust
An employee ownership trust (“EOT”) is a trust that is set up to acquire shares in a trading company and holds them on behalf of the employees of the company. There are several benefits to both the employees and the sellers disposing of their shares to the trust, both...
14% of Employee Owned Businesses Are Now in Construction as Sector Sees Surge in Employee Ownership Trusts
The construction sector is driving one of the most significant shifts in business succession seen in recent years. 14% of all employee-owned businesses in the UK are in construction, following an 6,000% increase in companies moving to an Employee Ownership Trust since...
Hawsons Advises Killis and MotorScrubber on Strategic Demerger to Fuel Future Growth
Hawsons, one of the UK’s leading independent advisory firms, has advised on the successful demerger of Killis Ltd and MotorScrubber Limited. The move separates two well-established names in the commercial cleaning equipment sector, enabling each to accelerate its...
UK Business Leaders Eye Growth in 2025 but Brace for Economic and Cyber Risks
UK business leaders remain cautiously optimistic about growth in 2025, with 83% expressing confidence in their own company’s prospects, according to the latest HLB Survey of Business Leaders. The survey draws on a record number of UK responses and outlines the...
Hawsons advises PBA Applied Ecology on transition to Employee Ownership Trust
Leading advisory firm Hawsons Chartered Accountants has advised ecological consultancy PBA Applied Ecology on its successful transition to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), securing the business's long-term future while handing ownership to the team behind its...
Care Homes: How to Protect, Grow, or Sell Your Business with Confidence
Owning and managing a care home is about more than just business—it’s about people, legacy, and ensuring financial stability in a constantly evolving sector. In Sheffield and the surrounding areas, many care homeowners are facing pivotal decisions about the future: Is...
Selling a Care Home: Full Guide
Selling a care home is a complex process and to undertake it successfully requires a deep understanding of both the care sector and real estate market together with specialist knowledge of company sales and their tax consequences. The process of selling a care home...
Home Utility Group transition to Employee Ownership – Case Study
Hawsons Corporate Finance had the pleasure of supporting Home Utility Group Limited (“HUG”), a well-established heating, ventilation and air conditioning (“HVAC”) systems distributor and installer, during its transition to Employee Ownership. About Home Utility...
Hi-Tech Automation – 12 months into Employee Ownership
Employee Ownership is where the whole or part of a Company is owned by, or on behalf of, its employees. The government introduced some new and relatively generous tax reliefs for employee-owned companies in 2014 and since then Employee Ownership Trusts (“EOTs”) have...
Hawsons Support Custom Made Kitchens Transition into an Employee Ownership Trust
Hawsons Corporate Finance had the pleasure of supporting Custom Made Kitchens Limited (“CMK”), a well-established manufacturer of bespoke kitchens based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, during its transition to an Employee Ownership Trust. The exiting shareholder, Keith...
Hawsons advise Wilson Field on £4.8m sale to FRP Advisory Group
Hawsons Corporate Finance are delighted to announce that they acted as Wilson Field’s lead advisor in a £4.8m sale to FRP Advisory Group. Sheffield headquartered restructuring and debt advisory services firm Wilson Field have now been acquired by the listed, national...










