New faces and new contacts

Last week we welcomed a new member of the team, Henry Gronning. Henry has joined us on work experience and has already impressed us all with his energy, thirst for knowledge and feel for the market.

I attended the Employee Ownership Association Summer Dinner last Thursday at the House of Commons. The Keynote Speaker was Charlie Mayfield, Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership. It was an enjoyable evening and useful contacts were made.

Many people probably feel that the “All for one and one for all” ethos of employee ownership is too warm and fluffy to survive in the current harsh economic environment but there is plenty of evidence to suggest that employee owned businesses not only survive but prosper when times get tough. There were certainly lots of real life examples of success at last week’s event. I was especially pleased to sit opposite and learn from Herman Kok, FD of Lindum Group, a Construction Services business based in Lincoln, which has had an employee share scheme since the 1980’s. See http://www.lindumgroup.com/


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David Gorman - Milkstone

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