Are you a shining exemplar of a successful employee owned transition? 

The 'Employee Owned Transition of the Year' award showcases a business that’s transitioned business that have transitioned to employee ownership since 1 January 2025. 

It aims to celebrate businesses that have taken a thoughtful approach to EO transition with clear motivations, goals, and considerations to ensure clear and effective communications and engagement of the team during and post transition, strong leadership, adopting an excellent governance approach, with key metrics measuring in the impact of their plan.

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What Judges are Looking For

Judges are looking for an abundance of relevant information that showcases the approach, considerations, and any issues arising and how they were addresses to support a strong start to being employee owned. 

Plus, evidence of their commitment to leadership development, good governance representing and engaging employees, and documentation of any early impacts. 

“Winning Transition of the Year at the UK Employee Ownership Awards is a hugely significant milestone for Myerson and one we are incredibly proud of. For us, this recognition reflects the care, commitment and collective effort that went into our own transition to employee ownership, and it reinforces our belief that this model is the right long-term choice for the firm. 

“We regularly support other businesses as they explore and transition into employee ownership, so to have our own journey recognised by the Employee Ownership Association, and described as a “textbook example”, was especially rewarding. It is reassuring to know that we have not only advised on this model in theory, but implemented it in practice in a way that truly reflects its values.”

Carl Newton, CEO of Myerson Solicitors, ‘EO Transition of the Year’ 2025