For our 2012 EU Parliament study on Employee participation in the European Union, we published best practice case studies on both companies and countries. Here you find the full version of our best practice case study on Childbase, a child care provider in the UK, that is implementing an ESOP with as a goal 100% Employee Ownership.

Introduction

Childbase Partnership Limited is a company with the headquarters in Newport Pagnell, UK, which operates a chain of nurseries throughout the United Kingdom, but mainly in the South of England. Originally, Sir Peter Thompson and his son Mike Thompson founded it as a small family company with four staff members and 20 children in 1989. Read More…