Your Business’ Legacy | Mike Talks Business
On this episode of Mike Talks Business, host Mike Jennings of The Jennings Group gets together with Val King of The Rooflight Company to talk all things Legacy and to take a look at Employee Ownership Trusts.
About The Rooflight Company
Since 1993, when they invented the original Conservation Rooflight, the company has been committed to designing and manufacturing high-quality rooflights and providing quality of service to all our customers.
The Rooflight Company were proud to announce that they became an Employee-Owned company in 2019 to secure the future of their business and haven’t looked back since.
About Employee Ownership Trusts
An employee ownership trust holds a permanent or long-term shareholding in a company on trust for the benefit of all the company’s employees and can be a great way to ensure your business’ success and your employees’ sense of purpose and happiness in their work, as well as provided other benefits such as tax incentives.
About Mike Jennings
Mike is the Chairman and Financial Director of The Jennings Group, providing business units, serviced and virtual offices, meeting rooms, and workspaces at Monument Park and Hampden House for businesses of all sizes.
He is a thinker, keen on supporting the small business community through empathy and undertanding of their issues. While running the family business he has also been actively advising and mentoring small business owners for over 30 years.
Mike Jennings, The Jennings Group Val King, The Rooflight Company
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