Employee ownership initiatives launched

An Emsworth company has launched two initiatives inspired by its ethos of employee ownership.

Employee-owned Mindworks Marketing, marked Employee Ownership (EO) Day on Friday, June 28, with the launch of the actions that will not only benefit the company but will be used to help other similar businesses as well.

The first initiative is created by the company’s innovative software development team.

‘Mindvault’ is a fullycustomisable intranet system for internal communications to provide a practical, secure and engaging space for sharing resources, software, documents, blogs company news.

The second was an idea put forward through the company’s suggestion scheme.

‘Mindthanks’, the first idea to be put into practice, following approval by and the board, is a ‘colleague appreciation platform’.

The concept is simple: to provide a way for everyone to express their thanks to individuals for going above and beyond for others using a simple digital interface which allows colleagues to give up to five credits per month.

Both initiatives now form part of a growing package of innovative tools the company offers to help other employee owned businesses.

The company currently helps with transition consultancy through marketing, strategy and implementation.

Michelle Leggatt, managing director, said: “Our motto is ‘Together, we make it happen’ and, of course, the very nature of being employee owned is all about collaboration and letting people have a say in the company.

“Mindvault embodies that spirit of co-operation and sharing, while Mindthanks is one of the many ways we encourage colleagues to show their appreciation of one another in a fun way.”