19th newspad employee share plan awards

19th newspad employee share ownership awards

2026
Application process

To apply for the 19th newspad Employee Share Plan Awards, please complete the online application form and, where appropriate, provide supporting documentation. Supporting material may be uploaded with the form or emailed to esop@esopcentre.com. If you include video material, please provide a hyperlink within a document rather than embedding, or uploading the video file itself.

You may enter more than one award category. Please submit a separate entry for each category.

A simple approach

We are interested in the quality and impact of your initiative, not the length of your submission. For whichever category you enter, keep three questions in mind:
1. What did you do?
2. Why did you do it?
3. What difference did it make?
Where possible, provide evidence of the results. This might include participation figures, employee feedback, engagement measures, business outcomes or other measures that you consider appropriate. You do not need to address every example given in the Guidance for Entrants. Simply provide the information that best tells your story.

Rules and terms of entry
1. A plan issuer company may nominate itself for an award.
2. A practitioner may nominate a client company provided permission has been received from the client. The practitioner must be a member of the Eso Centre, although the nominated client need not be a member.
3. A plan issuer company may enter more than one award category.
4. A practitioner may nominate different client companies for different awards, or the same company for more than one award.
5. Judges and their companies or clients are not eligible to enter an award.
6. Entries may be made using the online entry form or by submitting an existing or specially prepared explanatory document by email to esop@esopcentre.com. Relevant supporting documentation may also be provided.
7. The Employee Share Ownership Centre reserves the right to reallocate an entry to another category where the judges consider that it would be more appropriately assessed.
8. Entrants should be prepared to respond to reasonable requests from the judges for further information or clarification.
9. The decision of the judges is final.
10. Commercial sensitivity will be respected.
11. There is no charge for entering the Awards.
Which award are you applying for?
Your details

Please provide some details about yourself
Please indicate your affiliation to the company you're nominating
Your name

First NameLast Name
Your e-mail address
Your job title
Your organisation name
Your organisation address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip CodeCountry
Company details

Please provide details about the company being nominated
Company name
Contact name

First NameLast Name
Contact e-mail address
Company address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip CodeCountry
About the company
Please provide a short summary of the company being nominated

Best all-employee share plan
Please briefly describe the all-employee share plan
You may wish to explain its objectives, who is eligible to participate and how the plan operates.
Why was the plan introduced and what was it intended to achieve?
What difference has the plan made?
Please tell us about the outcomes and why you believe the plan deserves to win. Where possible, include evidence such as participation, employee engagement, benefits to employees or contribution to wider business objectives.
Best equity scheme in a start-up or scaling company
Please briefly describe the equity scheme
You may wish to explain the stage of development of the business, who participates and how the arrangements operate.
Why was the scheme introduced and what was it intended to achieve?
For example, you may wish to tell us about recruitment, retention, motivation, company culture, growth or the need to attract key skills.
What difference has the scheme made?
Please tell us about the outcomes and why you believe the scheme deserves to win. Where possible, provide evidence of its contribution to employees and the growth or development of the business.
Best share plan communications
Please briefly describe the share plan communication programme
What were you trying to achieve and how did you approach the challenge?
You may wish to tell us about your workforce, the communications channels used, accessibility, innovation and the use of technology, AI or behavioural science where appropriate.
What difference did the communications make?
Please tell us why you believe the programme deserves to win. Where possible, provide evidence of improvements in understanding, engagement or participation.
Best share plans response to significant changes or challenging situations
What was the significant change or challenge facing the organisation and its employees?
This might, for example, involve a corporate transaction, restructuring, regulatory or tax change, rapid growth, economic circumstances or another significant challenge.
How did you use or adapt employee share ownership in response?
Please explain what you did and why you chose this approach.
What difference did your response make?
Please tell us why you believe the initiative deserves to win and, where possible, provide evidence of the outcomes for employees and the business.

Supporting documentation

Upload your supporting documentation here or email them to esop@esopcentre.com
Supporting evidence is welcome but need not be extensive.

Examples might include participation statistics, employee feedback, survey results, communications material, presentations, screenshots, business performance measures or leadership statements.
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Before You Submit

Please remember:

What did you do?
Why did you do it?
What difference did it make?

The Awards recognise excellence in employee share ownership, not excellence in writing award submissions. A concise entry supported by relevant evidence is welcome.
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19th newspad employee share ownership awards

Application process

Your details

Company details

Best all-employee share plan

Best equity scheme in a start-up or scaling company

Best share plan communications

Best share plans response to significant changes or challenging situations

Supporting documentation