New Mini Podcast Series Now Available – Our Employee Owned Journey

Welcome to the National Self build & Renovation Centre’s four part podcast on employee ownership, recorded in the summer of 2023.

Reflecting on our first nine years of employee-ownership, we want to, via these bite-size recordings, share our ‘real life’ insight on employee ownership and reveal what we’ve learnt along the way.

Part one - Why Employee Ownership and how it works.

Part two – Our journey so far and EO in practice.

Part three – Culture.

Part four – Our evolving ownership model and plans for the future.

Janet Surr is the Presenter for the Entrepreneur Show on Swindon 105.5.

She has a broad range of business experience from large multinationals, as head of Marketing at Hasbro, to buying and selling her own small business.

Her radio show is a cause she believes in, helping new entrepreneurs navigate through the tough journey of starting and maintaining their entrepreneurial vision.

The Entrepreneur Show, Mondays at 2pm and repeated on Saturday at 4pm.

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